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Kadri Piho Kui räägitakse tarkadest linnadest, siis hõlmab see digilahenduste kõrval tihti ka keskkonna jätkusuutlikkust ehk tuuakse rohelust linnadesse. Silme ette võivad kohe kerkida kujutlused kõrghoonete rohefassaadidest ja toidukatustest. Kui aga toimiks täpselt vastupidi? Selle asemel, et tuua loodus linnadesse, viime hoopis tehnoloogia ja uuendused maapiirkondadesse, luues tõeliselt tervisliku ja võimalusterohke elukeskkonna. Uuenduseks võib olla näiteks energia ises

Female driven Estonian precision fermentation start up looks for capital to cut the cow out of the dairy industry. Through March and April ProProtein will be raising a seed round funding for 700k€. This funding push comes after the confirmation of successful casein expression by co-founder and CSO Tiina Tamm PhD. Caseins are essential functional proteins in milk that give cheese the ability to melt and stretch as well as traditional flavours. Meaning cheese without cows is co

Do you have a sustainable business idea on the back of your mind? Or the solution to a problem that will improve the future for all mankind? You are in the right place! The new decade starts off with an amazing opportunity to grow your idea into sustainable reality - take part in the world's biggest green business ideas competition ClimateLaunchpad! Learn and train in Estonia during the 3-months mentoring period and compete worldwide with hundreds of other green business ide

Cleantech Estonia and Startup Estonia diversity expert group are organising 4 trainings in March 2022 for the startup community to help to create an inclusive and supportive work environment by raising awareness about sexual harassment and gender violence at the workplace. Join the leaders in the community to make sure you provide the best possible work culture and environment for your employees. The purpose of any business is to get the best out of their people and provide t

PRESS RELEASE, 11th of January, 2022 Renewable energy producer Sunly and the Polish solar power developer Alseva Group join forces to drive the green transition in Poland even faster and with remarkable scale. Following the transaction, Sunly will acquire 100% of one of the largest Polish solar power developers and constructor, Alseva Group, and the current owners of Alseva Group will acquire a shareholding in Sunly. Alseva Group has successfully been cooperating with Sunly

PRESSITEADE 26. november 2021 Eesti materjalitehnoloogia startup Gelatex kaasas investoritelt 1,2 miljonit eurot. Gelatex loob maailmas unikaalset nanokiudu, mis võimaldab seni ülikallist tehisliha toota suurtes mahtudes ja taskukohase hinnaga. Gelatexil on hetkel käimas pilootprojekte kaheksa maailma suurima laboriliha tootjaga. Senised projektid kinnitavad, et idufirma väljatöötatud materjal suudab anda looma rakkudest kasvatatud tehislihale pärislihaga sarnase tekstuuri ni

PRESS RELEASE 3.11.2021 For the sixth year in a row, Cleantech Estonia organised the 24-hour Climathon on October 29-30 in Tallinn at Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool and joined the Climathon global movement together with more than 170 cities across the world. Climathon is a global community of local changemakers and innovators working together to help their cities achieve net zero emissions. This year, the topic was quite broad and any solution that contributes to reducing the gree

We are happy to announce that the selection of startups for the ClimAccelerator program is finished and the program with the startups have started! ClimAccelerator is for climate-positive startups from Baltic States and from Slovakia. The program is delivered by cleantech experts and tailored to support startups in the regions mentioned before. The accelerator helps to scale solutions and take the startups venture globally, attracting potential investors and vastly expanding

PRESS RELEASE, September 8, 2021 Munich, September 8, 2021: Estonia-based clean technology start-up, PowerUP Energy Technologies is demonstrating its first prototype hydrogen cabinet at IAA mobility in Munich, which kicked off today. The company is exhibiting this solution in Hall B1 in the startups' area, on stand A215 at IAA Mobility. Targeted towards campervan owners, sailors and off-grid homes, the cabinet is designed in a way that a customer can install it outside their

PRESS RELEASE 8.07.2021 Cleantech for Europe presents first-of-its-kind ‘EU Quarterly Cleantech Briefing’; announces six leading cleantech venture capital investors are joining new initiative to build bridges with policy-makers. BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cleantech for Europe, a new initiative created by Cleantech Group, supported by Breakthrough Energy, today presented its first ‘EU Quarterly Cleantech Briefing’. The analysis finds that in the first half of this year more th

PRESSITEADE 08.07.2021 Rahvusvaheline rohetehnoloogiaid ja keskkonnamõju vähendamist arendav organisatsioon Cleantech Group ja Bill Gates’i asutatud Breakthrough Ventures on koos ELi rohetehnoloogia investoritega loonud ELi rohevaldkonna esindusorganisatsiooni Cleantech for Europe. Üks asutajaliikmetest on ka Eesti roheidusid koondava katusorganisatsiooni Cleantech Estonia läbi oma sõsarettevõtte, rohekiirendi Beamline Accelerator. Cleantech for Europe eesmärk on luua ühine h

PRESSITEADE 15.06.2021 Alates 15. juunist on Eesti tootmisettevõtetel võimalik liituda platvormiga Materjalivoog, mis võimaldab neil lihtsalt ja mugavalt oma materjalijääke väärindada või leida enda tootmisesse sisendmaterjali. Tegemist on Baltikumis uudse ettevõtlusele suunatud lahendusega, mis soodustab ringmajanduse edendamist. Materjalivoo platvorm toimib lihtsalt: tootja sisestab oma materjalijäägi koguse ja kirjelduse (materjal, värvus, jms) ning mõni teine tootja saab

We have super exciting international projects coming up for which we are looking for active marketing and communication people that want to do an internship among our young and ambitious team! You’ll actively participate in getting the word out on international scale, you’ll learn how such events are organised and marketed, meet awesome people and network, as well as help to boost critical climate solutions! We need Your help with: Techstars Startup Weekend Sustainability Onl

Sympower’s CEO Simon Bushell on the left and Kees Koolen, the former CEO and Chairman of Booking.com on the right. Sympower has raised EUR 5.2 million from Kees Koolen, the former CEO of Booking.com and an early investor and advisor of Uber, as well as existing investors. The funds will be used to further rollout Sympower’s platform and services across Europe, enabling the company to launch in attractive growth markets. Sympower is one of the largest independent flexibility p

* Text in English below Pressiteade 18/03/2021 Tallinn Cleantech ForEst ja Sunly on säästva tehnoloogia edendamiseks loonud esitluskeskuse, kus eksponeeritakse ja tutvustatakse Eesti rohetehnoloogia startuppe ning nende tooteid ja teenuseid. Keskuses on esitletud rohkem kui 40 idufirmat viies kategoorias, sealhulgas energia, põllumajandus ja toit. Cleantech ForEsti tegevjuhi Erki Ani sõnul on demokeskus kohalike huvigruppide ja rahvusvaheliste võrgustike esmane kontaktpunkt,

Press release 04/03/2021 Tallinn From 2016 Cleantech ForEst NGO has invested over 1mln€ in more than 50 cleantech startups, they have raised over 18mln€ afterwards. Now the umbrella organisation of Estonia’s cleantech startups is launching together with cleantech investors Sunly a new Beamline Accelerator for ambitious startups. Cleantech startup scene has seen a massive growth in recent years for what a more focused approach is needed in order to provide a competitive advant

Pressiteade 04/03/2021 Tallinn 2016. aastast on Cleantech ForEst enam kui 50-sse Eesti rohetehnoloogia iduettevõtte arengusse investeerinud üle 1 miljoni euro kes on omakorda tänaseks kaasanud üle 18 miljoni euro. Rohetehnoloogia valdkond ja startupide arv on viimastel aastatel märgatavalt kasvanud, kuid ärikiirendid on jäänud suures osas samaks ning pigem laiahaardeliseks. Cleantech ForEst näeb oma kogemuse ja startupide tagasiside põhjal, et alustavad ettevõtted vajavad kii

28/01/2021 Inimeste teadlikkus keskkonnaprobleemidest aina kasvab aga vähem teatakse digiprügi kahjulikkusest keskkonnale. Digiprügi on see, mida me jätame maha elektroonikaseadmetesse piltide, videote ja muude failide näol. Sinna hulka kuulub see data (andmed), mida me tegelikult enam ei vaja, aga mida me hoiame, kuid mis nõuab omakorda energiat ja toodab ka selle läbi CO2. Näiteks üks email kaalub 4 grammi CO2 ning ühe manuse lisades on selle kaal 50 grammi. Pandeemia aitas

PRESSITEADE 11/11/2020 ENG below Eesti toob Põhja-Balti koostöö NB8 eesistujamaana kokku kaheksa riigi noored rahvusvahelises koostöös roheideid arendama. 21. novembril aset leidval ideeloomepäeval Empowering Youth: Green Together otsivad Eesti, Läti, Leedu, Soome, Rootsi, Norra, Islandi ja Taani noored ühiselt keskkonnaprobleemidele lahendusi. Ideeloomepäeva patrooni peaminister Jüri Ratase sõnul on kliimamuutuste mõju leevendamiseks tarvilik leida uusi lahendusi paljudes va

Tuleval nädalavahetusel 17-18. oktoobril toimub Kuressaares esmakordselt CleanHÄKK, mis on kahe päeva jooksul läbiviidav ideetalgu keskkonnasõbralike (äri)ideede arendamiseks. Oodatud on kõik, keda rohetehnoloogiad ja keskkonnavaldkond huvitab, nii inimesed kellel on omal idee mida nad sooviks edasi arendada, kui ka need kes soovivad heade ideede elluviimises kaasa lüüa. Rohetehnoloogiad kätkevad enda all nii rohelisi algatusi, energia efektiivsust ja selle salvestamist, põll