By Shawn McCarthy | October 05, 2020 Note: This article originally appeared in the Toronto Star. Where a pessimist sees risk, an optimist perceives opportunity. Canada’s cleantech entrepreneurs are the ultimate optimists, trying to provide the world with solutions for its growing environmental crises.…
Offering a picturesque location adjacent to the main campus of Trent University on the banks of the Otonabee River, Cleantech Commons is designed to be a point of convergence for academic and industry partners driving innovation in clean, green & low-carbon technologies, water technologies,…
Cleantech Commons is designed to host a cluster of growth companies, spin-out & startup ventures, and corporate accelerators & “innovation outposts”, all focused on researching, creating and commercializing clean technology products, services and technologies that aim to increase performance while reducing negative environmental impacts.…
Tenants at Cleantech Commons will be able to work with world-class and internationally-recognized researchers, students and facilities at Trent University’s School of the Environment, Water Quality Centre, Centre for Biomaterials Research, Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory, and The Emery Lab, as well as with Fleming College’s…
Cleantech Commons has partnered with youngStartup Ventures for the “Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 – Where Innovation Meets Capital“, featuring a dedicated Cleantech Track, taking place as an online “digital edition” November 17th -19th, 2020. The Cleantech Commons community can take advantage of a…
“Over the past few years,” says “Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Paul Dick & Associates (PDA), “there has been a considerable increase in popularity when it comes to natural health products in the animal health space.” PDA is a full-service consulting firm for the human…
In an article titled “Peterborough Watertech Company Rainmaker Seeing Major Growth Through Pandemic“, our friends at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development profile Peterborough-based air-to-water and water-to-water cleantech company and “Friend of Cleantech Commons“, Rainmaker Worldwide. “The Peterborough-based water technology company,” PKED writes, is…
We reported in our May 2020 “Community Update” on the progress being made in providing municipal services to Cleantech Commons, the new clean technology research park currently under development on Trent University’s East Bank. You can read how Cleantech Commons is anchoring Peterborough’s cleantech…
Recently, we announced that a key component of the Cleantech Commons research park at Trent University – a cleantech accelerator to be known as the Trent Enterprise Centre (TEC) – had received a $4.8-milllion boost from the federal government. Catch up on that good news story…
As the world’s economies begin to recover, the demand for rapid commercialization and scaling up of sustainable energy and cleantech solutions will be increasing. Our friends at the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre have launched a new program that provides support and opportunities for cleantech…
In a July 2020 Yahoo! Finance article, “20 Entrepreneurs Changing The Way Canadians Do Business“, a good “Friend of Cleantech Commons“, Aclarus Ozone, was highlighted and profiled. Congratulations! The article notes that while the Coronavirus has put a variety of businesses at a standstill,…
A key component of the Cleantech Commons research park at Trent University has received a $4.8-milllion boost from the federal government. The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) announced funding for a cleantech accelerator, to be known as the Trent Enterprise Centre…
A future Cleantech Commons tenant, Rainmaker Worldwide Inc., has just been announced as the winner of a significant international award for sustainability. Rainmaker was given the award for “Best Community Impact Water Solutions Global 2020” by U.K.-based CFI.co. Congratulations! In making the award, CFI.co said…
“Cleantech Commons,” says our executive director, Martin Yuill in a recent “Update to the Community“, “is designed to host a clustered community of growth companies, spin-out & startup ventures, and corporate accelerators & ‘innovation outposts’.” Pointing out that Cleantech Commons is co-located with the…
A future Cleantech Commons tenant, Rainmaker Worldwide Inc., has announced the signing of a Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) agreement with Jamaica’s Northern Caribbean University (NCU). Rainmaker will supply up to 5,000 litres of water per day for 3 years through their established Air-to-Water technology (See video below!)…
A future Cleantech Commons tenant, Carbonix, has been profiled by Alberta Innovates, which says that the cleantech company “has been working to help forestry, mining, and oil and gas industries remediate their residues and return land and water to its original, natural state“. Carbonix…
Aclarus Ozone, a Peterborough-based ozone water system technology company and John Gillis, President of the Innovation Cluster: Peterborough & the Kawarthas, were both winners in their respective categories at June 11th’s 2020 Water’s Next Awards. The awards ceremony took place at the annual Canadian…
Here is a great overview of COVID-19 emergency funding programs as well as follow-on financing opportunities for cleantech startups, scale-ups and growth companies, courtesy of our good friends at CleanTech North. Please click here to view the content of the webinar on a new…
The New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Horizon Global Platform provides grants (up to $500,000 per project) to Canadian researchers participating in projects funded through eligible European Commission Horizon 2020 calls. The competition is open to academic researchers at Canadian post-secondary institutions (and affiliate…
Our friends at the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service are launching a new recruitment campaign for their Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Cleantech Program 2020, and are looking for Canada’s most innovative cleantech companies! CTA Cleantech delivers extensive market intelligence as well as curated access to…
The Cleantech Commons “Virtual Concierge Service” (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs,…
Despite the interruptions that resulted from COVID-19 – and with comprehensive new health & safety measures in place to protect our contractors, construction crews and visitors – the provision of municipal services to Cleantech Commons on Trent University’s East Bank has continued to make…
PKA SoftTouch micro-needle technology could solve large-scale vaccination delivery issues to under-served populations worldwide A future Cleantech Commons tenant, PKA SoftTouch Corp., has launched a public equity crowdfunding campaign for its globally patented micro-needle technology that could play a key role in delivering a…
Future Cleantech Commons tenant, PKA SoftTouch, has launched a FrontFundr campaign that invites investment into the company. PKA has launched a public equity crowdfunding campaign for its globally patented micro-needle technology that, it says, can play a role in delivering a vaccine to battle…
The Cleantech Commons Virtual Concierge Service (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs,…
The Cleantech Commons Virtual Concierge Service (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs, startup & early-stage…
The Cleantech Commons Virtual Concierge Service (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community.We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs, startup…
The Cleantech Commons Virtual Concierge Service (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs,…
The Cleantech Commons Virtual Concierge Service (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs,…
The Cleantech Commons “Virtual Concierge Service” (VCS) is designed to curate relevant and timely information for members of the Cleantech Commons community. We understand that the amount of information about assistance programs can sometimes be overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Our VCS helps point entrepreneurs, startup…