Best Environment Tech Companies in Utah, United States
The 54 best Environment Tech companies in Utah, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Torus.
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 Utah
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torus Manufacturer of power generators and energy management app 40Patents top 24%Funding top 29%Innovation top 30%Tech top 30% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 24% Fundingtop 29% Innovationtop 30% Techtop 30% Growthtop 35% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 40% Moatbottom 40% Marketbottom 14% Fin. healthbottom 8% Patents: 56 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 54 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Funding: Raised $67.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $67M | 2 mo ago | Series D | Nate Walkingshaw Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | DatoCMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | 56 patents Flywheel-based mechanical energy storage with magnetic bearings and AI management | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 2 | Qnergy Manufacturer of stirling energy systems | $46M | 56 mo ago | Series C | Ory Zik CEO | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | 9 patents Advanced recuperative heat exchangers and temperature control for Stirling-cycle power systems | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 3 | OpenSolar Cloud-based solar design and sales platform | $25M | 9 mo ago | Series B | Andrew Birch Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+33 | — | 2 launchs · 1 expansion |
| 4 | Adaptive Computing Provider of automation software for HPC, data center, and cloud environments | $25M | 134 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | WordPressMySQLSalesforce+23 | 152 patents Dynamic cloud bursting and threshold-based compute resource allocation for scalable cloud services. | — |
| 5 | Project Solar AI-based platform for solar design and simulation | $23M | 49 mo ago | Series A | Trevor Hiltbrand Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+40 | — | — |
| 6 | Solid Carbon Products Waste carbon dioxide to carbon nanotubes & nanofiber production technology provider | $18M | 174 mo ago | Series A | Gay Wyn E. Quance Co-Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Vutility Provider of cloud and app-based energy monitoring solutions for commercial applications | $14M | 17 mo ago | Series B | Stephen Prince CEO & President | 2016 | WebflowPreactjQuery+7 | 46 patents Smart electrical current sensing, monitoring, and adaptive data transmission technologies | — |
| 8 | Nodal Power Provider of syngas based bioenergy | $13M | 34 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Big Moon Power Developer of a tidal current harvesting device | $6M | 79 mo ago | Series A | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 10 | e-Sens Provider of solid state electrochemical sensors for water testing | $5M | 114 mo ago | Series A | Michael McCorquodale Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 11 | SEER Developer of chemical detection system using AI and machine learning | $2M | 165 mo ago | Seed | Fred Gallander CEO & President & Chairman | 2005 | — | 201 patents Advanced bioanalytical platforms for biomolecule detection and protein corona characterization | — |
| 12 | Trace AQ Provider of air quality forecasting, alerts, and data access solutions | $1M | 13 mo ago | Seed | Taylor Wilmot CTO & Founder | 2025 | — | 8 patents Blockchain-enabled anti-counterfeit supply chain tracking and decentralized smart‑contract asset management | — |
| 13 | Navillum Quantum dots production via a clean and energy efficient process | $1M | 142 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jacqueline Siy-Ronquillo Founder & CTO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Thrive Smart Systems Provider of smart watering solutions for home gardeners | $1M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Bryan Brittain Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 15 | Care Weather Provider or satellite-based weather forecasting services | $765K | 18 mo ago | Funding Raised | Alex Laraway Cofounder | 2019 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Utah
#1
Series D · Lehi, Utah · founded 2021 · 1 employees$67Mraised▾
Manufacturer of power generator from the sun or other renewable energy sources.They have developed an app for monitoring power generation and storage in real time, and easily load shift to maximise energy efficiency.
- May 2026Conventional Debt$35M
- Sep 2025Series D$200M
- Apr 2024Series C$67M
#2
Series B · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2017 · 73 employees$25Mraised▾
Cloud-based solar design and sales platform. It allows solar professionals to create rooftop solar designs on the app and has features such as deep 3D modeling tools, end-to-end business management toolkit, SolarTouch design technology, etc.
- Oct 2025Series B$20M
- Dec 2022Series B$15M
#3
Series B · Sandy, Utah · founded 2016 · 41 employees$14.5Mraised▾
Provider of cloud and app-based energy monitoring solutions for commercial applications. The product offerings include CloudVU - which provides real-time energy & sensory data for facilities, HotDrop - a sub-metering solution, PulseDrop - a dry pulse reader solution, and more.
- Feb 2025Series B$11.5M
- Aug 2022Series A$2.7M
- Apr 2020Series A$11.8M
- Sep 2016Seed$600K
#4
Seed · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2025$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of air quality forecasting, alerts, and data access solutions. The company offers air quality information for various applications. It delivers forecasting and alerts to assist with understanding and adapting to air quality conditions. Access to data is also provided for scientific and research purposes.
- May 2025Seed$1.2M
#5
Seed · Provo, Utah · founded 2018 · 3 employees$1Mraised▾
Thrive Smart Systems provides smart watering solutions for home gardeners. It offers a suite of wireless sprinkler valve, smart sprinkler controller, and moisture sensors to collect soil data and remotely monitor the irrigation activity.
- Apr 2025Seed$1M
#6
Funding Raised · Provo, Utah · founded 2019 · 2 employees$764.9Kraised▾
Provider or satellite-based weather forecasting services. Its proprietary, miniature radar satellites are solar-powered and include features like self-monitoring for thermal and electrical health, long distance communication to ground stations, attitude determination and control, as well as deployable solar arrays.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$294.9K
- Aug 2024Grant (prize money)$175K
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$294.9K
#7
Series C · Ogden, Utah · founded 2009 · 75 employees$46Mraised▾
Manufacturer of stirring energy systems. It offers power-generation solar engines for the space and defence industries. It also develops highly efficient and cost-effective applications of micro-combined heat and power, solar power generation, solar CHP, and liquefied natural gas.
- Nov 2021Series C$16M
- Apr 2020Series B$10M
- Aug 2015Grant (prize money)$55.9K
- Jun 2015Series A$20M
#8
Seed · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2021 · 7 employees$13Mraised▾
Provider of syngas based bioenergy. It offers landfill gas-to-energy data center technology and systems. It produces energy from landfills. It uses gas filtration technology to produce green renewable energy.
- Aug 2023Seed$13M
#9
Series A · Lehi, Utah · founded 2020 · 77 employees$23Mraised▾
Operator of an e-commerce platform intended to make solar easy and affordable. The company offers all-black panels with enphase micro inverters and provides solar equipment, through design, engineering, installation, repair, and other related services along with a smart artificial intelligence bot, that analyzes roof and energy data, enabling homeowners to save money and transition to renewable energy.
#10
Acquired · Provo, Utah · founded 2001 · 10 employees$25Mraised▾
Provider of automation software for HPC, data center, and cloud environments. Adaptive Computing offers a suite called Moab. Moab helps companies manage complex cloud computing environments. It consolidates and virtualizes resources, allocates and manages applications, improves service levels, and helps reduce operational costs.
- May 2015Series B$990.3K
- Oct 2014Series B$1M
- Jan 2014Series B$3M
- Feb 2012Series B$6M
#11
Series A · Provo, Utah · founded 2009 · 7 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Solid Carbon Products provides solutions to converts carbon dioxide into carbon products such as nanotubes, carbon black and nanofibers. Its process also generates clean water along with carbon products. Its uses Noyes process with carbon dioxide and methane or hydrogen gas as reactants and produce solid carbon and distilled water.
- Dec 2011Series A$10M
- Jan 2011Series A$7.5M
#12
Series A · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2015 · 10 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of a tidal current harvesting device. It focuses on generating clean, sustainable energy by harnessing the power of moving water, such as tides and ocean currents. It develops and operates tidal power facilities, with a focus on surface-based technology to make installation and maintenance more accessible and cost-effective.
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 Utah researches in environmental monitoring
University of Utah and Utah State University lead Utah's optimistic environmental-monitoring research, predominantly advancing air and water quality technologies with health-focused themes amid minimal concern.
- University of Utah9
- Utah State University5
- Mutah University1
Common questions
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