# Methane Reduction Market Map 2026: 31 Startups in 4 Segments

> Market map of 31 methane reduction startups worldwide in 4 segments, from oil and gas leaks, livestock emissions and methane into products on.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/methane-reduction-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Oil and gas leaks

13

- [Calysta](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta)
- [Electrochaea](https://millionrounds.com/company/electrochaea)
- [Insight M](https://millionrounds.com/company/insight-m)
- [Molten Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/molten-industries)
- [Qnergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/qnergy)
- [QLM Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/qlm-technology)
- [Daphne Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/daphne-technology)
- [Graphitic Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphitic-energy)
- [AIRMO](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmo)
- [atmio](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmio)
- [Apis Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/company/apis-innovation)
- [Highwood Emissions Management](https://millionrounds.com/company/highwood-emissions-management)
- [SensorX Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensorx-solutions)

## Livestock emissions

9

- [Mootral](https://millionrounds.com/company/mootral)
- [Number 8 bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/number-8-bio)
- [Ruminant BioTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/ruminant-biotech)
- [Lucidome Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucidome-bio)
- [Symbrosia](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia)
- [Alga Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences)
- [Bovotica](https://millionrounds.com/company/bovotica)
- [Rumin8](https://millionrounds.com/company/rumin8)
- [Synergraze](https://millionrounds.com/company/synergraze)

## Methane into products

6

- [Spark Cleantech](https://millionrounds.com/company/spark-cleantech)
- [Vespene Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/vespene-energy)
- [Sakowin Green energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/sakowin-green-energy)
- [*GG* Green Gas International](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-gas-international)
- [CarbonBridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonbridge)
- [Change Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/change-bio)

## Landfill and waste

3

- [Windfall Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/windfall-bio)
- [Hydryx](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydryx)
- [StratX](https://millionrounds.com/company/stratx)

## Segment by segment

### Oil and gas leaks

13 startups · $289M raised

- [**Calysta**](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta) Calysta is a biotechnology company based in California, specializing in cellular agriculture. United States $109M
- [**Electrochaea**](https://millionrounds.com/company/electrochaea) Electrochaea is a clean technology company focused on Power-to-Gas (P2G) solutions that convert renewable electricity and carbon d United States $41M
- [**Insight M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/insight-m) Insight M develops aerial monitoring technology to detect aerial methane leaks for the energy industry. United States $30M
- [**Molten Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/molten-industries) Molten Industries is a cleantech startup located in Oakland, California, founded in 2021. United States $25M
- [**Qnergy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/qnergy) Qnergy is a leading clean technology manufacturer specializing in Free Piston Stirling Engine (FPSE) generators. United States $20M
- [**QLM Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/qlm-technology) QLM Technology is a UK-based photonics technology company founded in 2017, specializing in advanced quantum gas lidar systems for United Kingdom $19M
- [**Daphne Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/daphne-technology) Daphne Technology is a Swiss climate deep-tech company founded in 2017, focused on reducing methane emissions and other pollutants Switzerland $19M
- [**Graphitic Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphitic-energy) Graphitic Energy develops methane pyrolysis technology to convert natural gas into clean hydrogen and solid carbon. United States $6.0M

### Livestock emissions

9 startups · $60M raised

- [**Mootral**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mootral) Mootral is a UK-based agritech company focused on sustainable agriculture. United Kingdom $12M
- [**Number 8 bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/number-8-bio) Number 8 bio is a Sydney-based ag-biotech startup founded in 2022, focused on developing BetterFeedTM, a scalable feed additive th Australia $12M
- [**Ruminant BioTech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ruminant-biotech) Ruminant BioTech is an agri-tech company based in New Zealand, dedicated to developing solutions that reduce methane emissions fro New Zealand $9.5M
- [**Lucidome Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucidome-bio) Lucidome Bio is a New Zealand-based ag-biotech company founded in June 2024 by AgriZeroNZ. New Zealand $9.0M
- [**Symbrosia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia) Symbrosia is a cleantech and biotechnology startup based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, founded in 2018. United States $5.8M
- [**Alga Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences) Alga Biosciences is a climate technology startup founded in 2021, based in San Francisco, California. United States $4.0M
- [**Bovotica**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bovotica) Bovotica is an Australian agricultural biotechnology startup founded in 2023, based in Brisbane. Australia $3.4M
- [**Rumin8**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rumin8) Rumin8 is an Australian climate technology company founded in 2021 and based in Perth, Western Australia. Australia $3.0M

### Methane into products

6 startups · $42M raised

- [**Spark Cleantech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spark-cleantech) Spark Cleantech is a French deeptech company founded in 2021 and based in Gif-sur-Yvette. France $35M
- [**Vespene Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vespene-energy) Vespene Energy is a CleanTech company based in Berkeley, California, focused on methane mitigation. United States $4.3M
- [**Sakowin Green energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sakowin-green-energy) Sakowin Green Energy is a French DeepTech cleantech startup founded in 2017, specializing in the production of decarbonized hydrog France $1.1M
- [*GG* **Green Gas International**](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-gas-international) Green Gas International converts methane emissions from coal mines and landfill sites into clean energy and valuable carbon credits. United Kingdom $780K
- [**CarbonBridge**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonbridge) CarbonBridge converts methane to methanol using microbes in a proprietary bioreactor. United States $720K
- [**Change Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/change-bio) Change Bio converts waste methane into proteins to make them more affordable and carbon-negative. United Kingdom $27K

### Landfill and waste

3 startups · $32M raised

- [**Windfall Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/windfall-bio) Windfall Bio is a nature-based agricultural technology company founded in 2022. United States $28M
- [**Hydryx**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydryx) Hydryx is a climate tech startup based in Amsterdam, founded in 2023. Netherlands $2.9M
- [**StratX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/stratx) StratX develops engineered landfill covers that reduce methane and carbon dioxide emissions at no cost to the landfill. United States $1.2M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in methane reduction, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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