Read about Cleantech Open Northeast alumni successes and milestones! As the country moves forward towards clean energy and climate conscious activities, Cleantech Open Northeast will be posting news of our alumni throughout the year. We want to highlight these visionary companies and celebrate the successes they experience as they work towards a better, healthier future for all of us. Alumni startups participating in the Cleantech Open Northeast are especially well-positioned to have real potential for global impact. Read about these companies’ successes and transformative, necessary work below.
*This blog will cover the entire year, so come back often to see the latest updates!
**The years in parenthesis indicate when the startups participated in the Cleantech Open accelerator
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Featured Alumni of the Month
January - Princeton NuEnergy
February - TBD
March - TBD
April - TBD
May - TBD
June - TBD
July - TBD
August - TBD
September - TBD
October - TBD
November - TBD
December - TBD
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Arbon (2024)
- Arbon is selected as one of ten companies for the Carbon to Value Initiative Cohort 5 (article).
Arculus Solutions (2024)
- Arculus Solutions is featured in the Pipeline and Gas Journal, spotlighting their pipeline corrosion prevention (article).
BLUEiQ (2023)
- BLUEiQ is partnering with NOAA to deploy its AI-powered ocean sensor technology to monitor the endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (article).
Bluesonde (2025)
- Bluesonde partners with Portland Water District on a multi-month field trial to validate buoy performance in freshwater and expand water monitoring capabilities (post).
CarbonDots (2025)
- CarbonDots is chosen as an awardee of the NJEDA Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology (CSIT) grant (article).
Drinkwell (2014)
- Drinkwell is named a 2026 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Award winner (article).
EV Buddy (2022)
- EV Buddy is chosen as an awardee of the NJEDA Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology (CSIT) grant (article).
Kara Water (2019)
- Cody Sooden, founder and CEO, is awarded the Technological Innovation Award at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (website).
PFASolve (2025)
- PFASolve is chosen as an awardee of the NJEDA Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology (CSIT) grant (article).
Princeton NuEnergy (2021)
- Princeton NuEnergy signs MOU with Honda to advance next-generation lithium-ion battery recycling (article).
Sensible Photonics (2022)
- Sensible Photonics is selected to compete in the U.S. DOE Energy Program for Innovation Clusters Pitch Competition (article).
Teragen Energy (2025)
- Teragen Energy is named the first-ever recipient of The Engine's Ignition Pass (post).
Voltpost (2021)
- Voltpost continues to expand with their deployment of EV charging posts in Detroit, Michigan (article).
Zero Homes (2021)
- Zero Homes is awarded a prestigious grant from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Program (article).
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