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Dear Friends of Greentown Labs,

Fall is the busiest time of the year at Greentown—which means partnerships for climate action, events that convene the climatetech ecosystem, and programs to support our entrepreneurs are all kicked into full gear.

Let’s check in first with Greentown Go, our startup-corporate partnerships accelerator that tackles greenhouse gas emissions across five tracks: Go Make (manufacturing), Go Move (transportation), Go Energize (energy and electricity), Go Build (buildings), and Go Grow (food and agriculture).

Go Make 2023 with Shell, which is focused on advancing carbon utilization, storage, and traceability, recently announced its six-startup cohort! Meet Caravel Bio, Circularise, Corumat, Lydian, Maple Materials, and Universal Matter.
The Go Energize 2023 startups—which have spent the last six months working with Vineyard Wind and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center—are ready to show you their solutions for responsible offshore wind development! Join us at the program’s final showcase on Nov. 16.
Go Build 2023 has named its startup finalists, and you can see them pitch for a spot in the program at the kickoff event on Nov. 30! We hope you’ll join us to launch this accelerator with Saint-Gobain on advancing circularity and decarbonizing the built environment.
Year 3 of the Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative is coming to a close with a Nov. 30 final showcase in New York City! The C2V Initiative is a partnership among the Urban Future Lab at New York University-Tandon, Greentown, and Fraunhofer USA and supported by NYSERDA that accelerates the commercialization of carbontech. Join the event to hear from the eight carbontech startups that have participated in the accelerator this year!
Corporates: do you have your own decarbonization challenge that could be solved through collaborating with innovative startups? We are actively interested in hearing from you for our Spring and Fall 2024 Greentown Go programs!

Then there’s exciting news from ACCEL, our accelerator with Browning the Green Space (BGS) to support BIPOC-led startups. We’re honored to share that our collaboration with BGS and Curriculum + Resources Partner VentureWell is a finalist for “Partnership of the Year” in the 2023 NECEC Awards!

ICYMI, the inaugural ACCEL cohort put on an incredible showcase of their technologies at Greentown Houston last month—check out the recap and recording. Please stay tuned for an announcement on Year 2 soon, and sign up for ACCEL newsletters if you want to be the first to hear the news!

The Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E) has been busy as well, hosting the TEX-E Bootcamp for Climatetech Entrepreneurship earlier this month, where students from Texas universities connected with educators from the Lone Star State and MIT to learn from leading energy innovation academics and prepare to tackle the climate crisis through entrepreneurship.

TEX-E is a first-of-a-kind collaboration among The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, Rice University, and Prairie View A&M University—powered by Greentown and MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship—to train and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs to lead the energy transition. Sign up for our TEX-E newsletter to stay in the loop on this exciting program.

Last but not least, our members, partners, and team have been gearing up for Greentown’s biggest event of the year—the Climatetech Summit! Happening Nov. 1 in Houston and Nov. 2 in Boston, the summit is an opportunity for the entire climatetech ecosystem to convene around groundbreaking technologies. Check out more information about Climatetech Summit below!

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to engage with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action!

Warmly,
The Greentown Labs Team

Member Milestones

Read a roundup of our members’ recent accomplishments here and check out some highlights below:

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada and announced it’ll serve as a battery recycler for a national mail-in e-waste program. The company was also listed on the Nasdaq as a publicly traded company.
Osmoses raised $11M in seed funding to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market.
Syzygy Plasmonics signed an investment agreement with Greentown partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
rStream is piloting its waste-management tech in the dining halls at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Join Our Biggest Event of the Year

Nov. 1-2: Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit — We’re excited to welcome you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our Houston, TX and Boston, MA incubators for a day of hands-on exploration with our 200+ startups and their climatetech solutions; keynotes and sessions featuring leaders across climatetech, finance, policy, and justice; and networking with industry trailblazers.

The Greentown Boston speaking portion is sold out, but there are a limited number of tickets remaining for Greentown Houston’s! Check out the Houston agenda and speaker lineup, featuring keynote speaker John Hall, president and CEO of the Houston Advanced Research Center.
Our members will be pitching, showcasing, and enthusiastically networking. Take a look at the Houston and Boston agendas to see which startups you’ll get to meet! While the Boston event’s speaking portion is sold out, you can still register for the afternoon startup showcase via the “Boston Expo” ticket.
Interested in sponsoring the 2023 Climatetech Summit? Reach out to our team to learn more.

Startup Spotlight

Think of SkyH2O stations as a one-stop-shop for EV charging, sustainable snacks and beverages, and freshly bottled water. What makes them stand out? These stations’ primary offering, potable water, is created on-site through atmospheric water generation. Learn more about the startup, which plans to build more than 100 of its stations—each of which can produce 200,000 liters of water per day—in the next five years!

Greentown is Hiring!

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer (Boston, MA or Houston, TX)
Accounting Manager (Boston, MA or Houston, TX)
Community + Operations Associate (Boston, MA; undergraduate students only)
Digital Marketing Associate (Boston, MA; undergraduate students only)
Investor Program Associate (Boston, MA; undergraduate students only)

Mark Your Calendars for the Houston Innovation Awards

InnovationMap’s Houston Innovation Awards are a celebration of the groundbreaking achievements and innovative spirit of Houston's brightest minds. This year, the event will take place on Nov. 8 at Silver Street Studios in the heart of Houston. InnovationMap and its partner, Houston Exponential, will honor the trailblazers and visionaries who are shaping the future of our city, and you'll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, industry leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs. Grab your tickets and inquire about sponsorships!

We’re thrilled to see that Greentown Houston members Kanin Energy, Fervo Energy, Mars Materials, ALLY Energy, Syzygy Plasmonics, and Helix Earth Technologies are finalists in the awards, along with our partners Chevron and Microsoft and Greentown’s Senior Manager of Community Kendrick Alridge!

Thank You to Our Partners 🌍

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