We’re raising over $500,000 for Cleantech companies on APRIL 7, 2022
Applications Close
Feb 8, 2022
Top 20 Pitch Night
Feb 17, 2022
Summit Finale
APR 7, 2022
Presented in Partnership With
Top 20 Cleantech Companies
WINNER ★ FINALIST ▲ FUNDED ◼
EMS ★
Environmental Material Science combines groundbreaking technology with 15 years of proven research, to deliver a suite of technologies focused on the management, monitoring, and cleanup of contaminated sites.
LightLeaf Solar ▲◼
LightLeaf Solar is focused on creating the world’s best solar solutions, to power new opportunities. They design and manufacture portable solar panels made with carbon fiber - one of the strongest materials - to be unbendable, lightweight, and durable.
Nanode Battery Technology ▲◼
Nanode Battery Technology is focused on the design and production of high performance anodes for lithium and sodium ion batteries. They produce a metal alloy anode which has higher energy storage capacity, simpler one-step preparation method, and shorter manufacturing time than traditional anodes.
Prairie Robotics ▲
Prairie Robotics installs an Internet of Things (IoT) solution on recycling collection trucks to gather images from household recycling bins. This data is then securely sent to the cloud, where machine learning is used to identify contamination. The contaminant analysis is used to provide residents with customized education to improve recycling habits and reduce contamination in our recycling.
Quantum Silicon ▲
Quantum Silicon designs & develops quantum based application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that address the world's need for next generation ultra low power/high speed computing with initial application in crypto security (quantum random number generator), quantum sensing (magnetometer) and AI training (gibbs machine).
Picketa Systems ◼
Picketa Systems is developing a novel handheld scanning technology that empowers agricultural companies, agri-consultants, research companies, and individual producers to analyze soil and plant nutrient content independently and rapidly.
Carbon Assessors
Carbon Assessors is a data analysis company providing insights and forecasts into the Canadian Carbon Markets. Their market analysis provides traders, project developers, and bankers with data to make informed decisions with their existing credits/ offsets, and to assess the viability of compliance unit generating projects.
CO2 Thermal Innovations
CO2 Thermal Innovations utilizes a CO2-based working fluid to assist in the efficient production of geothermal energy, decreasing the energy intensity of CCS by up to 30%. The CO2Thermal CCUS technology allows CCS companies more robust revenue streams through producing a sustainable energy ouput.
Diesel Tech Industries
Diesel Tech Industries is a Transport Technology Developer, with a focus on Compliance and Functionality. Previous tech includes Guardian EPASS which is a Positive Air Shutdown that gets used on Diesel Powered Equip. to shut off trucks preventing catastrophic events from happening
Element 4 Technologies
Element 4 Technologies produces autonomous, energy-independent, modular sensor technology that is adaptable to any environment. E4 is a ‘core’ or ‘foundation’ component, capable of operating on its own with a core set of sensors, as well as with the assistance of ‘sub-modules’ to add sensing specific to industry needs.Element 4’s solution is battery free, low cost, and applicable in an array of industries.
FORM innovations
FORM innovations' revolutionary PCF blocks provide architects, engineers and project managers with a green building alternative to the building envelope space. Our Polyurethane Concrete Forms allow shorter construction timelines and a high quality, high R value result.
GeoConnect Energy
GeoConnect Energy provides multi-family residential developers with easy and affordable green heating and cooling solutions. They provide geoexchange energy to heat and cool buildings by extracting heat from the ground then circulating it throughout the building.
GrainFrac
GrainFrac is focused on making plant-based foods more accessible and helping accelerate consumer adoption towards sustainable proteins. They partner with farmers and food and beverages companies to improve the sustainability, efficiency and product characteristics of plant-proteins. Their unique proprietary processes separate and concentrate high-quality functional plant-proteins more efficiently with less resources (water & energy).
Hydrodine Catalytics
Hydrodine Catalytics provides a system solution for Gas Producers who want to materially reduce methane emissions at their remote gas wellsites.
NULIFE GreenTech
NULIFE GreenTech is developing circular economy technologies that transform landfill diverted waste into renewable fuels to meet Clean Fuel Standards in a more cost effective and scalable platform for global impact.
Prairie Clean Energy
Prairie Clean Energy is an aggregator of agricultural waste with an immediate focus on flax straw. PCE turns that agricultural waste into a purely renewable and sustainable global biomass fuel to replace coal and other outdated fuels for power generation.
Roshan Water Solutions
Roshan Water Solutions' vision is to enable “Anyone, Anywhere” to ensure water is safe for citizens and the environment. Through the power of nanotechnology, their VeloCens product provides on-site and rapid analysis in 1 hour, with accurate detection and enumeration of Total Coliforms and 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 levels in water samples.
Ruth
Ruth is providing convenient, eco-friendly period solutions by making disposable plant-based & biodegradable menstrual pads.
SolarSteam
SolarSteam is developing the lowest cost, cleanest way to generate process heat. Their solution improves performance, reduces cost and greenhouses gases, while contributing to economic and energy diversity.
VeriGrain
VeriGrain is an app that puts detailed grain analysis in the palm of your hand. Their goal is to provide growers, buyers, processors, etc. with accurate and detailed information so that they are confident in the value of the grain.
Past Event – APR 7, 2022
CLEANTECH SUMMIT FINALE
5 pitches. 1 massive Zoom party. 4 in-person watch parties and afterparties.
Past Event – FEB 17, 2022
TOP 20 PITCH NIGHT
Cleantech Investment Summit
20 pitches. 1 massive Zoom party. 3 in-person afterparties.
How Summits Work
We’re working with our investment partners to raise over $500,000
30+ Companies
apply and are evaluated by the investors with help from TNT’s investor education sessions
20-30 Investors
new and seasoned angels pool their capital
20 Companies
undergo light due diligence and pitch at the Top 20 Pitch Night
5 Finalists
negotiate deal terms and get to pitch at the Cleantech Summit Finale
Fundraising Goal
$500K+ raised live at the Cleantech Summit on Apr 7
Min. $150k from the TNT syndicate
Why you should join the Cleantech Summit
Raise Capital — Invest In Cleantech — Have Fun — Build Community
Companies
Raise caPITAL AT THE Cleantech SUMMIT
Company Applications Closed Feb 8, 2022
Investors
LEARN HOW TO INVEST IN cleantech STARTUPS
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Capital Raised
Funded Companies
Summits Held
Investors Engaged
Presented in Partnership With
Startup TNT
We’re a community of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, innovators and startup supporters that gathers every week to have fun, share stories, and build great companies. We host 2 industry-agnostic and 2 sector-specific investment summits each year. To date, we have directly helped 34 companies raise capital and taught over 180 angel investors how to invest.
Foresight Canada
Foresight is Canada’s cleantech accelerator. Foresight supports the identification and validation of cleantech opportunities and the successful commercialization of solutions. We bring together industry, government, academia, investors, and innovators to address today’s most urgent climate issues and support a global transition to a green economy.
Meet Our Community Partners
Avatar innovations
Avatar Innovations is building a new energy future through leadership, entrepreneurship, collaboration and capital. We do this by filling a critical gap in the energy innovation ecosystem by working with large oil and gas firms to champion solutions from within by engaging their staff.
Platform Calgary
Platform Calgary builds and promotes Calgary's tech startup ecosystem to create shared prosperity that will benefit all Calgarians.
RenewalFunds
Renewal Funds is a Vancouver-based impact-focused venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. Our work is dedicated to building a better and more resilient future. We invest in innovation that will advance the sustainability of food, water, and climate — contributing to a safer and cleaner planet for future generations.
Clean Resource Innovation Network
We are a pan-Canadian network focused on ensuring Canada’s energy resources can be sustainably developed and integrated into the global energy supply. By identifying industry challenges, we create a market pull to accelerate commercialization and wide spread clean technology adoption by bringing together industries, entrepreneurs, investors, academia, governments and many others.
Business development Canada
BDC Capital is the investment arm of BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. With over $3 billion under management, BDC Capital serves as a strategic partner to the country’s most innovative firms. It offers businesses a full spectrum of capital, from seed investments to growth equity, supporting Canadian entrepreneurs who have the ambition to stand out on the world stage.
Mitacs
Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 20 years. Working with 70 universities, 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments, we build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada.
Eco canada
ECO Canada is the steward for the Canadian environmental workforce. From job creation to wage funding, to training and post-secondary accreditation, through expert labour market research and customized human resources solutions for business, ECO Canada champions the environmental sector, and the end-to-end career of environmental professionals.
amii
Amii (the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) is an Alberta-based non-profit institute that supports world-leading research in artificial intelligence and machine learning and translates scientific advancement into industry adoption. Join us for our Reducing Emissions through Machine Intelligence (REMI) program in 2022 to move your clean-tech AI & ML projects forward!
INNOVATE EDMONTON
Innovate Edmonton leverages, unites and promotes home-grown innovation as a gateway to solving the world’s most pressing problems. They harness the power of the private sector, ground-breaking academic research and purpose-driven investment to build a shared prosperity and open international markets.
DEASASK
DEAS facilitates energy collaboration between utility, technology and community partners to develop safe, reliable and affordable energy service for all.
Startup TNT Cleantech Investment Summit
About the summit
Investment Summit Finale: Apr 7, 2022
Startup TNT is dedicated to improving access to capital for early-stage tech companies. We do this by increasing the pool of professional early-stage investors, educating entrepreneurs on fundraising best practices, and facilitating lasting relationships between both parties.
We have partnered with Foresight Canada to raise money for Cleantech companies and introduce new Angels to the opportunities presented by startups innovating the energy sector.
Important Information
Key Dates
Feb 17 | Top 20 Pitch Night
Mar 10 | Top 10 Selection
Apr 7 | Summit Finale (decision night)
Summit Details
2 live pitch nights
Top 20 undergo due diligence
Top 5 share company data rooms
Company Eligibility Requirements
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Seed-stage companies
Typical round size: $500k - $2.5M
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Companies must have or intend to have at least one of the following economic ties to Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba
Headquartered in one of the provinces
Employ FTEs in one of the provinces
Engage in on-going research contracts with partners in one of the provinces
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Companies with products, services or technology that demonstrably reduce greenhouse gases.
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Willingness to engage with investors for an 8-week due diligence process that could include 6 or more investor meetings.
Ability to join us in person in Alberta on April 7th for the Summit (strongly encouraged).
Past Cleantech Companies
Register for the Cleantech summit 2022
Raise capital for your Cleantech Company
Companies
Gain confidence talking to investors and communicating your company’s unique value
Learn how to build a data room and manage the deal screening process
Receive valuable feedback from our group of qualified investors
Increase your visibility in the cleantech community and accelerate your investments
Expose your company to a supportive community of enablers that can help you scale
Learn how to invest in great companies with tnt
Investors
Make friends (you’ll be introduced to a community of like-minded investors)
Build relationships with promising entrepreneurs
Gain confidence investing in early-stage tech startups (you’ll receive hands-on investing education)
Support the growth of a cleantech startup community that is positively impacting human health
Have fun while investing in some of the highest potential startups in town