Climate-KICs US Start-Up Tour Gives Europes Brightest Cleantech Start-Ups a Crash Course in Entrepreneurship
Summary
To this end our Start-up Tour programme has a vital role to play in facilitating these connections – helping to establish creative partnerships between dynamic companies across borders and regions.” This approach is at the core of Climate-KIC’s vision for the future of climate innovation.The start-ups are responsible for innovations ranging from smart charging technologies for electric vehicles to sensors that optimise the logistics of waste collection and environmental management software for businesses and the construction industry.This year’s tour will provide participants with vital international experience, mentoring, networking and potential investment opportunities.Frans Nauta, Deputy Director Entrepreneurship at Climate-KIC, stated: “Ultimately we want to see a global community of cleantech entrepreneurs and innovators.To this end our Start-up Tour programme has a vital role to play in facilitating these connections – helping to establish creative partnerships between dynamic companies across borders and regions.”This approach is at the core of Climate-KIC’s vision for the future of climate innovation.Climate-KIC consists of companies, academic institutions and the public sector.The organisation has its headquarters in London, UK, and leverages its centres across Europe to support start-up companies, to bring together partners on innovation projects and to educate students to bring about a connected, creative transformation of knowledge and ideas into products and services that help mitigate and adapt to climate change.Climate-KIC is one of the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) created in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), the EU body tasked with creating sustainable European growth while dealing with the global challenges of our time.Climate-KIC contact (GMT)Angela HowarthHead of Communications, Climate-KICangela.howarth@climate-kic.org+44 (0) 20 7492 1972Climate-KIC contact (Pacific Time)Peter KoekoekDigital Communications Manager, Climate-KIC+44 (0)77 1405 1307peter.koekoek@climate-kic.orgMedia contactMona Ghobadi/Ben SmithEML Wildfire Technology PRclimatekic@emlwildfire.com+44 208 408 8000 Contact Information Climate-KIC Angela Howarth, Head of Communications +44 (0) 20 7492 1972 www.climate-kic.org Attached Files REPORT: The Future of Cleantech Climate-KICs Future of Cleantech report which highlights new opportunities for investors and calls for greater cross border collaboration and co-opetition to help climate innovators and entrepreneurs reach their potential.