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Over 100 applicants!

It was a great joy coming to work this sunny Monday morning as the weekend have seen an incredible inflow of applications to the Nordic Cleantech Open. Already last week applications were pouring in but the weekend by far surpassed our highest expectations. We have not yet come up with the final number but we know for a fact that there are more than 100 applicants. This is more than any previous editions of the competition. Also the quality of the applicants looks very high at a first glance. More updates later on.

Over 100 applicants!2021-01-12T16:09:59+01:00

Corporate Cleantech Venture Day and Country event in Estonia

We are just home from Corporate Cleantech Venture Day in Lahti. This was a truly great event and no less than 7 applicants to the Nordic Cleantech Open pitched their companies to the investors in the audience. Participating NCO companies were SootTech, Knycer, Ecofective and Optistring from Sweden, Resen Waves and Alpha-E from Denmark and IoT Technologies from Estonia. In addition there were also two alumni finalists from previous editions of the Nordic Cleantech Open on stage, these were Finnish companies Zenrobotics and Enevo.

We rounded of the week with a Nordic Cleantech Open country event in Tallinn. At both events we met up with plenty of Finnish and Estonian companies all eager to join the Nordic Cleantech Open challenge. What can we say, the more the merrier!

Corporate Cleantech Venture Day and Country event in Estonia2021-01-12T16:10:00+01:00

One of top 25 companies to open doors to Level39, for a room with a view

In cooperation with Pivotal Innovations and Level39 we will be able to accessorize one of the top 25 companies in the Nordic Cleantech Open competition with a free, one year drop-in membership at the strategically located top-class accelerator Level39.

We have been to quite a few start-up environments, accelerators and incubators all around the globe. Level39 stands out among them. Occupying the entire 39th floor of the iconic One Canada Square building, and established by Canary Wharf Group plc, it was opened in March 2013 by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, and has quickly become an important part of London

One of top 25 companies to open doors to Level39, for a room with a view2021-01-12T16:10:00+01:00

Nordic Cleantech Open

Cleantech Scandinavia announces that the third edition of the start up competition Nordic Cleantech Open (NCO) is being launched today. It is the competition that upgrades and accelerates start up companies and puts the participants in front of the right people.

The program for this edition is ambitious and will include:

  • A Nordic Camp in Lahti, Finland. The competing companies will be supported in their development by especially invited investors and industrials.
  • Participation at the Corporate Cleantech Venture Day in Lahti, November 20th, 2013. The event focuses on the industry applications of cleantech solutions.
  • A Nordic Cleantech Showcase in Paris, France. France has emerged as a leading European nation when it comes to new cleantech oriented venture funds.
  • A grand final event in Stockholm in May 2014

The jury will, as previously, consist of more than 50 investors and influential industry representatives from multinational companies. This jury will select the top 25 companies.

“Our competition is different as we do not primarily focus on selecting one single winner. Our competition provides value for all applicants and most of all we provide value for our top 25 companies. These companies all have solutions with huge potential and we provide the tools and contacts necessary to reach this potential. Our jury, consisting of investors, industrials and other decision makers, are central both in selecting and supporting the companies

Nordic Cleantech Open2021-01-12T16:10:00+01:00

Professor Lars Samuelson – The first Swede inducted into the Cleantech Scandinavia Hall of Fame!

Professor Lars Samuelson, director of the Nanometer Structure Consortium, was inducted at an award ceremony at the Cleantech Venture Day in Malmö.

The hall of fame has three members since before, in 2009 it was given to Lassi Noponen (the Investor), in 2010 to Alf Björseth (the Entrepreneur) and in 2011 to Markku Koivistu (the Intrapreneur). Adding Lars (the Researcher) is a tribute to his achievements but also highlights the crucial importance of his and others – business-driven researchers in cleantech growth.

Lars is one of the leading researchers in nano-science in the world. He is an innovative visionary that has not only created a world-class Nano-competence centre in Lund as a research platform for new materials, but also managed to realize his visions in creating game-changing cleantech companies like Glo and Sol Voltaics.

Glo develops and commercialises nanowire light emitting diodes (LEDs) for illumination markets in Sweden and internationally. The company has been successful in attracting international venture capital and established an engineering centre in Silicon Valley, but is still connected to the research environment in Lund.

Sol Voltaics AB introduces a new type technology that can produce materials for solar cells that generates a higher efficiency with an attractive low cost for customers. Sol Voltaics will be in Malmö these days at Cleantech Venture Day to meet with international investors in search of capital to build a factory for large-scale production.

The official motivation is:“For creating a world class research-based cleantech applications generator that has the eyes and ears of international finance. Lars Samuelson is an inspiration for showing how to turn research into business“.

As the previous nominees, Professor Samuelson received a piece of art from renowned Raku-artist Dan Leonette who resides in Gotland, Sweden.
Read the press-release»

Professor Lars Samuelson – The first Swede inducted into the Cleantech Scandinavia Hall of Fame!2026-01-03T15:58:04+01:00

Tomologic wins second edition of Nordic Cleantech Open

The finals were held at Aalto Venture Garage in connection with the Nordic Cleantech venture event of the year, Cleantech Venture Day in Finland. More than 50 international investors and 270 participants were present at the finals. The ten very best of this years almost 100 Nordic Cleantech Open applicants presented from stage. The winners were selected with the help of audience votes.

The winner of this years Nordic Cleantech Open is the amazing metal cutting optimizer service company Tomologic, is a Stockholm based company that offers a scalable online optimization service for sheet metal cutting. The process reduces scrap from raw material in this energy intensive industry up to 50%. It was a combination of Tomologics smart technology and go-to-market strategy that swinged, which earned them the number one spot.Read an intewiev with Josefin and Magnus from Tomologic here. (in Swedish)

Magnus and Josefin from Tomologic right after the competition

Magnus Norberg Ohlsson, CEO of Tomologic presenting his case from stage at the Nordic Cleantech open final

In second place came ash handling company Ultranat a Finnish company that turns waste to value. Ultranat makes use of ashes from bio-fuel power plants and turns ash into valuable nutrition and fertilizers. The only thing left is purified silicates that can be used for technical construction and special industrial applications. After the Ultranat End-of-Waste process, waste taxes on the ash are no more applicable. Read an interview with Hans from Ultranat here (in Swedish)

Hans Weckman CEO of Ultranat presenting his case from stage at the Nordic Cleantech Open Finals

For the third place two companies were inseparable when it came to scores. We just decided we had to award them both they are Black Silicon Solar and MetGen.

Black Silicon Solar develops a nanotechnology process for improving silicon solar cells in a cost-efficient way. Focusing on cost reduction rather than improving efficiency, Black Silicon Solar has developed an alternative texturing process that reduce production cost,

Tomologic wins second edition of Nordic Cleantech Open2021-01-12T16:10:00+01:00
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