Impact/100

The Impact/100 is a list of the world’s 100 most promising early-stage impact startups, as curated by Norrsken Foundation and our friends. It exists to give you hope and positive inspiration, and to remind you that even when things look pretty bleak, there are some incredible role models out there, and they deserve our praise and recognition. Scroll down for 100 ways to fix the future.

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The 2025 Impact/100 was compiled from over 1400 nominations sourced from 50 nominators, among them some of the world’s top investment funds, academic institutions and NGOs.

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The Exploration Company

Transportation
France, Germany

Building space logistics that everyone can use.

2025

Arbonics

ClimateTech
Estonia

Helps landowners turn forests into carbon income without guesswork.

2025

Proxima Fusion

Energy
Germany

Turning star power into clean power.

2025

Windfall Bio

ClimateTech
US

Methane pollution turned into farm nutrients.

2025

Wave

FinTech
Senegal

Banking redesigned to include every African.

2025

VunaPay

FinTech
Kenya

Fair pay for farmers, right away.

2025

Visibuilt

ClimateTech
Denmark

Fungal asphalt that cuts CO₂ and heat.

2025

Vind AI

CleanTech
Norway

The next generation of wind farms.

2025

Vema

CleanTech
US

Hydrogen made simple, clean, and abundant.

2025

VEIR

Energy
US

Supercooled cables that solve the energy bottleneck.

2025

Variant Bio

BioTech
US

Cures discovered in overlooked genetics

2025

Vaayu

ClimateTech
Germany

A climate scientist embedded in every checkout.

2025
2024

Trawa

Energy
Germany

Turns messy energy markets into clean power.

2025

Traceless

Materials
Germany

Turns conventional plastic into a fully sustainable alternative that leaves no trace.

2025
2024

tozero

Recycling
Germany

Turns dead batteries into Europe’s next critical mineral supply chain.

2025

Teton

HealthTech
Denmark

Gives nurses AI-powers

2025

Techcoop

FinTech
Vietnam

Turns Vietnam’s small shops and farmers into financial powerhouses

2025

Syre

Recycling
Sweden

Circular polyester, again and again.

2025

Sycai Medical

HealthTech
Spain

Detects silent cancers before they can hide from doctors.

2025

Stitch

FinTech
South Africa

The API layer that ties Africa’s money systems together.

2025

Sparxell

Materials
UK

Color you can compost.

2025

SeaPattern

CleanTech
Sweden

Turning overlooked currents into clean electricity.

2025

Shelly XU Design

Fashion
US

Zero-waste fashion with no fabric scraps.

2025

Seabound

ClimateTech
UK

The fleet that plunders pollution at sea.

2025

Sabi

ClimateTech
Nigeria

Turning Africa’s smallest shops into the biggest force for sustainable growth

2025

Savor

FoodTech
US

Real fats and oils made from carbon. No animals, plants, or farmland required

2025

Sava Health

HealthTech
UK

THE MOST POWERFUL BIOSENSOR EVER CREATED

2025

Rubi Labs

ClimateTech
US

Turns air pollution into fashion’s future

2025

Rootglobal

ClimateTech
Germany

Turns climate action and farm data into profitable opportunities.

2025

Robeauté

HealthTech
France

Swallowable robots travel your body to deliver life-saving precision.

2025

Relyion Energy

Energy
US

Unlocks renewables for industries, grids, and communities everywhere.

2025

Rize

ClimateTech
Singapore

Rice that feeds families and cools the planet.

2025

RedoxBlox

ClimateTech
US

Turns industrial heat into a clean battery.

2025

Queens Carbon

ClimateTech
US

Cement without the carbon hangover

2025

Qida

HealthTech
Spain

Turns your home into the best hospital you'll never check into.

2025

Project Eaden

FoodTech
Germany

Spins plant-based meat like textile fibers.

2025

PreWave

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Austria

Uses AI to predicts and expose supply chain risks.

2025

Predium

ClimateTech
Germany

Provides data-based sustainability insights for real estate portfolio management.

2025

Pionix

Energy
Germany

Turns EV chargers into open-source intelligence hubs for the grid.

2025

Polaron

Materials
UK

Uses AI to accelerate advanced materials development from years down to days.

2025

Fleetzero

ClimateTech
US

Builds electric cargo ships replacing diesel with clean batteries at sea.

2025

Phaidra

CleanTech
US

Uses AI to make factories self-optimizing and ultra-efficient.

2025
2024

Paebbl

ClimateTech
Netherlands, Sweden, Finland

Turns captured CO₂ into building material that's cleaner than concrete.

2025
2023

Oze

FinTech
Ghana

Supercharging SME growth in Africa and de-risking every loan.

2025

Oxyle

Water
Switzerland

Destroys forever chemicals in water in minutes, not years.

2025
2024

Osmoses

CleanTech
US

Separates industrial gases using membranes, not megawatts.

2025

Overstory

ClimateTech
Netherlands

Smart grids, safe forests with AI that keeps lights on and flames out

2025

Oriole Networks

ClimateTech
UK

Builds ultra-efficient photonic networks, slashing AI’s energy hunger.

2025

Orakl Oncology

BioTech
France

Accelerates cancer drug development using patient tumor avatars.

2025

Octavia Carbon

ClimateTech
Kenya

Pulling carbon straight out of Kenya’s skies.

2025

Ocean Ledger

ClimateTech
UK

Geospatial intelligence that sees coastal risks coming.

2025

Nostics

HealthTech
Netherlands

Builds AI-powered diagnostic tools using nanotechnology for fast, portable disease detection.

2025

Ocean Ecostructures

Sustainability
Spain

Turns ports and piers into thriving marine ecosystems.

2025

nsave

FinTech
UK

Provides trusted accounts to people from countries in unstable economies.

2025

Nile

FoodTech
South Africa

Farm to buyer, no middleman, just one click.

2025

Noon Energy

CleanTech
US

Stores renewable energy like a battery, using carbon and oxygen.

2025

Newcleo

Energy
France

Creates lead-cooled small modular reactors fueled by recycled nuclear waste.

2025

Nala Earth

Sustainability
Germany

Helps companies measure, improve, and report their impact on nature and biodiversity.

2025

Nala

FinTech
Kenya, Tanzania

Making remittances faster, cheaper, and borderless.

2025

Milvus Advanced

CleanTech
UK

Powers green technologies without any rare metal.

2025

Material Evolution

ClimateTech
UK

Makes ultra-low carbon cement from industrial waste.

2025
2023

Lanza Jet

CleanTech
US

Makes circular jet fuel from waste, cutting aviation emissions

2025

Klim

ClimateTech
Germany

Paying farmers to heal soil and pull carbon from the sky.

2025

Gridware

Energy
US

Detects grid faults before they spark hazards using smart sensors.

2025

Juna AI

CleanTech
Germany

Uses AI Agents for Industrial Process Control

2025

GreyParrot

Recycling
UK

Uses AI to see, and sort, what humans miss in waste.

2025

Greenjoules

CleanTech
India

Makes renewable biofuels from agricultural waste with zero fossil fuels involved.

2025

Goterra

CleanTech
Australia

Uses maggots and robots to turn food waste into high quality soil.

2025

Goodfire AI

Security
US

Critical infrastructure to edit and control AI before it controls us.

2025

Gigmile

FinTech
Nigeria

Gigmile turns Africa’s invisible gig workforce into entrepreneurs through tailored financing.

2025

FarmWorks

FoodTech
Kenya

Turns Kenya’s food system into a resilient, high-tech ecosystem, where underutilized land, trained farmers, smart farms, and stable markets work together to feed a nation.

2025

Exponent Energy

CleanTech
India

Delivers 15-minute EV charging.

2025

Faircado

Sustainability
Germany

Searches through all of second-hand sources using AI.

2025

evroc

CleanTech
Sweden

Builds Europe’s first sovereign green cloud powered entirely by renewables.

2025

Epyr

ClimateTech
France

Turning renewable power into high-temperature heat with thermal energy storage

2025

Dioxycle

ClimateTech
France

Turns industrial CO₂ emissions into clean fuels with electricity and science.

2025
2024

Dunia Innovations

CleanTech
Germany

Dunia compresses decades of clean-energy material discovery breakthroughs into just years, supercharging discovery with AI and robotics.

2025

Cylib

Recycling
Germany

Recycles EV batteries with nearly zero waste and total resource recovery.

2025
2023
2024

Deepull

HealthTech
Spain

Deepull identifies sepsis pathogens directly from blood in just one hour.

2025

Decade

ClimateTech
France, Sweden

Making the clean energy shift make business sense.

2025

CuspAI

Materials
UK

Designs next-gen materials with AI to solve climate at the atomic level.

2025

Climate X

ClimateTech
UK

Forecasts how climate change will impact businesses by advanced analytics allowing informed decisions and better solutions.

2025

Cure51

BioTech
France

Studies people who beat cancer then turns their biology into cures.

2025

Clippership

ClimateTech
US

Revolutionizes sea freight with zero-emission, wind-powered container ships.

2025

Cradle

BioTech
Switzerland, Netherlands

Designs proteins with AI making biology faster, cleaner, and smarter.

2025

Charm Industrial

ClimateTech
US

Pumps carbon underground by turning crop waste into liquid bio-oil.

2025

Brineworks

ClimateTech
Netherlands

Ultra low-cost Direct Air Capture company.

2025

CarbonRe

ClimateTech
UK

Uses AI to slash industrial CO₂ emissions without rebuilding factories.

2025

Biorce

HealthTech
Spain

Revolutionizing drug development through the power of AI.

2025

Arsenale Bioyards

BioTech
Italy

Arsenale’s proprietary end-to-end platform makes biomanufacturing via precision fermentation economically viable at industrial scale for the very first time.

2025

Avelios

HealthTech
Germany

Brings hospital software into the 21st century creating sustainable AI driven healthcare.

2025

Ataraxis

HealthTech
US

Transforming Cancer Care with AI Precision Medicine.

2025

Arnergy

Energy
Nigeria

Delivers solar power to businesses in Nigeria where the grid fails daily.

2025

Anthro Energy

Energy
US

Makes batteries flexible, safe, and wearable just like the devices they power.

2025

Amini

ClimateTech
Kenya

Maps climate and environmental data across Africa using AI to make informed environmental decisions.

2025

Alcemy

ClimateTech
Germany

Uses AI to make low-carbon cement as reliable as regular cement.

2025

AgriCarbon

ClimateTech
UK

Measures soil carbon at scale to unlock billions in climate finance.

2025

Again Bio

ClimateTech
Denmark

Turning pollution into products. Again turns waste into useful products, without breaking the bank or the planet.

2025

Aerones

ClimateTech
Latvia

Cleans and repairs massive wind turbines using giant robot drones.

2025

Aerleum

CleanTech
France

Turns toxic industrial emissions into building blocks for brand-new products.

2025

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The jury

The final curation was done by Norrsken Foundation and a hand-picked jury.

Niklas Adalberth
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Founder of Norrsken Foundation

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Yewande Adewusi
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COO at Alitheia Capital

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Daria Saharova
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General Partner at World Fund

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Darja Isaksson
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Director General at Vinnova

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Cameron McLain
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Giant Ventures

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