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Impact Cafe Podcast with Vida Rozite

Our new Impact Cafe episode is an in-depth conversation about innovation, digital technologies, energy efficiency and climate change with Vida Rozite, Energy Policy Analyst at International Energy Agency. The path to Net Zero will have to include new technologies to advance, not only in energy generation but also efficiency at all scales: individual, building, city and country. However, the deployment of these technologies need to be inclusive and safe. Want to know more? Click and listen!

Who is in the podcast today?

Vida Rozite

Energy Policy Analyst

International Energy Agency

Alicia Requena.

Host. Impact Assessment Manager.

Cleantech Scandinavia.

Impact Cafe Podcast with Vida Rozite2022-01-26T09:59:29+01:00

NORDIC CLEANTECH OPEN FINALS – FINAL RACE FOR THE TOP 10

March, 2026

THE TOP 10 MOST INNOVATIVE START-UPS FROM THE NORDIC CLEANTECH OPEN PITCH THEIR SOLUTIONS TO THE CLEANTECH CAPITAL DAY AUDIENCE – MALMÖ NOV 16-17

This is the final race for the TOP 10 companies from our 10th Edition of the Nordic Cleantech Open. It is our immense pleasure to invite them in Malmö on November 16th, for a final pitch for the Cleantech Capital Day audience.

The race was tough for these companies who already went through several rounds of selection in the past few months. The 10th Edition of the Nordic Cleantech Open received 139 applications from all corners of the Nordics and the Baltics, and the Top 10 companies is the result of a long selection process where companies where evaluated based on a written application at first, a preliminary evaluation which was complemented by an assessment of their performance at the Nordic Camp.

Held at Smygehus Havsbad, the Nordic Camp provided the opportunity to the Top 25 companies to pitch and present their case to several members of our jury panel, which this year consisted of 52 professionals coming various backgrounds – industry, venture capital, public funding and regional development. The networking opportunities and one-on-one meetings held at the Nordic Camp were yet another opportunity for the Top 25 companies to exchange and gain knowledge from our highly skilled jury panel and members’ network. Check out our video to find at more about Nordic Camp!

At last, the Top 10 will deliver a final presentation at the Nordic Cleantech Open Finals & Cleantech Capital Day. To meet these brilliant entrepreneurs, make sure to join us for the Nordic Cleantech Open Finals and Cleantech Capital Day, our upcoming flagship event on November 16th-17th in Malmö. This event will host the finals of the competition as well as an array of interesting topic discussions and company presentations focused on reaching climate neutrality. In partnership with TechConnect Europe and  expected participation of 400 professionals at the table, this event will bring the opportunity to reflect on the latest cleantech developments and their impact potential for reaching net zero by 2050.  

NORDIC CLEANTECH OPEN FINALS PROGRAM

For the Nordic Cleantech Open finals we are inviting all TOP 25 companies to join us for an exciting day which will end with the selection of the three winners and celebration of another great cycle of Nordic Cleantech Open with a cocktail and diner at Malmö Live.

November 16th – Nordic Cleantech Open Finals

Moderator: Laura Fostinone, Cleantech Scandinavia
Welcoming words with Gezim Kiseri, Invest in Skane and Mikael Fjällström, Swedish Energy Agency

“Fostering the early-stage cleantech ecosystem”: Experiences and opportunities from the Nordics and Baltics”

Mikael Fjällström, Swedish Energy Agency
Helena Sarén, Business Finland
Ben Jorgensen, CLEAN cluster
Kaspars Rožkalns, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
Erki Ani, Cleantech Estonia
Mark Kozdras, Mission Innovation, Clean Energy Materials Innovation Challenge

The TOP 10 most innovative cleantech startups of the Nordics and Baltics pitch their solutions to selected jury panel.

UP Catalyst OÜ
Altris AB
Enerpoly AB
Comptek Solutions
Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd.
NextFuel AB
Hyperion Robotics
NitroCapt AB
TrusTrace
Heatweed Technolgies AS

Keynotes and jury presentations between pitches

Jochen Wermuth, WAM
Fredrik Larsson, NEFCO
Kajsa Johansson, ETF Partners
Valery Prunier, EDF
Joost Wasterloos, Dow
Wouter Van De Putte, Capricorn Partners
Jörgen Bodin, Almi Greentech Invest
Thomas Grigoleit, Germany Trade and Invest
Jussi Teijonsalo, Grid.vc
Susanne Gløersen, Deputy Head of Sustainable Banking, SEB Norway
Ville Makinen, Startup M&A Manager | Venture Capital Fund Engagement Partner, Fortum

Cocktail networking celebration
Dinner

Are you interested to hear more about the Nordic Cleantech Open Finals and Cleantech Capital Day? Check out our webpage!

Here are the Top 10 companies and their descriptions, sorted in alphabetical order: 

Altris

Altris specialises in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries. Altris was founded on the idea that in order for a truly sustainable future to be realised, safer, more environmentally friendly and affordable batteries are vital. This is why we produce the world’s first high performing positive electrode material made from completely renewable and low-cost materials.

Comptek Solutions

Comptek Solutions is a forerunner in compound semiconductor surface engineering. Our breakthrough technology, KontroxTM, boosts the performance and energy efficiency of devices and makes their manufacturing process easier. It has proven to increase performance of e.g. microLED chips by 250%, which translates into an enormous reduction of power consumption. Kontrox is applicable to a wide variety of compound semiconductor applications including displays, communication technology, power electronics and RF applications to name a few.

Enerpoly

Enerpoly is building a future where everyone has access to clean energy. With our groundbreaking zinc-ion batteries, Enerpoly will drive a transition to the electric grid of the future – one powered by resilient and renewable energy, that has the flexibility and reliability to support the growth in electric vehicles and offering empowered consumers the choice of supporting clean energy sources. Through our commitment to honest innovation, we deliver the energy storage solutions of tomorrow to everyone.

Heatweed Technologies AS

Heatweed Technologie is a green-tech/clean-tech Norwegian company developing, manufacturing and selling machines for non-chemical weed control in urban and selected agro segments. We do this by the use of hot water and patented sensor-technology. Collecting big data for use in machine learning is our driving force to document our environmental impact and to adhere to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are a team of about 25 happy nerds who love what we do and who share a vision for global impact on sustainability in all that we do, which is also a driving force in our electrification of the machine portfolio.

Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd.

Hycamite produces clean hydrogen for industrial use and solid, sustainable carbon for demanding applications such as Li-ion batteries. The unique processing method is based on thermo-catalytic decomposition of methane and biogas with sustainable catalysts.

Hyperion Robotics

Hyperion Robotics was founded in Helsinki in 2019 by a team of passionate academics and professionals in robotics, architecture and engineering. As experts from the construction industry, we are on a mission to bring efficiency and sustainability to the way concrete is being made. Our technology is reinforced concrete 3D printing with recycled materials. We have developed a unique robotic 3D printing system that can automatically produce reinforced concrete structures faster, cheaper and safer than traditional construction methods as well as more sustainably by up-cycling waste materials from different industrial processes.

NextFuel AB

NextFuel AB is a clean-tech startup with a new solution to climate change. We can transform fast growing grass into a clean copy of fossil fuel in less than 30 minutes. Many of our projects can even have CO2 negative carbon cycle. NextFuel can profitably replace coal, heating oil and charcoal directly in today’s energy infrastructure at very competitive prices. We are giving the world a clean alternative to burn.

NitroCapt AB

NitroCapt is developing a new radical, fossil-free technology for the fixation of nitrogen from the air to make commercial nitrogen fertilizer. Air, water and electricity are the only inputs and the process has no emissions. As the production of nitrogen fertilizer today causes approx. 2.5 % of the global fossil-based greenhouse gas emissions, our process has potential to strongly contribute to a shift towards sustainable agriculture. The process can be powered by intermittent renewable electricity even without an electric grid and is financially attractive already on a small scale. The development is carried out in collaboration with top researchers at four European universities.

TrusTrace

We believe that there is no sustainability without traceability. That is why we are on a mission – to bring transparency to producers who really want to know what they sell, and for consumers who really care what they buy.

UP Catalyst OÜ

UP Catalyst is an Estonian based startup, which produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials directly from CO2 or from waste biomass for a vast range of applications ranging from green advanced battery technologies to biomedicine. UP Catalyst’s mission is to become the first and leading European industrial scale manufacturer of sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite thus providing a strong alternative to environmentally harmful materials used today.

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NORDIC CLEANTECH OPEN FINALS – FINAL RACE FOR THE TOP 102022-03-14T22:03:30+01:00

Impact Cafe Podcast with David Miller

Our new Impact Cafe episode is an in-depth conversation with David Miller, co-founder and managing director of the Climate Impact investment group Clean Energy Ventures. In this episode, we will be discussing about strategies towards a sustainable future and the importance of data. Clean Energy Ventures has opened to the public their tool SERC to assist the entrepreneurs that apply for funding, and anyone else, to understand their impact potential. Want to know how? Click and listen!

Who is in the podcast today?

David Miller

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Clean Energy Ventures

Alicia Requena.

Host. Impact Assessment Manager.

Cleantech Scandinavia.

Impact Cafe Podcast with David Miller2021-09-22T15:07:38+01:00

The 10th Nordic Camp is coming up!

March, 2026

The Nordic Camp is coming up!

We have the pleasure to host this unique, all-inclusive event at Smygehus Havsbad. You will meet the best Nordic and Baltic cleantech start-ups as well as a selected group of international industrials and investors. Nordic Camp always proves to have great outcomes, fun and useful networking!

Participation is by invitation only.

Who will be there?

  • The Top 25 finalists of the Nordic Cleantech Open
  • Members of the Nordic Cleantech Open Jury
  • Potential additional investors

PROGRAM

OPTIONAL – Tuesday, September 21st

14.00 – 17.30 – Pitch Training for the TOP 25 interested companies
Venue: Scandic Stortorget – Link to Maps

18.00 – 21.00 – Welcome gathering with possibility to have drinks and dinner (at own expense) for all of those who arrive on Tuesday.
Venue: Quan by Quan, Elite Hotel Esplanade Bar and Restaurant – Link to Maps

Wednesday, September 22nd

09.00 – Cleantech Scandinavia provides a bus transportation from and back to Smygehus Havsbad. Bus departure from Malmö Central Railway Station, meeting point in front of Elite Hotel Savoy (link to Maps)

10.00 – Installations and Coffee

10.20 – Welcoming words – Magnus Agerström and Laura Fostinone, Cleantech Scandinavia

10.25 – Presentation – Alicia Requena, Impact Assessments, Cleantech Scandinavia

— Top 25 Pitch Presentations —

Each company has 5 min to present and the audience has 5 min to ask questions. It is very high-paced so if you have additional questions, take notes and address them at the individual opportunities. Top 25 companies are expected to send or bring their presentations in a pen drive and look for the Cleantech Scandinavia Team to set them up.

10.35 – Top 25 presentations with Q&A, Group 1

  • 7Analytics
  • Altris AB
  • AmiNIC ApS
  • Aquammodate

11.15 – Networking break

11.25 – Presentation – Gezim Kiseri, Invest in Skåne

11.35 – Continuation of Group 1

  • CH-Bioforce Oy
  • Clewat Oy
  • Comptek Solutions

12.10 – Lunch

13.10 – Presentation – Jörgen Bodin, Almi Invest Greentech

13.20 – Top 25 presentations with Q&A, Group 2

  • Enerpoly AB
  • Heatweed Technolgies AS
  • HPNow ApS
  • Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd.
  • Hyperion Robotics
  • Kasi Technologies AB

14.20 – Networking break

14.40 – Presentation – Georges Schaaf, Lux Innovation

14.50 – Presentation – Reed Snyder, Verdane

15.00 – Top 25 presentations with Q&A, Group 3

  • Kvasir Technologies ApS
  • Naco Technologies
  • Nano RAY-T LLC
  • NextFuel AB
  • NitroCapt AB
  • Position Green

16.00 – Networking break

16.25 – Top 25 presentations with Q&A, Group 4

  • RETEX Panels
  • SpinDrive
  • Sticky Solar Power
  • TioTech AS
  • TrusTrace
  • UP Catalyst OÜ

17.30 – Evening program with networking, sauna and refreshments.

19.00 – Dinner

Thursday, September 23rd

08.00 – Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00 – For TOP 25 companies only

  • Introduction and welcome to Skåne – a region at the heart of Scandinavia
  • Fireside chat on Cleantech investments – a panel discussion with investors
    • Niclas Holmberg – Nasdaq
    • Susanne Gløersen – SEB Norway
    • Markus Berglund – Innoenergy
  • Greentech Village – the power of proximity

10.00 – 11.30 – One-on-one meetings, “walk and talk” at the beach with Cleantech Scandinavia’s members and more networking.

12.00 – Departure, back in Malmö Central Station at 13.00

Other important info:

  • This will be a physical, in-person, event – we want to meet you!
    It is your responsibility to follow up and comply with local and the recommendations regarding COVID tests and logistics.
  • Important links for travelling from and to Denmark and Sweden during the pandemic:
  • We do not have an specific recommendation of Hotels for other nights, but we can assure the Centre of Malmö has many options, so it will be easy to meet up for our activities.
  • What to bring with you?
    • Bathing suit; there is an opportunity to have sauna and enjoy the beach and pool on Wednesday evening after a full day of talks and presentations.
    • Some outdoor clothes if you wish to stroll/exercise outside. Check the weather forecast.
    • Cash or cards, if you wish to buy some extra drinks during the evening mingling. For Swedish, SWISH is also accepted. 

 

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The 10th Nordic Camp is coming up!2021-09-21T08:24:15+01:00

GENDER EQUALITY AND THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL TO TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Cleantech Scandinavia

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By Aziliz Le Rouzo | September 9th, 2021

“Small side note looking at the team page of your presentation [14 pictures of men]: when do you hire your first female employee?” – Valery Prunier, Open Innovation Director Europe & International at EDF

“Interesting to see that there is not a single woman on the staff list.” – Boel Swartling, Serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor

This is some of the feedback that our jury for the 10th edition of the Nordic Cleantech Open provided to one of the 139 start-ups that applied this year. For 10 years, the Nordic Cleantech Open competition has served as an observation tower for the up-and-coming cleantech innovation trends that will support the transition to a low carbon reality. The whole competition cycle, which encompasses applications, jury evaluations and events, aims to focus the attention of international investors and industrials on cleantech innovations, accelerating their access to the global market and thereby reducing carbon emissions.

Women in Cleantech Investments: Unite!

We know the cleantech ecosystem is formed by a majority of men and we are keen to change that reality. We want to welcome you, woman working in a VC, CVC or with innovation systems to join our members network for 6 months free of charge.

Are you interested and want to know more? Reach out to us!

While the evaluation of the teams’ strengths and weaknesses are part of the jury assessment, the lack of gender diversity is rarely pointed out, despite the field being largely male-dominated. In fact, there has been little discourse in the past regarding gender representation, whether it is within the applying teams or the jury panel itself. What is certain is that neither are gender balanced. While we have seen an increase in the number of women-founded start-ups in this year’s Top 25 compared to last, the imbalance is still striking. Bringing this issue to light is merely acknowledging the tip of a giant iceberg, which we believe has a large role to play in tackling the climate crisis.

Climate Crisis – the role of investors

As the latest IPCC report warns, climate change presents widespread, rapid, and intensifying effects, and immediate large-scale action is our last hope to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels1. There is still a possibility of achieving that goal. Clear milestones have been set, spanning across all sectors and technologies, offering a narrow pathway which requires all stakeholders to take concerted action today and every day after that for a liveable future.

In this global transition, venture investors have the extraordinary power to support the leading technologies of tomorrow. By deciding which founders receive funds, which businesses stand a chance at success and which products get brought to market, venture investors have an undeniable power to influence societal norms.

Who are these venture investors?

A recent report released by European Women in VC, using data from 2016 to 2020, reveals that only 10% of European VCs have a gender-mixed general partnership team2. While junior level positions see progress in gender equality, the same cannot be said of the upper echelons. The gender imbalance in VC firms is critical and has large repercussions on investment decisions. In fact, it is considered one of the major obstacles to funding women-led start-ups.

On the start-up scene, gender disparity is also striking. The latest PitchBook data3 indicates that despite a record amount of capital invested so far this year in Europe, female founders have received only 0.7% of the total funding, or €400 million (about $473 million). Since we did not find these statistics for start-ups in the cleantech sector specifically, we are collecting that data ourselves and plan to release gender statistics for cleantech start-ups next year. What is clear, is that this lack of diversity at the founder level prevents capital from reaching teams, products, and solutions which would be representative of a more inclusive society.

This very problem was highlighted by one of the Nordic Cleantech Open jury last year:

“I would recommend bringing some gender diversity to your team to grasp the power of different perspectives, experience and talents. Even more so since I imagine a large portion of your customers are female.” – Julian Klaiber, Investment Associate at Munich Venture Partners

Capital is too often allocated to products and services that reflect the values of an ‘old-boys club’, regardless of their market potential. While women-led businesses outperform in capital productivity by 96%, this incredible potential is left untapped2. Not only does this funding gap lead to riskier decisions by investors, it also drives the capital towards inventions which are potentially short lived. A recent scandal around yet another unnecessary feminine hygiene product developed by men illustrates that risk well4.

Investing with a gender and climate lens?

In the midst of a global climate crisis, where and to whom capital is allocated is key in determining whether we can reach our climate goals. While investments in solutions that tackle climate change need to be deployed, the importance of gender in building long-term climate solutions should not be underestimated.

Jessica Robinson, author of Financial Feminism: A Woman’s Guide to Investing for a Sustainable Future, stresses how important the role of women is in unlocking a sustainable future:

“There are so many different aspects to explore when we talk about the role that women can and already are playing in addressing the climate crisis. As founders and entrepreneurs, we are seeing more and more successful companies founded by women that are focused on sustainability and climate solutions. I genuinely believe, because I see this first-hand, that many women in business are looking to solve global challenges. At the same time, we also know that women as investors and financial decision-makers are seeking positive societal and environmental impact through their money decisions. We have the evidence that women tend to think about the long-term impact of their investment decisions and so we can bring this all together to really make a difference. If we can encourage women to be active gender-lens investors, supporting and funding female founders who are focused on delivering climate solutions, we can unleash so much potential.” – Jessica Robinson, Founder and Managing Director at Moxie Future

To conclude, the latest climate statistics show that we are running out of time to limit the magnitude of climate change. Gender lens investing should be seen as an important lever for bringing forward successful climate solutions that take into account and seek to address the gender-differentiated effects of climate change5. Let’s not risk leaving this huge potential untapped!

References:

1IPCC. (2021). Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J. B. R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press

2 European Women in VC; Unconventional Ventures; Experior Venture Fund. (2021). Funding in the CEE region – Through the lens of gender diversity and positive impact. https://ceereport2021experiorvc.unconventional.vc

3Hodgson, L.  (2021). Senior female VCs call out major funding disparity in Europe. Pitchbook. https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/senior-female-vcs-call-out-major-funding-disparity-in-europe

4Mahdawi, A. (2021). Pinky Gloves are just the latest ludicrous attempt to monetise the vagina. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/21/pinky-gloves-are-just-the-latest-ludicrous-attempt-to-monetise-the-vagina

5Biegel, S. & Lambin, S. (2021). Gender and Climate Investment: A strategy for unlocking a sustainable future. https://www.wocan.org/sites/default/files/Gender%26ClimateInvestment-GenderSmartReport-Feb21.pdf

GENDER EQUALITY AND THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL TO TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS2021-09-17T15:21:01+01:00

Impact Cafe Podcast with Jessica Robinson

Our fifth Impact Cafe episode is an in-depth conversation with sustainable and impact investment expert and author Jessica Robinson. In this episode, we will be discussing impact measurements and greenwashing, the importance of the retail investor and finntech, and last, but not least, how women as investors have a great potential to move the needle of sustainability.

Do not miss out on her book “Financial Feminism”, it is quite an eye opener!

Who is in the podcast today?

Jessica Robinson

Sustainable Finance, ESG and responsible investment expert and advisor

Moxie Future

Alicia Requena.

Host. Impact Assessment Manager.

Cleantech Scandinavia.

Impact Cafe Podcast with Jessica Robinson2021-08-23T11:23:59+01:00

The Top 25 most innovative start-ups of the Nordic Cleantech Open 10th edition are announced!

March, 2026

For 10 years the Nordic Cleantech Open competition has served as an observation tower for the UP AND COMING cleantech innovation trends THAT WILL support the transition to a low carbon reality

The 10th Edition of the Nordic Cleantech Open received 139 applications from all corners of the Nordics and the Baltics, and now the Top 25 most innovative, promising and ready-to-scale companies have been selected and are now announced.

The selected 25 companies that will participate in the next phases use digitalization and AI to solve some of the cleantech sector’s biggest challenges notably in the fields of transportation, energy and water purification. They also bring several innovations to the battery market, ground-breaking technologies to support the hydrogen economy, and ever more ingenious waste-to-value circular solutions.

7Analytics

7Analytics is building a unique ecosystem for sustainable planning of the future. The first product, the FloodCube, utilizes machine learning & AI to increase the speed and accuracy of surface water analyzes. These calculations are central in shaping a sustainable society, ready to meet the climate of tomorrow.

Altris

Altris specialises in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries. Altris was founded on the idea that in order for a truly sustainable future to be realised, safer, more environmentally friendly and affordable batteries are vital. This is why we produce the world’s first high performing positive electrode material made from completely renewable and low-cost materials.

AmiNIC ApS

1/3 of all food is wasted causing a massive carbon footprint and especially detrimental is wasting eatable meat and fish. Still much is thrown due to incorrect freshness and shelf-life estimations. AmiNIC is developing and commercializing  a handheld sensor, an intelligent e-nose, that within seconds determines the correct freshness and expiration dates of meat and fish.

Aquammodate

Aquammodate is an impact-driven company founded in 2019 with the mission to accommodate the world’s need for clean water. Nature’s finest water purification is adapted for use in existing membrane separation processes through an ocean-inspired, proprietary stabilization technology spun out of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their technology has the potential to mitigate clean water supply and wastewater issues in communities and industries across the globe.

CH-Bioforce Oy

CH-Bioforce Oy offers a sustainable and completely bio-based alternative to oil- and food-based feedstock when producing clothing, food packaging, or cosmetics for example. CH-Bioforce has developed a breakthrough biomass fractionation technology, which enables the full utilization of biomass, the side streams of industrial and agricultural production. This is the world’s only technology that is able to fractionate all constituents of the biomass in one process. The technology produces high-quality biopolymers: high-purity pulp, polymeric hemicellulose, and sulphur-free lignin. Each of these has a wide range of possible applications, especially in replacing fossil-based materials and less environmentally friendly bio-based products such as food-based starch or cotton.

Clewat Oy

Clewat is a fast growing cleantech company from Finland, focusing on solving the plastic waste, excess biomass, oil spills and other pollution problems of our oceans, seas, rivers and lakes.

Comptek Solutions

Comptek Solutions is a forerunner in compound semiconductor surface engineering. Our breakthrough technology, KontroxTM, boosts the performance and energy efficiency of devices and makes their manufacturing process easier. It has proven to increase performance of e.g. microLED chips by 250%, which translates into an enormous reduction of power consumption. Kontrox is applicable to a wide variety of compound semiconductor applications including displays, communication technology, power electronics and RF applications to name a few.

Enerpoly

Enerpoly is building a future where everyone has access to clean energy. With our groundbreaking zinc-ion batteries, Enerpoly will drive a transition to the electric grid of the future – one powered by resilient and renewable energy, that has the flexibility and reliability to support the growth in electric vehicles and offering empowered consumers the choice of supporting clean energy sources. Through our commitment to honest innovation, we deliver the energy storage solutions of tomorrow to everyone.

Heatweed Technologies AS

Heatweed Technologie is a green-tech/clean-tech Norwegian company developing, manufacturing and selling machines for non-chemical weed control in urban and selected agro segments. We do this by the use of hot water and patented sensor-technology. Collecting big data for use in machine learning is our driving force to document our environmental impact and to adhere to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are a team of about 25 happy nerds who love what we do and who share a vision for global impact on sustainability in all that we do, which is also a driving force in our electrification of the machine portfolio.

HPNow ApS

HPNow is displacing today’s hazardous and emissions-intensive hydrogen peroxide production and supply chain, with a safe, sustainable, and autonomous on-site generation solution. With the only such technology solution worldwide, HPNow addresses global water treatment needs in market segments ranging from agriculture and aquaculture, to industrial and drinking water treatment, while contributing to a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable future for our planet.

Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd.

Hycamite produces clean hydrogen for industrial use and solid, sustainable carbon for demanding applications such as Li-ion batteries. The unique processing method is based on thermo-catalytic decomposition of methane and biogas with sustainable catalysts.

Hyperion Robotics

Hyperion Robotics was founded in Helsinki in 2019 by a team of passionate academics and professionals in robotics, architecture and engineering. As experts from the construction industry, we are on a mission to bring efficiency and sustainability to the way concrete is being made. Our technology is reinforced concrete 3D printing with recycled materials. We have developed a unique robotic 3D printing system that can automatically produce reinforced concrete structures faster, cheaper and safer than traditional construction methods as well as more sustainably by up-cycling waste materials from different industrial processes.

Kasi Technologies AB

Kasi Tech is closing the current gap in the automotive market created by favorable legislative environment, lagging EV technology, uneven emission regulations, and market incentives for fuel reduction through to 2030. By introducing NESS, our retrofit solution reducing 20% CO2 emissions on 98% of all new- and existing vehicles in the global market, we are contributing to reaching both EU and UN ESG goals for coming 10 years period, facilitating the shift over to 100% climate neutral mobility.

Kvasir Technologies ApS

Kvasir Technologies has developed a patented technology for production of biofuel. Kvasir Technologies are the only company, who through a simple process without use of catalysts can convert and liquify hard non-edible biomass (straw, wood, nutshells etc.) to a stable biofuel. Even the lignin content of the biomass can be converted through application of Kvasir’s technology. The resulting biooil can be used directly as a sustainable low sulfur marine fuel without modifications the vessels engine, fuelling system or tanks. By adopting Kvasir’s biofuel all existing ships can comply with the emissions reductions mandated by IMO in both 2030 and 2050.

Naco Technologies

Naco Technologies creates specialized nano-coatings and new materials that replace the need for platinum and other expensive materials in the production and usage of green hydrogen at a massive scale.

Nano RAY-T LLC

We have developing anode materials based on specific types of Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which will increase battery capacity more than 5x times. For example, now the battery in smartphone must be charged almost every day, the same battery produced with our anode material will be charged once in a week. Our anode material can be used in all types of Energy storages like batteries for smart devices, electro cars and many others. We are looking for investment, partners, grants for all possible relations that will help us to make an industrial prototype of complete battery and to move our technology to the market.

NextFuel AB

NextFuel AB is a clean-tech startup with a new solution to climate change. We can transform fast growing grass into a clean copy of fossil fuel in less than 30 minutes. Many of our projects can even have CO2 negative carbon cycle. NextFuel can profitably replace coal, heating oil and charcoal directly in today’s energy infrastructure at very competitive prices. We are giving the world a clean alternative to burn.

NitroCapt AB

NitroCapt is developing a new radical, fossil-free technology for the fixation of nitrogen from the air to make commercial nitrogen fertilizer. Air, water and electricity are the only inputs and the process has no emissions. As the production of nitrogen fertilizer today causes approx. 2.5 % of the global fossil-based greenhouse gas emissions, our process has potential to strongly contribute to a shift towards sustainable agriculture. The process can be powered by intermittent renewable electricity even without an electric grid and is financially attractive already on a small scale. The development is carried out in collaboration with top researchers at four European universities.

Position Green

Position Green helps companies collect, analyze and report sustainability data using our online platform. We currently work with over 150 companies who use our platform for internal sustainability data, for ESG evaluations of suppliers and to evaluate investments or company holdings. We focus on reliability and traceability of data while supplying a platform that if both flexible and efficient.

RETEX Panels

RETEX manufactures construction materials from recycled textile, plastic and used car tire waste. We focus on sustainable building materials, recycling waste and contributing to the circular economy. Our mission is to bring disruptive technologies to the construction industry and engage people to reduce, reuse and recycle. All RETEX products are eco-friendly and recyclable, produce no pollution or waste during manufacturing, have a lower CO2 footprint, and contain no toxic chemicals. The products outperform traditional construction materials at the same price. RETEX has developed a replicable manufacturing process and business model for governments with the clear conversion rate of the investment vs. waste problem solved in tons.

SpinDrive

SpinDrive improves the energy efficiency of industrial processes by providing active magnetic bearings to equipment manufacturers in a simple and affordable way. Our solution levitates the rotational part of the equipment completely eliminating friction. It improves process energy efficiency, reduces maintenance costs and provides completely oil-free system reducing customer equipment lifecycle costs by 35%.

Sticky Solar Power

Sticky Solar is a Swedish developer and supplier of innovative solar photovoltaic technology solutions. The Tape Solution™ is a novel interconnection and string production technology that enables competitive and high-efficiency solar PV manufacturing in Europe and beyond.

TioTech AS

TioTech AS is a Norwegian manufacturer of titanium dioxide (titania) nanomaterials and a developer of titania-based technologies. We develop TitanB, a titanium dioxide based nanomaterial that enables batteries to be charged in 6 minutes, last 5 times longer and operate in arctic conditions. During a thorough development phase, we have created a patented titania nanoparticle which is produced at ton-scale. Our breakthrough technology will enable batteries to be used in hard to electrify sectors of industry and be an important step towards carbon neutrality!

TrusTrace

We believe that there is no sustainability without traceability. That is why we are on a mission – to bring transparency to producers who really want to know what they sell, and for consumers who really care what they buy.

UP Catalyst OÜ

UP Catalyst is an Estonian based startup, which produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials directly from CO2 or from waste biomass for a vast range of applications ranging from green advanced battery technologies to biomedicine. UP Catalyst’s mission is to become the first and leading European industrial scale manufacturer of sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite thus providing a strong alternative to environmentally harmful materials used today.

Innovations coming to support the transition to a low carbon reality

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The Top 25 most innovative start-ups of the Nordic Cleantech Open 10th edition are announced!2021-08-19T15:57:01+01:00

Impact Cafe Podcast with Niclas Holmberg

Our fourth Impact Cafe episode helps us understand the ins-and-outs of Nasdaq, and its work in innovation and sustainability. We will be dealing with green and sustainability bonds, equality and the new Nasdaq Green Equity. This is quite a movement forward and we are sure that you will find it entertaining and enlightening.

Enjoy!

Who is in the podcast today?

Niclas Holmberg

Managing Director of Global Listings

Nasdaq

Alicia Requena.

Host. Impact Assessment Manager.

Cleantech Scandinavia.

Impact Cafe Podcast with Niclas Holmberg2021-06-24T17:02:13+01:00

New Publication: Public-Private Partnerships factsheet

Today we are presenting our latest publication: Public Private Partnerships. This factsheet has been published within the project “Viable Cities Finance” in collaboration with the Stockholm Environmental Institute and the Stockholm School of Economics.

This text aims at providing at first glance to Public Private Partnerships, an interplay mechanism between public and private institutions in which there is finance, risk and knowledge transfer. Although it is common in many countries in the world for large infrastructure projects, it has barely been used in others, such as Sweden. Why is that? What are the challenges of the Public Private Partnerships? What is the potential that they have? Could they help advance the sustainability agenda?

We try to approach all these questions and we hope this will help you have a clearer understanding of what is, or could be, a Public Private Partnership.

Click, read, and enjoy!

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New Publication: Public-Private Partnerships factsheet2021-06-21T10:43:22+01:00

Impact Cafe: the Investor Deep Dive. Main takeaways.

On May 26th we had our last Impact Café event. In this edition, called the Investor Deep Dive, host Alicia Requena discussed with Stephanie Chretien (Demeter), Florian Malidin (Generation Investment Management) and David S. Miller (Clean Energy Ventures) about the relationship between investments and impact. It was a very lively and enlightening conversation in which they covered several important points:

  • Innovation is crucial for the road to sustainable development.
  • Knowing the impact of the innovation is just as important.
  • There are some challenges related to the measurement of impact: it is difficult to do in a fully objective way and there is no globally recognised standard of set of guidelines for it. This issue is very important in the case of social impact, but also relevant for environmental aspects such as climate impact assessment and avoided emissions.
  • Luckily, despite the challenges, the whole society is moving in the direction of positive impact, not only investors and corporates but more importantly, regulations.
  • The market penetration of the technologies and business models, not only the market share of a specific company, is also important: if we support companies that have a technology with positive impact, there is a chance that other companies develop the same technology and therefore adding to the overall impact.
  • Direct impact is important, but so are the enabling technologies that make it possible. They often create systemic changes which can multiply their impact, and therefore they need to be taken into consideration.
  • There are a lot of technologies that have much potential, and many companies that develop these technologies and that have sound business models. Impact often correlates with positive economic performance.
  • The interaction between cities and investors to foster innovation is still rare. Although we have cases such as Paris Green Fund, there is a lot of ground to cover in this area.

This very brief summary is a taster for the actual contents of our last Impact Café. Willing to know more about the contents or how we work? Send us an email with your questions! And don’t forget to sign up for the next Impact Café. We will keep you posted.

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Do you think there is an interesting subject or speaker for us to approach in the next Impact Cafe (event or podcast)? Do you have questions about impact? Are you interested on assessing the potential climate impact of your solution, company or portfolio?

Contact Alicia Requena at alicia@cleantechscandinavia.com and we will help you with all your impact-related questions!

Impact Cafe: the Investor Deep Dive. Main takeaways.2021-06-03T10:40:15+01:00
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