Europe's fastest-growing climate tech unicorns – mapped
2 sep. 2025
05:58
Climate funding may be cooling, but Europe’s climate tech scene isn’t.
Seventeen unicorns now call the continent home, with most minted in just the past four years.
From fast-scaling green energy challengers to heavyweight players in circular economy and heavy industry, we’ve crunched the data on who’s rising, who’s profitable – and who’s hiring.
Oh and we've mapped it all out because – who doesn't like a good ol' fashioned map?
Seventeen unicorns now call the continent home, with most minted in just the past four years.
From fast-scaling green energy challengers to heavyweight players in circular economy and heavy industry, we’ve crunched the data on who’s rising, who’s profitable – and who’s hiring.
Oh and we've mapped it all out because – who doesn't like a good ol' fashioned map?
Yes, funding for climate is down. Sure, Europe lost Northvolt, its only climate tech decacorn. Indeed, investors are flocking to AI and defence right now.
But investors and founders we've spoken to over the last few months tell us it's not all doom and gloom.