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Sector report · Environment

Scottish environment sector report

Environmental technology covers carbon, water, waste and nature, and ties closely to Scotland's climate targets and its land and sea.

Refreshed daily from ayeoh's record · latest item 31 Oct 2026

9Companies on recordScottish-registered
£13.1mRaised, last 12 months9 rounds
£58.9mDisclosed to date13 rounds on record

Key findings

  • 9 Scottish-registered companies on record in environment, led by Glasgow (3) and Edinburgh (2).
  • 13 funding rounds on record, £58.9m disclosed; the 9 rounds in the last twelve months brought in £13.1m.
  • The largest disclosed round is Pulpex raises £43.5m (20 Feb 2025).
  • The most recent: Pure Water International raises £200k.

Funding by month

Dec 25: no disclosed funding, 0 roundsDec 25Jan 26: £1m, 2 rounds£1mJan 26Feb: £2.2m, 1 round£2.2mFebMar: £200k, 1 round£200kMarApr: no disclosed funding, 0 roundsAprMay: no disclosed funding, 0 roundsMayJun: no disclosed funding, 0 roundsJunJul: £8.5m, 2 rounds£8.5mJulAug: £900k, 1 round£900kAugSep: £96k, 1 round£96kSepOct: £200k, 1 round£200kOctNov: no disclosed funding, 0 roundsNov

Disclosed rounds, last twelve months; bar height is on a square-root scale so small rounds stay visible · Scottish environment funding this month

Top companies

CompanyCityRaised
PulpexGlasgow£43.5m
VASO GlobalDumfries£5m
CarbogenicsEdinburgh£2.2m
ScotmasKelso£2.2m
SeaDyesInvergowrie£275k
CalterraEdinburgh£96k

Also on record, no figures yet: Star Refrigeration, European Circular Innovation Valley, Sustainable Ventures.

Ranked by money raised on record.

Where they are

Glasgow3
Edinburgh2
Dumfries1
Invergowrie1
Kelso1

People in the news

Lasal Jayawardena

Researcher · Robert Gordon University

Derek Barclay

Director · Star Refrigeration

Lidia Krzynówek

COO · Carbogenics

Free sample: the 9 companies above, with their rounds, roles and filed accounts. The full dataset is available: ask us.Download sample CSV

Cite this: ayeoh, “Scottish environment sector report”, data to 31 Oct 2026, https://ayeoh.io/sectors/environment. Free to quote with a link.

Sources: Companies House filings, funding announcements and company boards read by ayeoh, and the Scottish tech press. Money is the disclosed amount only; a round with no stated figure counts as a round, not as money. Data to 31 Oct 2026.

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