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Best Environment Companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The 57 best Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: COMERC.

57companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × SAO PAULO

Our analysis of 309 Environment companies

$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year
1.8Mcombined LinkedIn audience
54%of audience held by top 3
8companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment companies in Sao Paulo

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
12W Ecobank
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
——293—WordPressMySQLPHP+23Top 10M—
2AES Brasil
Developer of wind and solar energy projects
——648—TurbopackNode.jsReact+8Top 10M—
3Alupar
Owns and operates utility-scale hydro and wind energy projects
——781
781 → 758 (-3%)
—WordPressMySQLPHP+25Top 5M5 job openings
4Ambconsult
Provider of solid waste and recycling services
———Jorge Fein
Owner
———
5BRK Ambiental
Provider of water management and environmental services
——6,055Alexandre Thiollier
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 500k1 job opening
6CGC Energia
Provider of integrated solar generation, energy trading, and asset management services
———Artur Faria
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+27Top 10M1 job opening
7Chlorum Solutions
Builder and operator of small-scale chlor-alkali plants
——240—WordPressMySQLPHP+10Top 10M1 expansion
8Davanti Energia Solar
Solar installation service
———Luiz Marcelo Rodrigues dos Santos
Founder
———

Top 12 Environment companies in Sao Paulo

#1
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 1995 · 25 employees
$192.9Mraised
▾

Provider of waste management and treatment services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 197k LinkedIn followers — 10.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Post IPO—
  • Jul 2022Post IPO$168M
  • 2019Conventional Debt$24.9M
Founders & team
Zal RustomCEO
Investors
Opportunity, Constellation, XP Asset Management, Haitong Bank
Tech stack
Accessibility Toolbar PluginAddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAnimate.CssAosApache Http Server
#2
Acquired · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2001 · 404 employees
$589.1Mraised
▾

Solar installation & energy management company

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 141k LinkedIn followers — 7.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series D$589.1M
Investors
Vibra
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApexcharts.JsApple Icloud MailAxios
#3
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2021 · 10 employees
$2Mraised
▾

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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: SDR
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed$2M
Founders & team
Joao Horst FilhoCo-FounderPhelipe SpielmannCeo And Founder
Investors
Minerva Foods
#4
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2015 · 191 employees
$24.9Mraised
▾

Provider of waste management and treatment services. Works by certifying the reverse logistics of post-consumer packaging, connecting companies with recyclers to offset the environmental impact of packaging sold.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 41k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series B$20M
  • 2020Series A$4.8M
Investors
Oria Capital, Rise Ventures, Endeavor, Redpoint Ventures, Tera Capital, Positive Ventures
Tech stack
AdoptAmazon Web ServicesAngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 40 employees
$2.7Mraised
▾

Developer of solar energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Seed$2.7M
Founders & team
Luca MilaniFounder
Investors
Crescera Capital, EDP
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapChart.JsCore-Js
#6
Series D · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 1434 employees
$215.9Mraised
▾

Provider of water management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 195k LinkedIn followers — 10.8% of this cohort's audience · 58 engagements/post (1.5× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Series D$215.9M
Investors
CPP Investments, BNDES, IG4 Capital, AIMCo
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAzureBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#7
Series B · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2010 · 2238 employees
$185.6Mraised
▾

Provider of water and sanitation services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 407k LinkedIn followers — 22.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Pilotos Talentos
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2017Conventional Debt$400M
  • Aug 2016Series A$9M
  • Aug 2016Series B$40M
  • Apr 2016PE—
Investors
IFC Asset Management Company, IFC, GIC
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerBootstrap
#8
Acquired · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2006
$47.9Mraised
▾

Provider of municipal sewage treatment services

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2020Conventional Debt$47.9M
Founders & team
Yves BesseFounder
Investors
BTG Pactual
Tech stack
AzureGoogle Font ApiMicrosoft 365Zendesk
#9
Deadpooled · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2011 · 446 employees
$39.1Mraised
▾

CPFL Renováveis is a Brazilian independent power producer in the renewable energy sector. Business areas include solar, wind, biomass and hydropower. Project portfolio includes a 30MW wind farm in Santa Clara, a 30MW solar plant in Boa Vista and others. Claims to have 2.1+GW of renewable assets.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Conventional Debt$39.1M
#10
Series A · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo · founded 2012 · 6 employees
$9.6Mraised
▾

Brasil Ozonio is a Brazilian company focuses on developing water and wastewater treatment solutions. The company develops, designs and manufactures ozone-based systems for treatment, sanitization, sterilization, and oxidation. The applications of the systems include the treatment of artesian wells, waste water, rainwater, process water, effluents, reuse, lakes, aquariums, swimming pools, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2015Series A$9.6M
  • 2015Series A—
  • 2015Series A—
Founders & team
Samy MenasceFounder
Investors
Crescera Capital, BNDES, Criatec 2, Triaxis Capital
Tech stack
PhpBootstrapApache Http ServerJqueryFancyboxSweetalert
#11
Series A · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2009 · 250 employees
$2.6Mraised
▾

Provider of recyclable waste collection management solution. The platform provides mobile points, mini-modules, and stations for waste collection where people can drop off the waste. Uses an in-house developed software to manage the waste processing, collection schedules, and finally prepares recyclability index. Collects glass articles, metal cans, plastic materials, packaging, newspaper, cardboard and hauls for recycling.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Series A$2.6M
Founders & team
Gonzalo Munoz AbogabirCEO
Investors
FCP Innovation, FIS Ameris, Small Giants Community
#12
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 84 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of solar financial services. It provides solar-as-a-service to businesses by creating immediate energy cost savings without investing in equipment, installation, or operations. It caters to leading commercial and industrial energy consumers, including retailers, manufacturers, storage centers, hotels, and other large energy consumers.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed—
Founders & team
David GomezCo-Founder
Investors
BlackRock
Tech stack
Animate.CssApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapContact Form 7Django

Funding & investor landscape

$1.3Btotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
16disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Spectra Investments3 rounds
Actis2 rounds
BNDES2 rounds
BTG Pactual2 rounds
Braskem Labs2 rounds
Crescera Capital2 rounds
Endeavor2 rounds
Good Karma Partners2 rounds
HS Investimentos2 rounds
Headline2 rounds

Notable founders

Zal Rustom
CEO · Ambipar
Joao Horst Filho
Co-Founder · Bluebell Index
Phelipe Spielmann
Ceo And Founder · Bluebell Index
Luca Milani
Founder · 77sol
Yves Besse
Founder · Igua Saneamento
Samy Menasce
Founder · Brasil Ozonio
Gonzalo Munoz Abogabir
CEO · TriCiclos
David Gomez
Co-Founder · Brasol
Manuelito Junior
CEO · SANASA
Munir Soares
CEO · Systemica
Joao Neves
Co-CEO · RZK Energia
Robert Cavalieri
Co-Founder · Flora Energia
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,502,208 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 · Brazil

How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in Brazil

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 350 Brazil-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201520222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 26% → 40% across 2015–2026.
top research entities
  • Universidade de São Paulo28
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista25
  • Universidade Federal do Paraná19
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas13
  • Universidade do Vale do Itajaí13
leading researchers
Cabral, Alencar · Cecilia Cronemberger · Kessler, Michael · Moran, Robbin C. · Mickel, John T. · Matos, Fernando B. · Smith, Alan R. · Torsten Prinz
▲ Breakthroughs61 · 17%
▼ 17%→16% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations69% since 2021mostly methods-led
Water quality breakthroughs are rising sharply — papers quadrupled (1→4) despite the segment's slight share dip to 16%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Water quality1→4
Landmark Open-Source Processing and Analysis of Aerial Imagery Acquired with a Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial System to Support Invasiv · 78 cites
◆ Advancements112 · 32%
▼ 48%→30% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Environmental quality, Pollutant, and Environmental resource management all emerged brand-new, while Water quality advancements tripled (4→12).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Water quality4→12
  • Biomonitoring1→5
  • Bioindicator2→5
  • Internet of Things1→4
  • Agriculture2→4
Newly emergingEnvironmental quality 0→7 · Pollutant 0→5 · Environmental resource management 0→5
Landmark Advances in Technological Research for Online and In Situ Water Quality Monitoring—A Review · 87 cites
▼ Concerns92 · 26%
▲ 26%→28% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations80% since 2021mostly empirical
Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Human health concerns newly emerged as Water quality concern papers surged eightfold (2→16).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Water quality2→16
  • Context (archaeology)2→7
  • Pollutant1→5
  • Environmental planning1→5
  • Pollution1→4
Newly emergingBiodiversity 0→9 · Sustainability 0→9 · Human health 0→8
Landmark Microplastics in aquatic systems: A review of occurrence, monitoring and potential environmental risks · 81 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil

Where environmental monitoring is researched across Brazil

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.

São Paulo59 · +0.21
Hot · PollutantAdvancing · MicroplasticsOpportunity · Sampling (signal processing)Concern · Risk assessment
Brasília33 · +0.20
Hot · Marine biodiversityAdvancing · Vegetation (pathology)Opportunity · BiodiversityConcern · Environmental resource management
Curitiba28 · +0.16
Hot · SedimentOpportunity · Hydrology (agriculture)
Rio de Janeiro25 · +0.19
Hot · SustainabilityOpportunity · Amazon rainforest
Campinas17 · +0.27
Hot · Water qualityOpportunity · Contamination
Belo Horizonte14 · +0.27
Hot · Water qualityOpportunity · Sediment
Recife14 · +0.24
Opportunity · Microcontroller
Florianópolis12 · +0.35
Hot · Ecosystem
Salvador11 · +0.22
Opportunity · Baseline (sea)
Porto Alegre8 · +0.30
Opportunity · Sampling (signal processing)

Common questions

How many Environment companies are there in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Radar tracks 57 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
The Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have raised a combined $1.3B in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
COMERC is the highest-funded Environment company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with $589.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil are funded?
11 of the 57 Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
None of the Environment companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Sao Paulo, Brazil Environment companies?
The most active investors in Sao Paulo, Brazil Environment companies on this list include Spectra Investments, Actis, BNDES, BTG Pactual, Braskem Labs.
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