In Southeast Europe, these early-stage startups have been encouraged and nurtured through accelerator programs and competitions. Based on their achievements in this past year, The Recursive listed some of the promising cleantech startups to watch for in 2022.

2030 Builders is a startup founded in 2017 in Denmark by a Romanian team. The startup offers an educational digital platform that uses gamification to help companies and their employees understand their environmental footprints and take actions to address them. Regarding the SDGs addressed 2030 Builders focuses on sustainable cities and communities and sustainable consumption and production.

Coffee-eco is a startup founded in Greece in 2018 that focuses on responsible consumption and production. Coffee-eco deals with upcycling coffee waste into high-quality raw materials for food and cosmetics products. At the beginning of the year, Coffe-eco won 1st place at EIT in the Jumpstarter Food category.

Micile Bucurii is a Romanian startup founded in 2020 in Bucharest. It is a community-born platform that aims to educate and guide consumers and businesses on the transition to sustainability lifestyles and strategies. For companies, they are developing training materials and modules on topics related to sustainability.

R-Create is anotheer Romanian startup that tackles the subject of responsible consumption and production. A B2B digital platform offering packaging-as-a-service to online stores, connecting e-commerce, couriers, and postal services in one platform.

Sofia2Go is a startup founded in 2016 in Bulgaria and it aims to to reduce food waste from HoReCa by offering restaurants, hotels, and cafes a marketplace where they can sell food that would otherwise go to waste.

Read more about european cleantech startups to watch in 2022 on The Recursive.