Top 6 Smart (Energy-Efficient) City startups in USA
Dec 26, 2025
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Funding: $1.5B
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
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Funding: $654.2M
NineDot Energy creates innovative energy solutions that make the urban grid cleaner, more resilient and less costly. It wants to turn underused properties into community battery-farm projects.NineDot Energy is building and operating community-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the New York City metropolitan area. With sites in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as Westchester County and Long Island, NineDot Energy is helping make our local grid cleaner, more resilient, equitable and affordable. The company plans to develop and build more than 400 megawatts (MW) of clean energy systems by the end of 2026, strengthening local grid infrastructure and providing clean, reliable, and resilient power to tens of thousands of New York City homes and businesses, supporting New York State's mission to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.
NineDot Energy creates innovative energy solutions that make the urban grid cleaner, more resilient and less costly. It wants to turn underused properties into community battery-farm projects.NineDot Energy is building and operating community-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the New York City metropolitan area. With sites in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as Westchester County and Long Island, NineDot Energy is helping make our local grid cleaner, more resilient, equitable and affordable. The company plans to develop and build more than 400 megawatts (MW) of clean energy systems by the end of 2026, strengthening local grid infrastructure and providing clean, reliable, and resilient power to tens of thousands of New York City homes and businesses, supporting New York State's mission to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.
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Funding: $213.5M
With Passport, cities can easily analyze scooter usage, parking patterns and curb utilization. Passport also enables cities to implement real-time curbside pricing and payments and better manage scooter placement.
With Passport, cities can easily analyze scooter usage, parking patterns and curb utilization. Passport also enables cities to implement real-time curbside pricing and payments and better manage scooter placement.
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Funding: $6.5M
InPipe Energy enable water agencies to manage pressure while producing renewable energy-turning excess pressure into a revenue stream.
InPipe Energy enable water agencies to manage pressure while producing renewable energy-turning excess pressure into a revenue stream.
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Funding: $3M
Online bidding platform for residential solar buyers. Compare quotes from dozens of top solar companies.
Online bidding platform for residential solar buyers. Compare quotes from dozens of top solar companies.
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