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Best Environment Companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

The 53 best Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: COMERC.

53companies tracked
$1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × STATE OF 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
1.2Mcombined LinkedIn audience
63%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1COMERC
Solar installation & energy management company
$589M57 mo agoAcquired—2001HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+341 job opening
2Iguá
Provider of water management services
$216M63 mo agoSeries D—2017WordPressMySQLPHP+24—
3Ambipar
Provider of waste management and treatment services
$193M32 mo agoPublicZal Rustom
CEO
1995WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28—
4eureciclo
Provider of waste management and treatment services
$25M49 mo agoSeries B—2015Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+31—
577sol
Developer of solar energy projects
$3M41 mo agoSeedLuca Milani
Founder
2019Node.jsChart.jsRadix UI+221 launch
6Bluebell Index
Developer of blockchain-based tokens representing quantified environmental assets.
$2M38 mo agoSeedJoao Horst Filho
Co-Founder
2021WordPressMySQLPHP+20—
7Solis Solar
Manufacturer of solar PV module components
$2M119 mo agoSeedLuis Pinto
CEO
2011Master SliderSlider RevolutionWordPress+29—
8Okena
Provider of industrial waste water treatment services
$1M51 mo agoSeedRicardo Glass
Founder & Chairman - Inspiration And Strategy
2010WordPressMySQLPHP+291 job opening

Top 12 Environment companies in State of 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 — 16.3% 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
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Solar installation & energy management company

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 141k LinkedIn followers — 11.7% 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 — 3.4% 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
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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 — 16.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Series D$215.9M
Investors
CPP Investments, BNDES, IG4 Capital, AIMCo
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAzureBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#7
Seed · Itapevi, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2010 · 52 employees
$1.5Mraised
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Provider of waste management services intended to clean water and preserve the ecosystem. The company's services include the collection, treatment, and disposal of hazardous industrial effluents at its own treatment plant, as well as the extraction of value from effluents through upcycling and reuse of essential raw materials in certain production chains, enabling businesses to benefit humanity in the most direct way possible by using treated water for production and being environmentally friendly.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Ricardo GlassFounder & Chairman - Inspiration And Strategy
Investors
Rise Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsElementor
#8
Seed · Birigui, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2011 · 46 employees
$1.8Mraised
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Manufacturer of solar technology products designed to offer heating systems. The company specializes in equipment for solar heating systems, supplies more than ten types of products, including solar collectors and thermal reservoirs, and also offers services that help in executing solar projects, offering customers the necessary support in solar projects and installation.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Luis PintoCEO
Investors
KPTL
Tech stack
BootstrapChoicesCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#9
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
#10
Funding Raised · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 1974
—raised
▾

Provider of water treatment services

Founders & team
Manuelito JuniorCEO
Investors
CAF
#11
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2012
—raised
▾

Provider of greenhouse gas emission control services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Munir SoaresCEO
Investors
BTG Pactual
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerMicrosoft 365MysqlOpen GraphPhpPriority Hints
#12
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2010
—raised
▾

Developer of solar and wind energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Mecânico de Manutenço e Operaço na Usina So Joo, em So Paulo) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Joao NevesCo-CEO
Investors
Nm Capital, Neowise

Funding & investor landscape

$1Btotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Rise Ventures3 rounds
Endeavor2 rounds
Good Karma Partners2 rounds
HS Investimentos2 rounds
Headline2 rounds
Oria Capital2 rounds
Positive Ventures2 rounds
Redpoint Ventures2 rounds
Spectra Investments2 rounds
Tera Capital2 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
Ricardo Glass
Founder & Chairman - Inspiration And Strategy · Okena
Luis Pinto
CEO · Solis Solar
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
Guilherme Campos
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
Breakthroughs are cooling (17%→16% of field), led by Water quality.
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
Advancements are cooling (48%→30% of field), led by Water quality.
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
Concerns are rising (26%→28% of field), led by Water quality.
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 · Geographic information system
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 State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Radar tracks 53 indexable Environment companies headquartered in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
The Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have raised a combined $1B in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
COMERC is the highest-funded Environment company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with $589.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil are funded?
8 of the 53 Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
None of the Environment companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil Environment companies?
The most active investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil Environment companies on this list include Rise Ventures, Endeavor, Good Karma Partners, HS Investimentos, Headline.
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