5 Biggest Ocean Cleaning Companies and Startups

2. CleanHub

CleanHub is a German ocean cleanup startup that aims to prevent 50% of new ocean plastic by 2030. Unlike The Ocean Cleanup, which is removing plastic pollution from the oceans, CleanHub strives to prevent new plastic pollution from ending up in oceans. It has built a technology that helps its workers in plastic collection and recycling. The CleanHub website says that 80% of the waste that ends up in the ocean is non-recyclable. That’s why the company is trying to prevent plastic pollution from entering the oceans.

In the summer of 2021, CleanHub raised about €4 million in a seed round led by Lakestar and 468 Capital. Major investors and companies took part in the funding round, including Übermorgen Ventures, Pirate Impact Capital, and Angel Investors Andreas Brenner, Marc Stöckli, Charles Songhurst, Erik Hahnloser, and Friedrich Neuman.