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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Second Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

ACCEL combines startup acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation at Greentown, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and BGS’s networks of industry experts. The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Feb. Sankofa Dynamics (Boston, Mass.)

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Reverse Pitch • 10.17.23

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Each of these organizations prioritizes sustainability and the environment. past pitchers Include: VertueLab VertueLab is nonprofit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to climate tech startups. Pangaea Ventures Pangaea is a hardtech and impact investor.

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Reflections on Greentown Houston’s First Year and What’s Next for the City’s Energy Transition

Greentown Labs

It’s also committed to helping solve the climate crisis and to leading a global energy transition—but it can’t do it alone. Houston has a unique opportunity for climate impact, but previously lacked the convening organization to bring together innovators and entrepreneurs and build a strong and supportive ecosystem around them.

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Building a Cleantech Innovation Community – Together

Greentown Labs

Similarly, Greentown member companies are developing climatetech solutions, which the incubator defines as technologies that mitigate the impact of climate change on both people and the planet and build resilience.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

has a patented bacteria-based technology that converts organic waste into Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolymer that can be used to replace a wide range of oil-based plastic applications. Founded in 2009, the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering is New York City’s longest running cleantech startup incubator.

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Eye-Catching Stories from 2021

Andrew Winston

Climate change and COP26 (results are not enough). Climate change: IPCC report is ‘code red for humanity’… here. World economy set to lose up to 18% GDP from climate change if no action taken… here. Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads… here.