Best Environment Tech Companies in Minnesota, United States
The 56 best Environment Tech companies in Minnesota, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rovop.
Our analysis of 83 Environment Tech companies
$16.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Minnesota
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Technology Group Provider of comprehensive water and process treatment solutions for various industries | — | — | 35 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23 | Top 50M | 71 patents Dynamic recommendation engines and user data collection for personalized content delivery | — |
| 2 | aspectLED Provider of smart lighting products | — | — | 5 | Beth Nielsen CEO & COO | Cart FunctionalityMagentoAlgolia+34 | Top 1M | — | 2 job openings · 1 launch |
| 3 | Atlas Plant Trainer Manufacturer and supplier of indoor infrastructure | — | — | — | Rob Smith Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Clean Waste Systems Technology solution for medical waste treatment | — | — | — | Kelly Prchal CEO | DudaYouTubeReact+20 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | Digital Cyclone App-based weather forecast information provider | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | EcoGarden Supply Provider of LED grow lights for gardeners | — | — | — | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 7 | EH Manager Environmental health inspection data management software | — | — | — | Anthony Georgeson CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | ema EMA is an information technology company offering asset management services. | — | — | 100 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 50M | — | — |
Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Minnesota
#1
Series B · Saint Paul, Minnesota · founded 2015 · 20 employees$47.7Mraised▾
Provider of sustainable solutions for circular economy. It develops water sorbents to remove pollutants from water and enable the recovery of useful resources. The textiles are antiviral, antifungal, UV-resistant, odor-resistant, moisture-wicking, and more.
- Aug 2025Series B$10M
- Sep 2024Series B$700K
- May 2024Series B$22M
- Dec 2023Series B$18.2M
#2
Series A · Bloomington, Minnesota · founded 2021$20Mraised▾
Provider of project management tool for solar energy. It offers solutions such as document inventory, risk and opportunity register, budget and invoice tracking, and more.
- Sep 2025Series A$20M
- Jul 2022Seed—
#3
Series B · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2012 · 175 employees$36.3Mraised▾
Provider of IoT-based building energy management systems. These systems utilize smart sensors and controls to optimize building efficiency, improving indoor air quality and reducing energy consumption. The company offers a suite of software and hardware components, including sensors, controllers, and mobile applications, to provide comprehensive building automation. This includes features such as predictive analytics and remote access capabilities for facility management. The systems are designed for various building types, enabling customized solutions to meet specific needs. The company also provides support and resources to help clients optimize comfort and savings.
- Feb 2025Series B$45M
- Jul 2021Series A$5M
- Apr 2021Series A—
- Mar 2021Series A$4.8M
#4
Series A · Edina, Minnesota · founded 2013 · 34 employees$15Mraised▾
Manufacturer of smart sprinkler systems designed for efficient lawn watering. The systems use digital technology to deliver water precisely where needed. The smart sprinkler heads adjust spray patterns in real time. The system eliminates overspray and reduces water waste. Programming is done via an application, allowing remote control and monitoring. The controller supports traditional valves in addition to sprinkler heads.
- Apr 2025Series A$19M
- Mar 2023Seed$15M
- Nov 2022Seed—
- 2020Seed—
#5
Acquired · Shoreview, Minnesota · founded 2011 · 18 employees$101.9Mraised▾
Provider of subsea remotely operated vehicle services. The company’s services include pipeline and platform inspection, repair, and maintenance, wind farm cable laying and inspection, subsea construction, drill and survey support, and more.
- Apr 2023Conventional Debt$25M
- Jul 2020Series D—
- Dec 2017Series C$74.9M
- Apr 2015Series B$15M
#6
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2018$15Kraised▾
Provider of inverter for grid integration. It enables scalability and transition of energy.
- Jan 2026Seed$15K
#7
Series B · Rochester, Minnesota · founded 2005 · 14 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Liquid cooling systems for data centers. It offers a patented total liquid submersion technology that introduces an eco-friendly dielectric liquid into an electronic device of any size and shape. The method offers better cooling than air and fan-based. The Liquid Submerged Server - is a high-performance rack-mounted system that can reduce energy.
- Apr 2022Series B—
- Oct 2013Series A$3.6M
- Aug 2011Seed$1.1M
- Apr 2010Seed$500K
#8
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2021$300Kraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based renewable energy management solutions
- Jan 2024Seed$150K
- Sep 2023Seed$150K
- 2023Seed—
#9
Series A · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2020 · 38 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of forest carbon project services for landowners seeking payments. The company facilitates forest-based carbon markets, enabling landowners to capitalize on their conservation efforts. It offers a program designed to maximize financial return on conservation. The company manages all aspects of the program, including reporting and selling carbon credits.
- Oct 2020Series A$5M
#10
Series A · Plymouth, Minnesota · founded 2008 · 21 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of LED lighting solutions for indoor livestock and aquaculture farms. It provides users with LED lamps, fixtures, and lighting systems for commercial and municipal clients for livestock rearing and agriculture. It offers LED poultry cage lighting for layer, broiler, pullet, and breeder operations, poultry lights for poultry operations, solid-state lamps for retail applications, and LED lamps for tracking lighting applications.
- Oct 2013Series A$5.3M
- Aug 2012Seed$600K
- Feb 2011Seed$552K
#11
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2001 · 7 employees$2Mraised▾
Energy management solution for residential and commercial applications. Provides an electricity monitor that will help lower the electricity bill by providing real-time data on a wireless display and interactive software. Inside the breaker panel, Current Transformers (CTs) are clamped around the main incoming wires to provide an accurate electrical reading of the amount of electricity the building is using.
- Jan 2010Seed$2M
#12
Deadpooled · Shoreview, Minnesota · founded 2005$472.4Kraised▾
Green Ocean Energy engages in the research, development, design, and commercialization of wave energy technology solutions. Its products include Wave Treader, a wave energy device attached to the transition piece of an offshore wind turbine to generate combined wind and wave energy; and Ocean Treader, a device that harnesses the responses of horizontally and vertically floating bodies to passing waves. Ocean Treader is a Spar Buoy in the center and a second Sponson at the shaft end. As the wave passes first the forward Sponson lifts and falls, then the Spar Buoy lifts and falls. The relative motion between these three floating bodies is harvested by hydraulic cylinders mounted between the tops of the arms and the Spar Buoy.
- May 2011Seed$73.7K
- Sep 2009Seed$398.7K
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
What Minnesota researches in environmental monitoring
University of Minnesota leads Minnesota's environmental monitoring research, focusing on air quality and freshwater ecology with an optimistic tone (mean stance 0.37), dominated by recent advancement-oriented findings.
- University of Minnesota11
- University of Minnesota System3
- University of Minnesota, Duluth3
- Minnesota Department of Health2
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources1
Common questions
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.