Top Illinois Greentech Startups (33)

Energy CX is a family-founded energy broker redefining how businesses buy energy. Powered by ABEL™, a proprietary platform, the company uses math-based trading methodologies to help customers treat energy like an investment, not a line item. Energy CX replaces fragmented tools and legacy broker models with a centralized, technology-led approach—reducing risk, controlling spend, and bringing clarity to complex energy markets....

Tradewater is a mission based B Corp that creates, develops, and implements high-value projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our integrated approach results in verifiable, permanent climate impact and sustainable economic benefit through the highest quality carbon offset credits. We are one of the world's only companies actively focused on scalable strategies for collecting, controlling, and destroying potent greenhouse and...

"Light Poverty" is a debilitating condition that adversely affects over 1.4 billion people in the world. Light Poverty directly impacts the quality of life and the impact is more skewed for the marginalized and weaker sections of society in developing and emerging economies.  The problem worsens when it comes to global issues such as climate change and sustainability.  Light Up...

My Green Village provides matchmaking services for ecofriendly homeowners and quality green home contracting & cleaning companies. One convenient place, one affordable membership, and you'll never have to meet anyone's mother.

IncubEx is an incubator for exchange traded products, services, and technology solutions. At its core, IncubEx is a product and business development firm. The company works in conjunction with its global exchange partner, European Energy Exchange (EEX) and other leading service providers and stakeholders to design and develop new financial products in global environmental, reinsurance, and related commodity markets. IncubEx...

MarkITx is a technology company that is transforming the way the world trades IT hardware. Using predictive algorithms to provid

Energy Foundry invests venture capital in today’s most promising energy innovators, and we work with the world’s leading energy companies to build and scale new ventures. Our approach merges venture capital with the perks of partnership, and includes an arsenal of essential tools and relationships to help bring great ideas to market.

We believe we can renew the planet by fighting climate change, ending the use of landfills, eliminating single use packaging and re-enriching our soil. We do this by enabling brands to use the most sustainable packaging solutions on the planet. To help us make this happen, contact: [email protected]

Harvest₂O builds and markets elegant home hydroponic gardening systems that make growing food at home easy, productive and fun. Our system is the most advanced consumer product on the market. It adapts commercial-grade hydroponic technology for consumer use.

Solar Simplified is an online platform that matches renters and homeowners who care about the environment and want to save money on the electricity bill with local solar farms. We take the hassle out of supporting renewable energy and make the sign-up process easy and transparent. For developers, Solar Simplified is a sales and marketing jackpot. The company was started...

BioBlend offers a full spectrum of lubricants, greases and industrial products that enable a seamless transition to biobased products. Our experts can guide customers down the path from petroleum-based to more sustainable products that enhance their environmental and safety objectives without sacrificing performance or value.

FloWaste’s food analytics platform uses proprietary image recognition technology to empower food service providers and industrial food producers to reduce food waste automatically. Using kitchen data, FloWaste allows foodservice providers to optimize meal preparation, ingredient combinations, and portion sizing, while reducing labor costs, to maximize profits and minimize excess. FloWaste has 3 live paid pilot customers, who have just signed...

The Sparkl mission is to provide a convenient, eco-friendly, waterless car wash for those who care to save time and businesses who wish to build value. With the touch of your finger, you can schedule a car wash anytime and anywhere- we come to YOU. No more excuses for a dirty car!

HYZON Motors was established in the US in January 2020. HYZON is a global supplier of zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, including heavy duty trucks, buses and coaches. Headquartered in Rochester, NY and with operations in Europe, Singapore, Australia and China, the company is led by HYZON co-founders George Gu, Craig Knight and Gary Robb and commercializes Horizon’s 17...

We are a team of young, but experienced entrepreneurs who believe in the future of smart urban mobility, and also in the advance of science in integrating the brain and body’s biomarkers with the mechanics and electronics of the most beloved mode of green transportation – the bicycle.

AMPY is a wearable device that captures your kinetic energy to rechage your smartphone or any USB-powered device. Our proprietary inductor technology can be integrated directly into smartwatches, fitness trackers, and other wearables so you never have to plug them in.

PiN is a renewable energy company disguised as an online gamification platform via website and mobile apps. PiN is a social enterprise that is a hybrid between online and mobile games and penny auctions. Users can win prizes through skills games, initially trivia games, with renewable energy advocacy and education built in before each game.

GlobalView focuses on servicing the data management needs of the energy industry on a global basis. It has developed an unparalleled depth of experience in creating solutions that meet needs in a variety of energy trading markets:

Omni Ecosystems is a sustainable green infrastructure company encompassing five disciplines. Working across these disciplines, we provide solutions for ecosystem design, implementation, and management. Our team includes experts in microbiology, ecology, landscape architecture, architecture, horticulture, green infrastructure, and construction.

Buildings are the world's #1 consumer of energy and resources, and our mission is to help them use less. We are an early-stage company seeking to disrupt the $40B market for energy efficiency retrofits by developing a marketplace that connects buildings, people, products and services. Green Per Square Foot, enables building owners and managers to profile their buildings, find savings opportunities, and...