Radar · Environment in Ottawa
Best Environment Companies in Ottawa, Canada
The 34 best Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BluMetric Environmental.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
34companies tracked
$15.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × OTTAWA
Our analysis of 50 Environment companies
$7.7b in tracked funding; 84% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
84%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2009median founding year
51median Fliar Index™
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Ottawa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BluMetric Environmental Provider of consultancy services towards environmental protection and health 78Product top 14%Innovation top 20%Funding top 28%News top 29% All 10 signals ▾Producttop 14% Innovationtop 20% Fundingtop 28% Newstop 29% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 39% Partnerstop 40% Techtop 41% Markettop 49% Globalbottom 25% Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Innovation: 8 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $13M | 10 mo ago | Public | Scott MacFabe CEO | 1985 | WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+31 | — | — |
| 2 | Hyperion Global Energy Provider of modular carbon capture & recycling services | $2M | 65 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 3 | AssayNet Inc Provider of environmental databases and mining services | — | — | Acquired | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Athenasmi Provider of life cycle assessment data, software, research, and education. | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1997 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Bishop Water Technologies Provider of chemical based water treatment and solid waste management services | — | — | Funding Raised | Kevin Bossy CEO | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
| 6 | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regulatory agency responsible for regulating the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect health… | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1946 | — | — | — |
| 7 | CanSIA Developer of solar energy projects | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1992 | — | — | — |
| 8 | capra Capra provides designing technology services for environmental organizations to collect and manage their data. | — | — | Private | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
Top 2 Environment companies in Ottawa
#1
Public · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1985 · 170 employees$13.2Mraised▾
Public · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1985 · 170 employees
Provider of consultancy services towards environmental protection and health
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%Innovation
top 20%Funding
top 28%News
top 29%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 39%Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Innovation: 8 product lines
Funding: Raised $13.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Dec 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 33.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Kipnik Inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Post IPO$10.7M
- Dec 2024Post IPO$2.5M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Animate.CssApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7Core-Js
#2
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2016 · 3 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2016 · 3 employees
Provider of modular carbon capture & recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 966 LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- May 2021Seed$100K
- Mar 2021Seed$2M
- Jan 2021Seed$20K
Investors
Techstars, Capital Angels Network, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Invest Ottawa
Funding & investor landscape
$15.3Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars1 rounds
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,316,081 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada
How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Environmental Monitoring — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 528 Canada-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200920192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 24% → 39% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
- Environment and Climate Change Canada78
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada32
- University of Toronto30
- University of British Columbia26
- Government of Canada24
leading researchers
Government Of Canada; Environment And Climate Change Canada · Tim J. Arciszewski · Jennifer F. Provencher · Howland, Kimberly · McKay, Robert Michael · Bullerjahn, George S. · Hayley Hung · Valérie S. Langlois
▲
Breakthroughs65 · 12%
▲ 8%→13% share
▲1.6× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (8%→13% of field), led by Contamination.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Contamination1→6
- Pollutant1→5
- Water quality2→4
Newly emergingPollution 0→5 · Biodiversity 0→5
Landmark Aquatic Global Passive Sampling (AQUA-GAPS) Revisited: First Steps toward a Network of Networks for Monitoring Organic C · 81 cites
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Advancements165 · 31%
▲ 25%→31% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations65% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (25%→31% of field), led by Sampling (signal processing).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Sampling (signal processing)1→16
- Environmental DNA1→16
- Biodiversity1→12
- Pollution1→7
- Air pollution1→6
Newly emergingVegetation (pathology) 0→7 · Arctic 0→6 · Ecosystem 0→5
Landmark Advances in Remote Sensing for Oil Spill Disaster Management: State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology for Oil Spill Surveill · 319 cites
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Concerns157 · 30%
▼ 35%→28% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (35%→28% of field), led by Environmental resource management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Environmental resource management6→14
- Arctic2→10
- Contamination3→10
- Sampling (signal processing)1→8
- Environmental planning5→11
Newly emergingPollution 0→18 · Microplastics 0→14 · Plastic pollution 0→7
Landmark Scaling‐up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors · 437 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada
Where environmental monitoring is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Montreal44 · +0.16
Toronto40 · +0.16
Waterloo/Hamilton37 · +0.14
Vancouver32 · +0.29
Edmonton/Calgary31 · +0.30
Ottawa/Kingston18 · -0.01
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada
Who's filing environmental monitoring patents in Canada
Canada environmental monitoring patent filing is accelerating — 32 filings from 20 assignees (2016–2025), led by Aquatic Informatics, FTS Forest TECH Systems, Opilio LABS; annual filings 3→5.
32 filings20 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Aquatic Informatics10
- FTS Forest TECH Systems7
- Opilio LABS4
- Sensenet3
- Stevens Kevin JOHN3
- Airbly2
- Nanavati Sharvil1
- Shubinsky GARY D1
Common questions
How many Environment companies are there in Ottawa, Canada?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Ottawa, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada?
The Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada on this list have raised a combined $15.3M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Ottawa, Canada?
BluMetric Environmental is the highest-funded Environment company in Ottawa, Canada, with $13.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada are funded?
2 of the 34 Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Ottawa, Canada?
None of the Environment companies in Ottawa, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ottawa, Canada Environment companies?
The most active investors in Ottawa, Canada Environment companies on this list include Capital Angels Network, ES&E Magazine, Invest Ottawa, MaRS Discovery District, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.