GreenTech Monitor 2025 (Startup-Verband)

Summary

• There are about 3,000 active GreenTechs in Germany, but new foundings fell from 545 (2021) to 303 (2024).p.3
• The energy sector accounts for 26% of GreenTech startups, more than a quarter.p.3
• 71% of GreenTechs cooperate with established companies, against 62% of startups in general.p.3
• 82% of GreenTechs plan to raise external capital, against 65% of startups in general.p.32
• GreenTech startups plan an average of 8.7 new hires within a year, against 6.0 for startups in general.p.34

Key insights

1. 13% of startups can be classified as GreenTech, combining Green Economy self-assignment with impact measurement.p.10
2. 17% of startups already measure their ecological impact with clear KPIs.p.9
3. 82% of startups try to act ecologically in everyday business, and 69% aim to act climate neutrally.p.12
4. Currently 2,927 active GreenTech startups can be identified in Germany, with nearly 600 in Berlin.p.14
5. More than 2,000 startups with a clear focus on the ecological transformation were founded in the last five years.p.16
6. Energy foundings in 2024 are more than twice as high as ten years earlier.p.17
7. One third of GreenTech foundings come from the weakening fields of eCommerce, food and mobility.p.20
8. One in five GreenTech startups can be classified as DeepTech, against 11% of startups in general.p.25
9. The number of annual financing rounds in the energy sector has tripled in five years.p.31