EARTH TECH:
MEET OUR
2022 COHORT

Meet the 2022 cohort of 16 cleantech ventures working on technology solutions to climate and water challenges.

Based across the country from Victoria to St. John’s, our 2022 Earth Tech cohort worked on a range of solutions, from circular economy and zero waste to carbon footprint tracking and wastewater management. 69% of the cohort has women of BIPOC-identifying leaders or founders.

We built on the success of our first two program years to support our 2022 Earth Tech cohort of promising entrepreneurs in advancing their tech and businesses, growing as leaders, and connecting with funders, investors, advisors, and our wider community. 

100% of participants in 2022 reported gaining useful knowledge, training and connections, and they rated the accelerator overall as “excellent”.

 

Apply Now

Apply now for early intake! Please note applications are now being managed through Foresight Canada in partnership with SI Canada

Impact

Over six months, the 2022 cohort of early-stage ventures achieved:

$9.1M
earned and raised
111
jobs supported,
a 35% increase
27
pilots run
“The Earth Tech program helped us bring our solutions to the next level, and gave us access to top support and guidance to walk us through our challenges. The Earth Tech team was exceptional, they went above and beyond to help us with our different milestones.”
Tatiana Estevez Carlucci, Permalution

Ventures

Alumni

15Rock

Gautam Bakshi
15Rock's platform enables data-driven and action-oriented net zero conversations between investors and companies.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

3F Waste Recovery

Ben Wiper
3F Waste Recovery compels natural resource primary processors into the circular economy through full valourization of their by-product streams.
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 14: Life Below Water
Alumni

AgriTech North

Benjamin Feagin Jr.
AgriTech North is an indigenous-, disabled-, LGBTQ-owned indoor agriculture social enterprise with a mission to grow nutritious produce for Northwestern Ontario that is of a consistent quality, available year-round, and provided at a competitive price.
SDG 2: Zero Hunger
SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being
SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
Alumni

CarbonGraph

Sam Anderson, Krysta Peralto
CarbonGraph is a platform that lets companies calculate and share the carbon footprint of their products with the aim of making carbon emissions transparent across supply chains.
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 17: Partnerships For The Goals
Alumni

Digital Carbon Bank

Cody Austin
Digital Carbon Bank provides blockchain-based voluntary market carbon offsets that tie cryptocurrency to specific emission-reducing projects. Hard-tech measurement technologies and GHG accounting are used to validate emission reductions.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 17: Partnerships For The Goals
Alumni

Econse

Derek Davy
Econse is a Canadian water tech company building decentralized solutions to stop water pollution, slow the effects of climate change, and help industries and communities grow sustainably.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

Enertel AI

Christopher Gervais, David Murray
Enertel AI is an artificial intelligence company that aims to make renewable energy companies the most competitive participants in wholesale power markets by building analytics platforms that enable power generation companies to make robust decisions.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

Haze Automotive

Sean Mario Hazaray
Haze Automotive is helping automakers scale their electric vehicle programs with 90% less cost by taking material tech from race-cars and using new manufacturing techniques including additive manufacturing.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
Alumni

Inwit

Erika Reyes
Take-out and feel great! Inwit makes the take-out industry circular and zero waste, linking your meal with climate change mitigation, and helping you support local and a healthy planet.
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

Jeosal Materials

Osayuki Osazuwa
Jeosal Materials develops economically viable and ecologically sustainable solutions for the recycling and reuse of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) from end-of-life (EoL) and production wastes from the composites industry.
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

Permalution

Tatiana Estevez
Permalution harvests water from fog. Their modules use water radar, fog and cloud collector technology, and are fireproof, ready to assemble and integrated with IoT, harvesting 150-400 L of water/day/unit.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 15: Life On Land
Alumni

Pulsenics

Mariam Awara, Essam Elsahwi
Pulsenics develops capabilities to evaluate the state of electrochemical systems without the need for shut-down. Their mission is to provide the tools to drive the electrochemical industry towards a more sustainable and efficient reality.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

Renewable Resource Recovery Corp.

Karl Neubert
Renewable Resource Recovery Corp. focuses on wastewater energy recovery for fossil fuel free heating and cooling of buildings.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Alumni

Reusables

Anastasia Kiku, Jason Hawkins
Reusables is a sustainable packaging-as-service platform for zero waste food retail, supplying restaurants, cafes, and grocers with clean reusable containers for food service.
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
Alumni

Solaires Entreprises Inc.

Carolina Betancourt, Ernest Daddey
Solaires' mission is to make solar energy more accessible by developing photovoltaic solutions that contribute to minimizing the planet's environmental footprint.
SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SDG 13: Climate Action
Alumni

SuWAb Water Systems

Shahab Minaei
SuWAb Water Systems maximizes contaminants removal from water through eco-friendly and cost-effective treatment approaches. They work with local government and industry to offer solutions for wastewater problems.
SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence & Advisors

Advisor

Claire Dixon

Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Climate Ventures & Foresight
Claire has a unique ability to distill complex and disparate information into clear, concise insights. She brings 20+ years of strategy and operations experience in strategic consulting and senior operational roles. Claire holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a MEng/MA from Cambridge University.
Advisor

Helen Platis

Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Climate Ventures
Helen brings over twenty years leadership and management experience within small and large organizations across the private and public sectors. Her field is energy, her expertise is market entry strategies, and she's been lucky enough to support different kinds of companies, all over the world: private/public, large/small, highly regulated, startups and not-for-profit.
Advisor

Trevor Coleman

Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Climate Ventures
As Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Interaxon, Trevor Coleman co-created Muse: the brain sensing headband. Since 2017 he has been a Design Thinking consultant, early-stage startup advisor, and indie game developer. His main areas of expertise are value-proposition design, strategy, fundraising, and product management.
Headshot of Rick.
Advisor

Rick Findlay

Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Climate Ventures
Rick is a serial entrepreneur and has provided management advice in environment, operations, and strategy across sectors around the world for over 30 years. He is CEO of LINCit – a not-for-profit assisting cleantech firms to scale-up rapidly through a unique hosting model and specialized strategies.
Headshot of Ivette Vera-Perez.
Advisor

Ivette Vera-Perez

MITACS
Ivette has over 15 years of experience in the cleantech, energy, and environment sectors. An active member of CleanTech North and the Ontario Hydrogen Business Council, her experience spans from business development to site engineering, operations, and financing.
Advisor

Wayne Miranda

Advisor with Climate Ventures
Wayne is CEO & Founder of Growth Mosaic, a "Best for the World" B Corp building impact-driven ventures in West Africa. Previously the Social Finance Investment Readiness Lead at McConnell Foundation, Wayne helped charities, nonprofits, and social-purpose enterprises to enhance their impact using social finance.

Partners & Funders

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Funder, Partner

The RBC Foundation

The RBC Foundation is focused on preparing youth for the future of work, protecting the environment, and helping emerging artists thrive. RBC Foundation is contributing funding and expertise to support Earth Tech and its participants.
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Funder, Partner

Peter Gilgan Foundation

The Peter Gilgan Foundation aims to improve the lives of children and families by empowering charities that help the world transition to a more healthy, prosperous, and sustainable future.
Funder, Partner

Bullfrog Power

Bullfrog Power, a Spark Power company, is a Canadian green energy retailer operating in Canada. Bullfrog Power is contributing both funding and expertise to support Earth Tech and its participants.

Interested in partnering? Contact us