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$4.8M Federal Investment in Cleantech Accelerator at Trent
Cleantech Commons gets $4.8M federal funding boost – Peterborough Examiner
Peterborough Councillors vote to “precommit” budget for the servicing of Cleantech Commons – Peterborough Examiner
“Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Rainmaker, wins global Sustainability Award – “Best Community Impact Water Solutions (Global)”
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…
Midweek MEMO: 08 July 2020
Cleantech Commons: An engine of growth for Canadian clean technologies
“Cleantech Commons,” says our executive director, Martin Yuill in a recent “Community Update“, “is designed to host a clustered community made up of growth companies, spin-out & startup ventures, and corporate accelerators & ‘innovation outposts’.” Co-located with the academic & research expertise of Trent…
“Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Rainmaker Worldwide, signs “Water-as-a-Service” agreement with Jamaica’s Northern Caribbean University
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!)…
Aerial Footage of Municipal Servicing Activity at Cleantech Commons: April 2020
“Extracting sustainability from core industries” – “Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Carbonix, working to help forestry, mining, oil & gas industries remediate residues
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 is an…
Midweek MEMO: 17 June 2020
Peterborough wins big at Water’s Next Awards 2020 – “Cleantech Commons a premier destination for cleantech companies”, says PKED
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…
Virtual Concierge Service: COVID-19 Funding Programs for the cleantech sector
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…
Virtual Concierge Service: New Frontiers Research Fund for Canadian Researchers
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…
Virtual Concierge Service: CTA Cleantech Program 2020
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…
Midweek MEMO: 27 May 2020
Virtual Concierge Service: Support for Clean Technology Businesses during COVID-19
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,…
Community Update: Anchoring Peterborough’s cleantech innovation corridor – municipal services being provided to Cleantech Commons
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…
Midweek MEMO: 06 May 2020
“Friend of Cleantech Commons” launches equity crowdfunding campaign
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…