Climate tech startups in Dubai
Energy, water, agritech and vertical farming for a desert economy, tied to Dubai's sustainability and food-security push.
6 companies building in Climate tech here.
** The world's largest indoor vertical farm (330,000 sq ft, 3 floors, 1M+ kg leafy greens/year) using hydroponics with 95% less water. Originally the Emirates Crop One JV with US-based Crop One; in February ...
** Dubai-based, one of the world's largest indoor vertical farms — a JV between Emirates Flight Catering and Crop One near Al Maktoum International Airport, growing leafy greens with ~95% less water for the ...
** Dubai-based climate-tech startup specializing in drone-based reforestation, AI-powered environmental monitoring and MRV (measurement/reporting/verification), enabling scalable, community-led mangrove rest...
Daniel Zywietz
** Founded 2012, Dubai-based Enerwhere builds solar-hybrid microgrids and distributed clean power for commercial and industrial customers, decarbonizing the temporary-power market. Its solar-plus-storage sys...
Saeed Alhassan Alkhazraji & Vishnu Vijayan Pillai **[FLAG: Abu Dhabi-HQ; Indian co-founder]
** Deep-tech startup using solar energy for waste-free, floating water distillation to enable freshwater production and crop irrigation, targeting water and food security. Spun out of Khalifa University. **F...
Sky Kurtz, Mahmoud Adi & Robert Kupstas **[FLAG: Abu Dhabi-HQ]
** Controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) agribusiness growing fruit and vegetables in high-tech greenhouses; ~$287–387M raised since 2017 (Olayan family, Franklin Templeton, IMM). In 2024 it moved to a sc...
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