Best Sustainability Tech Companies in Utrecht, Netherlands
The 42 best Sustainability Tech companies in Utrecht, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sensorfact.
Our analysis of 293 Sustainability Tech companies
$38.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in Utrecht
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sensorfact Provider of industrial IoT platform for energy consumption and machine monitoring | $48M | 37 mo ago | Acquired | Pieter Broekema Founder & CEO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Bilthoven Biologicals Large scale vaccines manufacturer for infectious diseases, such as polio and tetanus | $29M | 38 mo ago | Acquired | Jan-Eric Zandbergen CEO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 1 partnership |
| 3 | C2CA Technology Developer of concrete upcycling process transforming waste into cement substitutes | $11M | 21 mo ago | Series A | Thomas Petithuguenin CEO | 2016 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+9 | — |
| 4 | Energyworx Provider of SaaS and big data-based energy data management and analytics | $8M | 61 mo ago | Acquired | Erik Wijk Co-Founder | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 5 | LegionellaDossier Provider of software for water safety, Legionella risk assessments, and compliance | $4M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Gert Oussoren Founder & CRO | 2015 | WebflowMicrosoft AdvertisingHubSpot Chat+22 | — |
| 6 | Orbisk Provider of AI-based food waste monitoring system | $1M | 20 mo ago | Series A | Bart Arnhem Co-Founder & CTO | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorDiviWordPress+38 | — |
| 7 | Beyond Weather AI-based platform offering weather forecasting solutions | $267K | 28 mo ago | Seed | Sem Vijverberg Founder | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 1 job opening |
| 8 | QwikSense Data analytics platform to improve energy savings, employee satisfaction and productivity | $81K | 139 mo ago | Deadpooled | Felix Mann Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in Utrecht
#1
Series A · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2016 · 8 employees$10.9Mraised▾
Developer of concrete upcycling process transforming waste into cement substitutes. The process transforms waste concrete into substitutes for cement, aggregates, and sand. It uses crushing, separation, and activation techniques. The process aims to reduce carbon emissions and promote circular construction solutions.
- Nov 2024Series A$10.6M
- Mar 2023Seed—
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$321.1K
#2
Series A · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2019 · 37 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based food waste monitoring system. It is a plug-and-play installation of the food waste monitor in the kitchen. The monitor system has a camera with AI image recognition, that recognizes the products being thrown away and gains insight into the food waste via an online report.
- Dec 2024Series A$8.4M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$193.1K
- Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$2.8M
#3
Acquired · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2016$48.4Mraised▾
Provider of industrial IoT platform for energy consumption and machine monitoring. The platform offers insights into machine maintenance and energy usage. It provides tools for monitoring electricity, gas, water, temperature, humidity, compressed air, and overall equipment effectiveness. The platform aims to simplify the process of identifying waste and improving efficiency.
- Jul 2023Series C$28.1M
- Jan 2022Series B$14.5M
- Mar 2021Series A$4.4M
- Jul 2019Seed$1.4M
#4
Acquired · Bilthoven, Utrecht · founded 2012 · 371 employees$28.6Mraised▾
Bilthoven Biologicals produces large scale vaccines for infectious diseases, such as polio and tetanus. It was acquired by Poonawalla Group (Serum Institute, Indian vaccine manufacturer) in Jul.2012. The company manufacturers more than 20M vaccine units each year and sells in more than 25 countries.
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$28.6M
#5
Seed · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2021$266.9Kraised▾
AI-based platform offering weather forecasting solutions. It uses artificial intelligence rather than static models to deliver precise weather predictions. It helps make informed business decisions, mitigate risks, and capitalize on opportunities.
- Apr 2024Seed$266.9K
- 2021Seed—
#6
Series A · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2015 · 42 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Provider of software for water safety, Legionella risk assessments, and compliance. The software facilitates job and task management, collaborative compliance, data insights, and asset management. It offers features such as task scheduling, trend analysis, Bluetooth temperature checks, and remote monitoring. The software supports various industries, including healthcare, education, hospitality, governmental, and social housing sectors.
- Oct 2022Series A$3.9M
#7
Acquired · Houten, Utrecht · founded 2012 · 65 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS and big data-based energy data management and analytics. It provides a platform for gathering data using APIs, storage, and flexibility to have data in value context-driven data points. The analytics engine ensures that unique actionable insights are isolated and highlighted. It is used by utility companies to understand the behavioral insights of the consumers and create customized pricing plans.
- Jul 2021Series B$6M
- Jul 2020Series A—
- Nov 2019Series A$1.1M
- Oct 2016Series A—
#8
Deadpooled · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2012 · 6 employees$81Kraised▾
Data analytics platform to improve energy savings, employee satisfaction, and productivity. Based on indoor and outdoor temperatures they give actionable insights for quick energy savings. They provide indoor climate analyses on CO2, temperature, and humidity and also optimize the workspace by analyzing occupancy per workplace.
- Jan 2015Seed$81K
#9
Seed · Amersfoort, Utrecht · founded 2021—raised▾
AI & SaaS-based solution for pre and during wildfire management. It is a Software-as-a-service startup developing solutions to cover all range of wildfire damages and risks in wildfire stages. The company offers advanced surveillance and data collection technologies for protecting nature, people and properties from wildfires.
- Oct 2023Seed—
#10
Series B · Zeist, Utrecht · founded 2011 · 96 employees—raised▾
Provider of AI-driven hardware and software solutions for energy monitoring. Product offerings include smartbridge - which is a plug-and-play device that connects to smart meters and transmits real-time data. The mobile app is compatible with iOS and Android devices and gives real-time and historic energy usage insights when connected to the Smartbridge. It also provides an online service for the tracking of energy usage by individual appliances and also offers features such as monthly budget managers.
- Mar 2021Series B—
#11
Acqui-Hired · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2015 · 22 employees—raised▾
Load management based on the electricity prices. It collects a lot of data about the influences of the sun, the wind, the temperature, also to differences in day and night, week and weekend, so on that provide solid demand and supply patterns. The algorithms use this data together with the predictions in order to make the best schedule for the control of the device. If the situation changes - such as when the door of a freezer opens for a while - then the software will quickly do a new prediction and a new schedule.
- Apr 2016Seed—
#12
Acquired · Nieuwegein, Utrecht · founded 2001 · 250 employees—raised▾
GOconnectIT provides ICT solutions for the cable and duct industry. Offers software solutions and services in the areas of GIS and field service automation. Also, provides infrastructure solutions in the field of diversion routes cables and pipes. Uses in-house GIS application to optimize the transparency in the process.
- 2009Series A—
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