Top Natural Resources Startups in 2026

Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on local utility & public infrastructure markets The U.S. needs to invest $4.5 Trillion over the next 5 years to upgrade its infrastructure, including water, energy, public transit, roads, airports, and more. Citylitics is the only source of predictive intelligence on where, how, and why these infrastructure investments will be made. Our Data Engine transforms over a billion documents buried in 31,000+ cities & utilities data sources into high value intelligence for targeted business development. The largest infrastructure industry leaders rely on Citylitics for external datasets and intelligence reports Citylitics' vision is a world where data drives Trillions of dollars of societal infrastructure investment towards the most ideal social, economic, and environmental outcomes.

DecisionNext is the only native AI solution built specifically for buyers and sellers of commodity products. DN's SaaS software helps maximize profit margins and minimize risk. DN pushes buying transactions into the troughs in a volatile price environment, and does the opposite with selling transactions. It also provides a clear audit trail of exactly how prices were set. DN has patents awarded and pending for its method of incorporating users' market knowledge into its models. DecisionNext is helping commodity product buyers and sellers achieve similar profit margin gains to those created by applying deep analytics to several other industries, including airline, retail, high tech, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and logistics.

Each year the mining industry discards over 200 billion tons of waste (tailings) and produces more than 7% of the world’s carbon emissions. Phoenix Tailings is on a mission to be the world’s first clean mining and metals production company. By eliminating this harmful waste from the environment, we can sustainably create valuable new materials. We started with the humble beginnings of a few friends in a backyard, thinking of how they can fix this broken system of metals production. Now, Phoenix Tailings has become one of the top sustainability startups in the world. A Techstars Boston 2020 company with funding from the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, Phoenix has demonstrated early success in our clean mining mission. We still have a long way to go to achieve this mission. However, it’s our belief that together, the right people can overcome any obstacle and change the world.

Teck is a diversified resource company, focused on providing products that are essential to building a better quality of life for people around the globe. Over more than 100 years, Teck has grown into one of the world’s leading diversified natural resource companies, committed to responsible mining and mineral development. Over that time, our people have helped to build communities, create jobs and drive innovation, making our industry more sustainable.

About RBR Since 1973, RBR has been designing and manufacturing oceanographic instruments in Ottawa, Ontario to measure our blue planet. The effects of climate change are being seen from the ocean’s abyss to the polar ice caps and our sensors quantify this change to support better analysis, improved planning, and more effective mitigation strategies. Our instruments measure water parameters in some of the harshest environments on the planet! They are mounted on underwater drones, dropped out of planes, and sent to the bottom of the ocean – sometimes for years at a time – all in an effort to get precise and accurate data to support climate research! We have been fortunate to be able to partner with some of the world's leaders in the field of ocean science, like Fisheries and Oceans Canada, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, The Norwegian Polar Institute, and The British Antarctic Survey, just to name a few!

Overstory’s mission is to help solve our climate crisis by providing real-time intelligence about the planet’s vegetation. In our first step toward this mission, we are applying machine learning to satellite imagery to track forests and vegetation, helping to reduce the risk of wildfires and prevent biodiversity loss. We just raised a round of funding, led by Moxxie Ventures and Capital T. Other investors include: Pale Blue Dot, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Toba Capital, Overwater Ventures, Climate Capital and Techstars. If you want to have a real impact by working in climate tech, come join our talented, passionate team.

Upwell Water supplies, treats, and manages water assets globally. We own operating and new build assets, partnering with solution providers to provide supply and treatment as a service to customers in need. Water scarcity, pollution, and aging infrastructure are among the greatest challenges of our time. Upwell Water is on the cutting edge of solutions and capital to enable a sustainable water future.

ispace technologies Inc. is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. ispace manages the technological and business development operations of Team HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility. ispace specializes in developing extremely mass and power-efficient sensors and mobility systems to maintain cutting edge performance for even the smallest swarm systems. Utilizing this technology allows mission architectures to be eminently scalable: as the mission size increases, so does the ispace robot swarm. ispace micro-robots will explore larger areas faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots.

o Water Quality Improvement Products Our water quality improvement products help increase the benefits and results of our water aeration systems. o Algae Control & Duckweed Control Products- Clean-Flo, we have developed natural algae control products that reduce the nutrients the plant needs to grow. o Septic System & Wastewater Restoration Products Increase the overall water quality of your septic systems or wastewater with our natural products and aeration systems. o Biological Control Products Our unique biological control products will nature improve the overall quality of your water body without harming wildlife. o Swimming Pool Cleaning Products Our swimming pool maintenance products are a great alternative to harsh chemicals to help keep your pool clear and beautiful. o Nutrient Reduction Products Our nutrient reduction products will help eliminate nutrients that cause algae to form.

Aquatic Informatics provides leading software solutions that address critical water data management and analysis challenges for the rapidly growing environmental monitoring industry. Aquatic Informatics is the trusted provider of hydrologic management solutions to hundreds of federal, state/provincial and local government departments, hydropower operators, mining companies, academic groups, and consulting organizations around the world, who collect, manage, and process large volumes of water quality or quantity data. We have forged strong international relationships with a diverse range of organizations including Environment Canada – Water Survey Canada, the University of British Columbia, US Geological Survey, and Southern Water of Australia to name a few. We offer a full range of solutions, from standalone software packages for individual users, to enterprise-wide national systems serving hundreds of users and processing environmental data from thousands of monitoring stations.