Radar · Sustainability Tech in CA
Best Sustainability Tech Companies in CA, United States
The 42 best Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
42companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SUSTAINABILITY TECH × CA
Our analysis of 84 Sustainability Tech companies
$19.4b in tracked funding; 85% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
84companies analysed
85%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
9unicorns
2016median founding year
195kcombined LinkedIn audience
54%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in CA
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Tech stack | Web popularity | SEO maturity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislaus County Stanislaus County is a county located in the Central Valley of the state of California, between Stockton and… | — | 2,480 | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Windows Server+9 | Top 1M | basic | — | — |
| 2 | Climate FieldView The Climate Corporation mission is to help the world's farmers sustainably increase productivity with digital… | — | 900 | 2006 | SalesforceSalesforce Service CloudYouTube+23 | Top 10M | basic | — | — |
| 3 | Community Housing Partnership Community Housing Partnership is the leading nonprofit in San Francisco helping people experiencing… | — | 451 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Watershed Watershed is a software startup working to accelerate the fight against climate change. | — | 372 | — | — | — | — | 31 patents Mechanical shear-resistant geomembranes for waterproofing and erosion control in civil infrastructure | 1 job opening |
| 5 | SutroVax SutroVax is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of best-in-class conjugate vaccines and… | — | 327 | — | — | — | — | 22 patents Design and production of self‑adjuvanting peptide‑antigen conjugate vaccines | — |
| 6 | Click Diagnostics Driven by a belief that disease diagnoses should be quick, accurate, and accessible to all, we are developing… | — | 210 | — | — | — | — | 44 patents Portable nucleic acid extraction and rapid PCR-based molecular diagnostic testing | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 7 | PharmaCureâ„¢ Corporation PharmaCureâ„¢ Corporation has created WoundCureâ„¢, a powerful FDA approved OTC broad spectrum topical… | — | 150 | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | UC San Diego - Housing • Dining • Hospitality UC San Diego - Housing • Dining • Hospitality is an entirely self-sufficient and self-supporting department… | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,947,485 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Sustainability Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CA · Energy
How research on Climate Adaptation in CA is moving
A read on the academic research around Climate Adaptation in CA — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,237 papers.
2237 papers · stance +0.13 · 11% breakthrough · 53% concern
top institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences73
- London School of Economics and Political Science57
- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education48
- Amicable Knowledge Solution University44
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill43
leading researchers
Horn, Sarun · Meriam Makinano-Santillan · Zoran Vojinović · Declan Conway · Ioana Popescu · Ann van Griensven
prism intelligence · tone & topics
65% positive · 30% critical tone
EnvironmentSustainabilityAgricultureBusinessPoliticsGovernment
▲
Breakthroughs205 · 9%
▲ 2%→11% share
▲5.5× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (2%→11% of field), led by Climate change.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Climate change2→65
- Flood myth3→48
- Flooding (psychology)1→19
- Risk management1→6
- Extreme weather1→3
Newly emergingResilience (materials science) 0→69 · Sustainability 0→48 · Agriculture 0→47
Landmark What Is Nuisance Flooding? Defining and Monitoring an Emerging Challenge · 214 cites
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Advancements683 · 31%
▼ 42%→29% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations73% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (42%→29% of field), led by Climate change.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Climate change34→235
- Flood myth59→185
- Resilience (materials science)26→100
- Sustainability6→57
- Flooding (psychology)30→79
Newly emergingClimate Finance 0→12 · Portfolio 0→10 · Climate change adaptation 0→9
Landmark Hedging Climate Change News · 1,238 cites
▼
Concerns1,018 · 46%
45%→45% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations76% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (45%→45% of field), led by Climate change.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Climate change90→524
- Resilience (materials science)33→168
- Psychological resilience23→156
- Flood myth33→157
- Vulnerability (computing)11→128
Newly emergingGlobal warming 0→20 · Equity (law) 0→16 · Sustainable development 0→15
Landmark A Review of Risk Perceptions and Other Factors that Influence Flood Mitigation Behavior · 1,151 cites
Common questions
How many Sustainability Tech companies are there in CA, United States?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Sustainability Tech companies headquartered in CA, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States?
The Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sustainability Tech company in CA, United States?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States.
How many Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States are funded?
0 of the 42 Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sustainability Tech unicorns are there in CA, United States?
None of the Sustainability Tech companies in CA, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in CA, United States Sustainability Tech companies?
The most active investors in CA, United States Sustainability Tech companies on this list include a range of venture and angel investors.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.