We hope your 2017 was as good & green as ours. A few of our highlights: we went global, the…

You think you lost? Think again.  Imagine working your behind off during a start-up or business ideas competition. Long hours,…

After participating in ClimateLaunchpad, Positive Energy enrolled in an accelerator programme in Berlin. Since then, things have been moving at high speed for the Turkey based start-up.

Our Global Grand Final in sunny Cyprus in October was a blast. Tickets were sold out, there were 105 finalists…

ClimateLaunchpad presents the next generation of cleantech entrepreneurs ready to fix climate change. Limassol, 19 October 2017 – Start-up Bio…

Limassol, 19 October 2017 – Start-up Bio Alkanol Gel from Kenya won ClimateLaunchpad’s fourth edition. Their business idea is based…

“It’s gonna be big, get ready for scale and it’s not going to end tomorrow”, keynote speaker Danny Kennedy on…

Just a quick note to let you know we’ve finalized the program for our Grand Final in October in Cyprus…

ClimateLaunchpad 2015 finalist ready for further international scale-up September 25th, 2017 – Former ClimateLaunchpad Finalist Sympower raised €1M from Enfuro…

And why that won’t save you by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad In my opinion pitch technique is kind of hyped-up….

2015 Finalist Brill Power (formerly known as ionQube) is going strong. During the competition they scored high points with our jury because of their innovative energy storage technology for batteries.

Our climate-fixing season is coming along nicely. With applications in Australia still coming in, we’re already at a record high…

2017 Austrian National Finals winner Elena Yaneva talked to us about what happened since she discovered ClimateLaunchpad. Here’s what she…

Over the years I must have seen more than a thousand start-ups, most of them in cleantech. One of the…

by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad When you see loads of start-ups you start to discover patterns. I’ve probably seen over…

Using nothing but sunlight, Desolenator turns polluted or salty water into enough drinking water for a small family. Water heats up on the solar panel until it’s boiling. Salt and heavy metals like arsenic are filtered out, the result is clean drinking water. We thought it was high time to catch up with what they’ve been up to recently.

Fixing climate change, one startup at a time – that’s what we do. But you know what? That’s actually under-promising….

by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Founders often ask me: Do you think my idea is good? I tell them all…

We prepared a fresh blog on why every start-up needs a stellar advisory board in place ASAP – and how…

by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Crucial resources that can turn your venture into a success are talent and networks. Get…

Remember a few weeks ago we posted some tips on how to win ClimateLaunchpad? To tell you the truth, winning…

by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Once you join ClimateLaunchpad, of course you want to win. That’s how it works for…

Delft IMP came in second during the 2015 Dutch National Final and finished in the Top-10 at the Grand Final. What they do? They figured out how to produce highly efficient catalysts, a technology that enables the transition from an oil­based economy to a bio­based economy.

You’re about to enter ClimateLaunchpad or have already done so. And of course you are as serious as we are…

We’re delighted to see the amount of ideas flowing in from all over the world. But there can never be…

At the start of the year, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) presented a handful of innovative and sustainable green technologies…

Don’t know about you, but most newsletters are so long that I just never get to the end. So we…

Cambridge based Cambond won third place in ClimateLaunchpad’s 2014 Grand Final with their formaldehyde-free glue from biomass. It is used to make wood panels like MDF or plywood, a $500 billion a year industry.

You’re considering joining ClimateLaunchpad, but not quite sure yet if it’s the way to go for you. That’s fine, we’re…

Over 750 promising sustainability ideas to battle in the 4th edition of ClimateLaunchpad February 15, 2017 – ClimateLaunchpad kicks off…