SDTC partners with accelerators to provide seed funding to five potential breakthrough technologies ~
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OTTAWA, ON, August 15, 2019 – Sustainable Development Technology Canada recently expanded its reach by piloting seed funding to find and support Canada’s most promising early-stage cleantech entrepreneurs. Through SDTC, our government is helping early-stage entrepreneurs achieve their full potential and, ultimately, solve some of our biggest environmental challenges.” — The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development “Through our partnerships with start-up accelerators across Canada, SDTC’s Seed Fund supports true entrepreneurship; recipients are people who know that transformative environmental and economic change starts at the local level. By utilizing Artificial Intelligence and proprietary models, Pani Energy’s real-time optimization technology reduces the resources (energy, chemical, other consumables and GHG) used in industrial and municipal treatment and desalination infrastructures by up to 30%. Programs like this are an incredible opportunity for these two bright entrepreneurs, as well as the clean technology community across Canada.” “This funding helps put Canada on the world stage. On May 8, 2019, The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, announced SDTC’s Seed Funding pilot program at SDTC’s fourth annual cleantech leadership summit in Ottawa.