Global Grand Final in Cyprus: we had a blast. Meet the 2017 winners.
Our Global Grand Final in sunny Cyprus in October was a blast. Tickets were sold out, there were 105 finalists…
Global Grand Final 2017. And the winners are…
ClimateLaunchpad presents the next generation of cleantech entrepreneurs ready to fix climate change. Limassol, 19 October 2017 – Start-up Bio…
Press release: World’s largest green start-up competition announces Global Grand Final winners 2017
Limassol, 19 October 2017 – Start-up Bio Alkanol Gel from Kenya won ClimateLaunchpad’s fourth edition. Their business idea is based…
Day 1 at the Global Grand Final
“It’s gonna be big, get ready for scale and it’s not going to end tomorrow”, keynote speaker Danny Kennedy on…
Sharpen your mind
Just a quick note to let you know we’ve finalized the program for our Grand Final in October in Cyprus…
Press release: Smart energy start-up Sympower raises €1M
ClimateLaunchpad 2015 finalist ready for further international scale-up September 25th, 2017 – Former ClimateLaunchpad Finalist Sympower raised €1M from Enfuro…
7 easy steps to perfect your pitch
And why that won’t save you by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad In my opinion pitch technique is kind of hyped-up….
Brill Power’s breakthrough batteries
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.
Don’t Be Square. Join Us In Cyprus.
Our climate-fixing season is coming along nicely. With applications in Australia still coming in, we’re already at a record high…
This is what happened to Elena Yaneva after joining ClimateLaunchpad. “Boot Camp is the place where actual magic happens.”
2017 Austrian National Finals winner Elena Yaneva talked to us about what happened since she discovered ClimateLaunchpad. Here’s what she…
Saving the planet Star Wars style
Over the years I must have seen more than a thousand start-ups, most of them in cleantech. One of the…
Saving the Planet Star Wars Style, Founder Narcissism and Why Ideas Are Overrated
by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad When you see loads of start-ups you start to discover patterns. I’ve probably seen over…
An update on 2014 finalist Desolenator: affordable clean water for a billion people by 2035.
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.
Psst, we wanna give you a heads up on this one…
Fixing climate change, one startup at a time – that’s what we do. But you know what? That’s actually under-promising….
Why false positives kill start-ups and how a headache is the solution
by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Founders often ask me: Do you think my idea is good? I tell them all…
Why every start-up needs a top-notch advisory board ASAP
We prepared a fresh blog on why every start-up needs a stellar advisory board in place ASAP – and how…
7 reasons why having a top notch advisory board is crucial to start-up success
by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Crucial resources that can turn your venture into a success are talent and networks. Get…
Actually… it’s not about winning.
Remember a few weeks ago we posted some tips on how to win ClimateLaunchpad? To tell you the truth, winning…
Want to know what the real prize is? Learning to build your business and finding your first customer.
by Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad Once you join ClimateLaunchpad, of course you want to win. That’s how it works for…
Delft IMP. Highly efficient catalysts.
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.