June 23rd, 2015

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…

June 9th, 2015

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,…

June 9th, 2015

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…

May 31st, 2015

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…

May 28th, 2015

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 –…

May 27th, 2015

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…

May 18th, 2015

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…

May 18th, 2015

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…

May 13th, 2015

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…

May 13th, 2015

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…

April 27th, 2015

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…

April 20th, 2015

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….

April 14th, 2015

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…

April 9th, 2015

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…

March 9th, 2015

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.

December 10th, 2014

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…

December 10th, 2014

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.

December 10th, 2014

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.

December 10th, 2014

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.

December 10th, 2014

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.

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