Cleantech Open’s 15th Awards Ceremony Welcomes Top 20 National Start-ups
- Top 20 cleantech start-ups compete on Oct. 20, closed to the public
- Top 6 Finalists publicly judged in “Shark Tank” style competition at the National Finals at 8 a.m. PT, Oct. 21, online
- The Winner will be awarded along with the Top 5 finalists at the Global Forum at 8 a.m. PT, Oct. 23, online
- More than 100 of the most innovative cleantech companies creating solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability challenges available for interviews and discussions
LOS ANGELES – October 9, 2020 – Cleantech Open, the world’s largest clean technology accelerator program, announced its annual flagship event Global Forum 2020 will be virtual and free to the public starting at 8 a.m., Oct. 23, 2020.
Global Forum brings together Cleantech Open’s current accelerator cohort of more than 100 cleantech companies to celebrate their progress, achievements, and impact in creating a sustainable, inclusive green economy. Organizers are expecting more than 400 industry leaders, cleantech entrepreneurs, sustainability experts, investors, and partner organizations to attend.
“We are advancing innovation and entrepreneurship for the purpose of reducing climate change,” said Executive Director, Ken Hayes of Cleantech Open. “For the last 15 years, we have brought industry leaders and experts in technology, operations, finance, and marketing together with start-ups to advise on the growth of their business. This year we had more than 230 professional mentors and 100 judges participate nationally.”
Today more than 65 percent of Cleantech Open alumni have viable businesses. This year there were 102 companies representing the West, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Northeast regions of the US, plus Canada. At the Global Forum, the Top 20 will compete for the national prize of $50,000.
"The Cleantech Open has provided thousands of start-ups worldwide with a robust framework for developing a successful business and making a positive impact on saving the planet," said Paul Breslow, Innovation Director at EDF. "As someone who has participated both as a start-up entrepreneur and corporate innovation manager, I can personally say that CTO provides an invaluable service to all stakeholders involved in clean technology commercialization."
The Regional Winners are:
Regional winners: Aeromutable, Andluca, Antora Energy Inc, Community Energy Labs, Coreshell Technologies Inc, Ocean Motion Technologies, Polycarbin, RenewCO2, Summit Nanotech, Takachar, T-Omega Wind and Uplift Solar
Regional Runners up: Atrevida Science, CLIP, EnZinc Inc., Harmony Desal, Icarus RT, BlueDot Photonics, Proof Energy and Sunthetics
For more information about each of the final companies, visit https://www.cleantechopen.org/en/custom/blog/view/50467 (Northeast) and https://www.cleantechopen.org/en/custom/blog/view/50448 (all other US regions).
Register to attend the National Finals here and the Global Forum here.
About Cleantech Open
Cleantech Open is the world’s oldest and largest cleantech accelerator and is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and technologists the training, networking and access to resources needed to launch a successful cleantech company. Our mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. Cleantech Open is a program of Community Partners, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization in Los Angeles. Fueled by a network of more than 2,000 volunteers, Cleantech Open unites the public and private sectors in a shared vision for making America’s cleantech sector a thriving and diverse economic engine. For more information, visit us at cleantechopen.org and follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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