Our Climate Community

Our spaces and programs are brought to life by exceptional people focused on solving the climate crisis and its many related social and environmental challenges.

Climate Ventures startups and organizations are part of a community of climate entrepreneurs and innovators plugged into the Social Innovation Canada and Foresight networks.

With accelerators, the national Community of Innovators, peer circles, socials, workshops, online groups and advisors, we spark valuable connections and collaborations.

Meet the Climate Ventures community:

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and regulated utility company with assets across North America.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
ALT TEX is a B2B biomaterials startup creating sustainable textiles chemically regenerated from food waste that are biodegradable and carbon neutral.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
Amit supports start-ups within the AgTech space and develops connections for cleantech start-ups in Saskatchewan. A plant biochemist by training, he is an experienced program manager and has been involved in supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the prairies and promoting industry-academia research collaborations for several years.
Headshot of Mary-Kate Gilbertson.
Alumni

Anwaatin Inc.

Mary-Kate Gilbertson, Larry Sault
Anwaatin supports reconciliation working alongside Indigenous Stewardship Warriors. We provide technical support to Indigenous communities.
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 15: Life On Land
We are a Canadian professional engineering firm specializing in solar PV, energy storage, and microgrids.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
Aquafort is developing a data analytics platform for aquaculture that predicts production ecosystem health, and automates fish behaviour inspection. This increases revenue generation, and yield quality and quantity.
SDG 2: Zero Hunger
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 14: Life Below Water
AquaSignum has developed a novel sensor that measures changes in microbial activity in real time. This technology has the ability to revolutionize environmental monitoring, wastewater treatment, industrial biofouling detection, and more.
SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 14: Life Below Water
ATMOS is a sustainable and renewable technology that condenses suspended water vapour from our atmosphere to produce clean, potable water at the point of consumption.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
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Staff

Barnabe Geis

Executive Director, Climate Ventures
Barnabe Geis leads Climate Ventures, creating programs to fast-track the success of early-stage entrepreneurs and scale solutions. He has raised millions in funding for climate action programs, holds a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University, and was recognized as an emerging leader by the Globe and Mail in 2021.
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Advisor

Bernie Li

Co-founder of Pure Energies Group, a provider of residential solar solutions across North America. Previously an investor with venture capital funds. Board member of the Centre for Social Innovation.
Photo of Colin Campbell from Better Current.
Better Current is a renewable technology company launching the world’s first smart solar charger for home use to efficiently charge devices from the sun everyday.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 13: Climate Action
With our patented BioNanoCoil, a biopolymeric technology, we tune the rheology of water in the conventional industries to boost their circular economy and significantly decrease their wastewater streams.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities