Minister Bruton announces finalists to represent Ireland at the European ClimateLaunchpad Final
Dublin, 23rd of June 2015 – The “A Green Space to Innovate” event kick started the “Sustainability Gathering 2015” and…
Boot Camp Germany, Hessen
Frankfurt am Main, 28–30 April 2015 – To give us all a relaxing break before a 2-day ClimateLaunchpad Boot Camp,…
Boot Camp rocked Vilnius with various ideas
This year was the first time ClimateLaunchpad started the search for cleantech heroes in Lithuania. On the 29-30th of May…
Boot Camp in the Netherlands: great diversity of ideas
Noordwijk 12-13 May – In a typical Dutch way of transportation – by bike – twelve selected teams arrived at…
A hectic and eventful Boot Camp in Norway
Trondheim, 21-22 May 2015 – The Norwegian Business Boot Camp is over. Coaches Jakob Steen Jensen (Nordic Entrepreneurship Lead –…
Video: the why and how of ClimateLaunchpad 2015
In this video Frans Nauta, founder of ClimateLaunchpad, and Mike Goodfellow-Smith, one of our certified trainers, explain why it’s so…
Boot Camp Iceland: ideas just as varied as the landscape
Reykjavik, 4-5 May 2015 – Up north, where wind, ice and fire rule over the volcanic country of Iceland, 8…
Boot Camp Slovenia: First Boot Camp of the Season
Ljubljana, 21-22 April 2015 – The city is blooming and blazing in the first sun of the Slovenian spring. 4…
Boot Camp Switzerland: happily working over the weekend
Basel, 9-10 May 2015 – The Swiss Boot Camp took place at a renovated train station and an incubator for…
Boot Camp Portugal: getting the ideas ‘back to the basics’
Lisbon, 4-5 May 2015 – On the New University Campus of Lisbon, at UNINOVA , 7 start-ups came together for…
Boot Camp Ireland: Dreaming big with a structured approach
Dublin, 23-24 April 2015 – It’s amazing to see the development participants make in a ClimateLaunchpad Boot Camp in only…
Update: What’s happening at Cambond?
We tracked down Gareth Robert, one of the founders of Cambond. This venture came in 3rd in 2014’s European Final….
ClimateLaunchpad 2014’s runner-up Desolenator is going strong
Not only did Desolenator run a tight race in our 2014 European Final, The Guardian also listed them as one…
2014’s winner Wavetube, an update
Sara West and Alexander Torstenfeldt were 2014’s ClimateLaunchpad European winners with their venture Wavetube. They’ve joined the Climate-KIC Accelerator programme…
Europe’s largest cleantech business idea competition kicks off second edition
ClimateLaunchpad 2015 (formerly known as CleanLaunchpad) is now open for applications. Students, start-ups, entrepreneurs, researchers and employees dreaming of starting their own business are invited to submit their cleantech ideas.
Interview with Climate-KIC’s Frans Nauta about the CleanLaunchpad Finale
‘It was overwhelming to get a glimpse of Europe’s cleantech innovation future.’ says Climate-KIC’s Deputy Director Entrepreneurship Frans Nauta about the Grand EU Finals in this interview…
CleanLaunchpad Grand EU Finale
‘… a start pistol shot of the day in the only way it was intended: the sound of 90 persons cheering, clapping and shouting. Doors flung open and everyone rushed into their assigned rooms to start the sessions. The Games had begun.’ An impression of the CleanLaunchpad finals written by project manager Sara Schützer.
Wrapping up an adventurous journey
‘Not only did the competition work as intended but most importantly: both start-ups and staff had an awesome time and were greatly inspired from each other.’ Sara Schützer, Project Manager CleanLaunchpad, is wrapping up this years’ edition in her blog.
A great opportunity to accelerate our venture
‘Before our pitch we put a pinch of salt into each of the judges water so that they could immediately understand that we are in the solar desalination business!’ Alexei Levene tells about the day they became second and won access to Climate-KIC’s Accelerator.
OR-KESS, the audience favorite
How to become the audience favorite? Hendrik Schaede, start-up OR-KESS shares some inside information with you in this blog.