Best Environment Tech Companies in Hong Kong, China
The 59 best Environment Tech companies in Hong Kong, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: EcoCeres.
Our analysis of 241 Environment Tech companies
$25.6b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Hong Kong
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EcoCeres Provider of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel and cellulosic ethanol 7Talent top 38%Funding top 42%Global bottom 36%Market bottom 29% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 28% Techbottom 16% Growthbottom 10% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $108M · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $108M | 41 mo ago | Unfunded | Philip Siu Co-Founder | 2021 | PHPCentOSOpenSSL+6 | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 2 | I2Cool Developer of electricity-free passive radiative cooling technologies. 22Talent top 28%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 42%Tech bottom 35% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 42% Techbottom 35% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 23% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $14M | 26 mo ago | Series A | Christopher Chao Co-Founder | — | PHPGSAPNginx+9 | — | — |
| 3 | SunMan Developer of flexible PV modules | $7M | 67 mo ago | Series B | Zhengrong Shi Founder | 2015 | Element UINginxOpenResty+3 | — | — |
| 4 | Starpower Provider of decentralized energy storage system 29Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 42%Tech bottom 39% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 42% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 34% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $4M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Laser Ding CEO & Co-founder | 2023 | LeafletMapbox.jsMapbox GL JS+13 | — | — |
| 5 | MDGS Provider of waste to energy generation solutions | $2M | 79 mo ago | Deadpooled | Tracy Hall CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Homi Provider of end-to-end home automation solutions for residential buildings | $1M | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Carnot Innovations AI-enabled predictive maintenance solution for HVAC systems | $857K | 79 mo ago | Seed | Ashish Justin Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowjQuery+8 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 8 | Clearbot Provider of AI-based unmanned robots for cleaning marine litter waste | — | 46 mo ago | Seed | Utkarsh Goel Co-Founder & CTO | 2019 | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+9 | — | — |
Top 10 Environment Tech companies in Hong Kong
#1
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2023$4.5Mraised▾
Provider of decentralized energy storage system. They specialize in designing advance energy network stability and sustainability through virtual power plant solutions. They offer a network connecting distributed energy devices through IoT,blockchain and AI.
- Jan 2025Seed$2.5M
- Jun 2024Seed$2M
#2
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · 20 employees$13.8Mraised▾
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#3
Unfunded · Kwun Tong, Hong Kong · founded 2021$108Mraised▾
Provider of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel and cellulosic ethanol. The company focuses on energy transition through technology. It produces hydrotreated vegetable oil and renewable naphtha. The company promotes an open market to support climate goals.
#4
Series B · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015 · 100 employees$7Mraised▾
Developer of flexible PV modules. It develops monocrystalline modules which can be integrated into building materials like tiles, roofs, and facades. It is used as a power source to operate pumps and oxygen aeration systems.
- Nov 2020Series B$7M
#5
Deadpooled · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2017$2.5Mraised▾
MDGS specializes in providing waste to energy generation solutions. It offers a patented technology that generates electricity from landfills and other wastes. The waste products are recycled using patented technology with equipment such as rotary gasifier, recyclable storage units, combustion chambers, boilers, and others.
- Dec 2019Series A$2.5M
#6
Deadpooled · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2016 · 7 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Provider of end-to-end home automation solutions for residential buildings. Its offerings include smart light switches, connected AC modules, shade modules, temperature sensors, motion sensors, among others. In addition, it offers a connected hub that allows users to control all essential features of a home and can connect up to 200 devices wirelessly. All these devices interface with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant for voice-controlled and work in integration with a companion application compatible with both Android and iOS devices.
- Jul 2019Seed$1.3M
#7
Seed · Wan Chai, Hong Kong · founded 2018$857.5Kraised▾
Carnot Innovations provides an AI-based predictive maintenance solution for HVAC systems in commercial establishments. The solution enables users to detect & predict maintenance, control logic and operational defects in heating, ventilation, & air conditioning systems.
- Nov 2019Seed$800K
- 2019Seed$57.5K
#8
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2019 · 12 employees—raised▾
Provider of AI-based unmanned robots for cleaning marine litter waste. It offers self-driving boats to automate trash and oil clean-up, foam cleaning, and moving of cargo. It also provides monitoring of the marine environment, water quality testing, and maritime surveillance.
- Sep 2022Seed—
#9
Seed · Wan Chai, Hong Kong · founded 2013 · 20 employees—raised▾
En-Trak is a provider of software solutions for energy management systems used in businesses and schools alongside management of lighting systems. En- Trak Smart Lighting is a TUV-certified and patented technology which enables intelligent office lighting control. En-Trak for schools and businesses has features which include data visualization, providing customizable reports, and performance tracking.
- Jul 2018Seed—
#10
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015—raised▾
Heaven Springs provides solutions to harvest water from the air. It utilizes water vapour from solar desalination in the natural water cycle to generate water. It provides water solutions for both commercial and domestic purpose.
- Jun 2018Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Environment Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in China
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 2,590 China-affiliated papers.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences190
- Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center76
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences63
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment51
- China National Environmental Monitoring Center50
- Pollution4→32
- Pollutant7→29
- Air quality index1→19
- Contamination1→17
- Air pollution1→15
- Pollutant13→42
- Air quality index11→32
- Pollution35→56
- Ecosystem2→22
- Air pollution11→25
- Human health4→45
- Pollution29→60
- Risk assessment4→30
- Ecosystem3→20
- Contamination7→24
Where environmental monitoring is researched across China
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.
Who's filing environmental monitoring patents in China
China environmental monitoring patent filing is accelerating — 71 filings from 70 assignees (2016–2025), led by Multidimension Technology, Goertek, UNIV China Mining; annual filings 1→11.
- Multidimension Technology11
- Goertek9
- UNIV China Mining5
- INST Oceanology Chinese ACAD3
- Zhejiang Hengda Instr3
- Chengdu Qinchuan IOT TECH2
- UNIV Dalian TECH2
- Weifang Goertek Microelectronics2
Common questions
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