Best Environment Tech Companies in Oregon, United States
The 82 best Environment Tech companies in Oregon, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rubicon.
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 Oregon
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubicon 🦄 Provider of waste and recycling management solutions for various businesses | $272M | 29 mo ago | 949 949 → 552 (-42%) | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25 | Top 5M | 286 patents Optimizing waste collection logistics and hydraulic pump technologies for service efficiency | 1 job opening |
| 2 | 280 Earth Developer of direct air capture systems for carbon removal | $50M | 25 mo ago | — | Jacques Gagne Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Serveron Monitoring devices for T&D systems | $39M | 231 mo ago | 70 | Mark Rupnik CEO | — | — | 15 patents Transformer oil condition monitoring and dissolved‑gas analysis for electrical equipment | — |
| 4 | LO3 Energy Offering blockchain technology for energy trading | $18M | 63 mo ago | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | IOTAS Provider of a smart home hub for integrating various connected devices on one platform | $18M | 62 mo ago | 30 | — | RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+23 | Top 50M | 5 patents Secure provisioning and authentication of IoT wireless devices | — |
| 6 | Gravity Provider of solutions to calculate and offset the carbon footprint | $13M | 17 mo ago | 16 | — | WebflowLenisSwiper+11 | Top 10M | 36 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 3 launchs |
| 7 | NanoFlex Develops organic PV technology | $12M | 152 mo ago | — | Dean L. Ledger CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Ventacity Provider of heat recovery ventilation units | $8M | 90 mo ago | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Home Comfort Zones Energy efficiency systems for home | $8M | 194 mo ago | — | David Alles CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Innovari Energy platform to integrate demand side management, grid optimization, distributed energy resources… | $8M | 149 mo ago | 89 | — | — | — | 18 patents Smart grid resource management and real-time capacity monitoring systems | — |
| 11 | InPipe Energy Provider of waste water management systems for electricity generation | $7M | 57 mo ago | 9 | Gregg Semler CEO & President | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+27 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 12 | Puralytics Advanced water purification using light-activated nanotechnology for clean, safe water | $7M | 140 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Get Emme Provider of IoT-enabled building energy management solutions | $6M | 164 mo ago | 5 | Jon Brodeur CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Pacific Light Tech Provides engineered nano materials for high-efficiency solid-state lighting | $5M | 138 mo ago | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | NetVendor Property management | $4M | 55 mo ago | 37 | — | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+32 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 16 | EnergyRM Provider of solutions for energy efficiency metering and analytics for commercial building | $4M | 70 mo ago | 4 | Jason Gregory Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Ren Energy Provider of PPA marketplace solutions | $3M | 37 mo ago | 16 | Morgan West Co-Founder | WebflowPatreonjQuery+7 | Top 50M | — | 1 partnership |
| 18 | MyExposome Provider of personal environmental monitoring devices detecting chemical exposure | $3M | 15 mo ago | — | Kevin Hobbie Co-Founder | — | — | 4 patents Passive environmental sampling devices for chemical detection and analysis | — |
| 19 | Community Energy Labs IoT, SaaS & AI-driven energy monitoring solutions for commercial applications | $3M | 33 mo ago | 10 | Tanya Barham CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | ZAPS Technologies Optical instrument for real-time water quality monitoring | $2M | 123 mo ago | — | Nathan Klinkhammer Co-Founder | — | — | 15 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 21 | Looptworks Internet-first brand for handcrafted products | $2M | 28 mo ago | 21 | Scott Hamlin Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 10M | 3 patents Fiber decoloring and recycling technologies for pure textile fibers | — |
| 22 | Routeware Fleet management solutions | $2M | 173 mo ago | 81 | Paul Rafalowski Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | WordPressSentryZendesk+52 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 23 | Elexity Provider of energy control software for cost saving | $1M | 35 mo ago | 13 | John Powers Founder/CSO Elexity (formerly Extensible Energy) | HubSpot CMS HubVimeocore-js+16 | Top 50M | 2 patents Predictive building energy management and HVAC control systems | 1 job opening |
| 24 | CropMetrics Precision agriculture solutions for sustainable yield enhancement and smart farming | $1M | 127 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | 2 patents Precision agriculture: advanced crop modeling and center‑pivot irrigation control systems. | — |
| 25 | Building Energy Cloud-hosted solutions for managing energy efficiency in buildings | $930K | 120 mo ago | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Diatomix Provider of green additive for indoor air purification | $911K | 71 mo ago | 11 | Adrian Polliack CEO | — | — | 2 patents Biosilica-supported catalytic composites for biocatalysis and environmental remediation | — |
| 27 | Green Energy Microgrid solutions provider enabling smart grid technologies and distributed energy resources | $757K | 132 mo ago | 51 | Peter Gregory CEO | — | — | 139 patents Hydrocarbon and solvent extraction/recovery from porous media and organic materials | — |
| 28 | LeanPath Automated food waste tracking systems | $750K | 17 mo ago | 57 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+37 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 29 | AlphaCard ID cards, printers, software, and supplies for secure identification | $645K | 138 mo ago | 40 | — | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+30 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 30 | M3 Wave Submerged nea- shore WEC by using air pressure difference | $630K | 165 mo ago | — | Mike Morrow Co- Founder & CEO | — | — | 24 patents Distributed antenna systems and broadband antenna designs for wireless communications | — |
| 31 | Fluid Technology Solutions Membrane filtration solutions based on Forward Osmosis technology | $500K | 71 mo ago | 6 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 32 | IT Aire Data room cooling systems | $325K | 117 mo ago | — | Jason K. Patz CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | SabrTech Developer of algae cultivation technology | $200K | 169 mo ago | 11 | Mather Carscallen Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Birch Biosciences Provider of AI-based plastic recycling technology | $125K | 14 mo ago | 6 | Johan Kers Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Crystal Clear Technologies Metal treatment from wastewater streams | $110K | 120 mo ago | — | Lisa Farmen Founder & CEO | — | — | 54 patents Audio/video coding, signal processing, and bandwidth prediction technologies | — |
Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Oregon
#1
Series A · Remote, Oregon · founded 2021 · 16 employees$13Mraised▾
Provider of solutions to calculate and offset the carbon footprint
- Jan 2025Series A$13M
#2
Funding Raised · Corvallis, Oregon · founded 2014$3.1Mraised▾
Provider of personal environmental monitoring devices detecting chemical exposure. The company focuses on technologies for individual environmental exposure monitoring using passive devices. These wristbands detect pesticides, flame retardants, and PCBs. The devices offer an alternative to grab sample methods for measuring airborne contamination.
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$98.7K
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)$896K
- Aug 2021Grant (prize money)$150K
#3
Rubicon 🦄Public · Portland, Oregon · founded 2008 · 949 employees$272.1Mraised▾
Provider of waste and recycling management solutions for various businesses. The company offers services to manage waste, control costs, and provide support. It delivers transparency, convenience, and real-time data through a tech-enabled approach. The company offers services such as site audits, material recovery plans, and zero waste program design.
- Jan 2024Post IPO$2.5M
- Dec 2023Post IPO—
- Jul 2019Series E$161.4M
- Sep 2017Series D—
#4
Series B · The Dalles, Oregon · founded 2018$50Mraised▾
Developer of direct air capture systems for carbon removal. These systems permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The technology is designed to mitigate and reverse climate change by addressing the excess CO2 in the atmosphere. The company develops scalable solutions to the global CO2 imbalance, aiming to improve the climate for future generations. A key component of the solution is the production of fresh water using waste heat.
- May 2024Series B$50M
#5
Funding Raised · Portland, Oregon · founded 2004 · 57 employees$750Kraised▾
Leanpath offers an automated food waste tracking system for restaurants, universities, hospitals, and other food service organizations. Its integrated scale and touch screen device allow users to easily record the amount, food type, location, loss reason, and other information about the food being discarded. Enables kitchen staff to record the information in less than 10 seconds, immediately prior to disposal. The data is uploaded to a reporting dashboard where it can be analyzed to find sources of waste. LeanPath offers training and coaching to translate the data into actionable steps. There are a variety of customizable rental and purchase options are available. Customers include ARAMARK Healthcare, IKEA, Sodexo, and Novotel Brisbane.
- Jan 2025Conventional Debt$750K
#6
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2021 · 6 employees$125Kraised▾
Provider of AI-based plastic recycling technology. It offers recycling technology which uses enzymes to break down plastic.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- 2022Seed$500K
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)$255.8K
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#7
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2021 · 2 employees$50Kraised▾
Provider of cloud-enabled building energy management solutions. The company offers solutions for automating and maintaining building energy efficiency. It provides an automation system for building owners and operators to get customer oversight information.
- 2025Seed$50K
- Jun 2023Seed—
#8
Series A · Portland, Oregon · founded 2009 · 21 employees$2Mraised▾
Looptworks is an online private label brand of handcrafted products with recycled material. It includes bags and backpacks, apparels, laptop and tablet cases, accessories and wallets in its product catalog. It offers a lifetime warranty on all the products.
- Feb 2024Series A$1.9M
- Apr 2019Series A—
- Apr 2018Conventional Debt$75K
- Jul 2017Conventional Debt$400K
#9
Funding Raised · Portland, Oregon · founded 2019 · 10 employees$2.6Mraised▾
IoT, SaaS & AI-driven energy monitoring solutions for commercial applications. It offers smart energy management & decarbonization for community building owners.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$650K
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$275K
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$131.5K
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$150K
#10
Acquired · Portland, Oregon · founded 2014 · 30 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Provider of a smart home hub for integrating various connected devices on one platform. The company automates home appliances by installing smart outlets, switches sensors, thermostats, and more. All these devices are controlled using a proprietary hub that can connect many devices at once. The software leverages machine learning to learn about user activities.
- Apr 2021Series A$2.8M
- Oct 2019Series A$8.5M
- Nov 2018Series A$700K
- Nov 2017Series A$5.3M
#11
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2017 · 16 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of PPA marketplace solutions. It enables companies with global supply chains to source energy. It solves the financial, technical, and logistical challenges associated with sourcing renewable energy to cover supply chain emissions.
- May 2023Seed$2.3M
- Mar 2023Seed$915K
#12
Series B · Portland, Oregon · founded 2015 · 24 employees$17.6Mraised▾
LO3 Energy offers an open-source, cryptographically secure blockchain solution to manage transactions across a microgrid. The product offered is 'TransActive Grid', which matches households that generate electricity with those who need it, executing sales automatically using smart contracts with little-to-no human involvement.
- Mar 2021Series B$11M
- Jul 2019Series A—
- Apr 2019Series A—
- Dec 2017Series A—
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 Oregon researches in environmental monitoring
- Oregon State University20
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife6
- University of Oregon3
- Oregon Water Science Center2
- Oregon Health & Science University2
Common questions
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