Greentown Boston Agenda

All times are ET.

8:00 – CHECK-IN + BREAKFAST

9:00 – WELCOME REMARKS FROM GREENTOWN LABS

Featuring Rewiring America’s Social Media Creator Dan McCollister, Greentown Labs’ Senior Vice President of Marketing + Communications Julia Travaglini, and Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne.

9:15 – SETTING THE SCENE: TIME’S SPOTLIGHT ON CLIMATE INNOVATORS AND TITANS

Featuring TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav.

This presentation will showcase insights from the TIME 100 Climate List and the Americas Top Greentech Companies 2024, highlighting the most impactful sectors and companies driving innovation in the climatetech space.

9:30 – KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT: SCALING CLIMATE ACTION

Featuring Amazon Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst; moderated by TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav.

In this keynote we’ll hear about Amazon’s innovative approach to integrating climate solutions and fostering impactful partnerships with startups. Discover how Amazon identifies, pilots, and scales climatetech solutions, learn about successful collaborations that are driving decarbonization efforts, and gain valuable insights into the future of startup-corporate partnerships in the sustainability space.

10:00 – GREENTOWN LABS STARTUP PITCHES

Introduction by Greentown Labs’ Chief Operating Officer Joubin Hatamzadeh.

Featuring Cellsense Founder Aradhita Parasrampuria, Capro-X CEO Juan Guzman, Glimpse CEO + Co-founder Eric Moch, Monaire Co-founder Rahul Subramany, change:WATER Labs Founder and CEO Diana Yousef, and Teknobuilt Co-founder + Managing Director Abhishek Srivastava.

10:20 – NAVIGATING THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION: INSIGHTS FROM GE VERNOVA

Featuring GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik; moderated by Heatmap News Senior Reporter Jael Holzman.

Discover how GE Vernova is leveraging its expertise and resources to drive innovation in sustainable energy technologies, and learn about the key strategies and partnerships that are essential for achieving a decarbonized power sector.

10:40 – HEATED QUESTIONS: FOUNDER EDITION

Featuring Active Surfaces Founder and CEO Shiv Bhakta and AeroShield Materials CEO and Founder Elise Strobach; Moderated by Rewiring America’s Social Media Creator Dan McCollister.

In this game show style session, we’ll spotlight two Greentown Labs founders as they reveal the ups and downs of their journey to commercialization. With a room full of supporters who played a part in their success, they’ll share the tools, resources and programs that helped them thrive — while giving other founders in the room inspiration to keep pushing toward their own next milestone!

10:50 – GOVERNMENT AS A PARTNER FOR CLIMATETECH STARTUP GROWTH

Featuring Stepwise Co-founder & CEO Jane Chen, Elemental Impact Portfolio Innovation Manager Annie Dillon, U.S. DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Jeff Marootian, MassCEC Director of Tech-to-Market Programs Leslie Nash, and ARPA-E Technology-to-Market Advisor Christian Vandervort; Moderated by Activate’s Director of Government Relations Elizabeth Kennedy.

With capital, expertise, deployment opportunities and more, government entities can be a mission-critical partner in a startup’s development and go-to-market efforts. There are countless impactful programs at the local, state, and federal levels of government that help propel climatetech solutions to market but knowing how to pursue these resources can be challenging. This panel will demystify government funding, programs, and partnerships for early-stage startups—offering valuable insights from climate champions within government and founders who have successfully leveraged government resources to scale their companies.  

11:35 – GREENTOWN LABS STARTUP PITCHES

Featuring EcoForge Co-founder Rongyu Na, frakktal Founder + CEO jhana porter, Ivys Energy Solutions President + CEO Darryl Pollica, M2X Energy Director of Business Development & Strategy Louise Hannecart, NONA Technologies Co-founder + CEO Bruce Crawford, and Sweetch Head of Development North America Louis Solom.

11:55 – WHAT THE FOAK: NAVIGATING THE CAPITAL STACK IN CLIMATETECH

Featuring Planeteer Venture Partner Hannah Friedman, Eden Co-founder and CEO Paris Smalls, Spring Lane Capital Associate Katherine St. James; moderated by V1 Climate Solutions CEO Deanna Zhang.

Understanding the intricacies of First-Of-A-Kind (FOAK) project funding is crucial for climatetech startups aiming to scale their innovations. This panel will examine the significant funding gap faced by startups and strategies for bridging it. The discussion will include insights from both investors and startups, shedding light on the pathways to diverse capital stacks, the implications of different funding structures, and the underlying reasons for this dichotomy.

12:30 – GREENTOWN LABS STARTUP PITCHES

Featuring Carbon to Stone Co-founder + CEO Sravanth Gadikota, Atacama Biomaterials CEO Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas, florrent Co-founder + CEO Jose LaSalle, EVident Battery Data Scientist Mark Lisi, Return to Vendor Founder + CTO Gangadhar Jogikalmath, and 7Analytics Co-founder + CEO Helge Jørgensen.

12:50 – THE ROADMAP FOR CLIMATETECH STARTUP COLLABORATION

Featuring GE Vernova President, Ventures and Incubation Limor Spector.

Learn how GE Vernova is supporting innovative climatetech startups through critical growth stages and navigating the challenges of scaling, including strategies for overcoming the “valleys of death” in technology development. Gain insights into GE Vernova’s incubator initiatives and discover opportunities for collaboration that can help bring groundbreaking sustainable energy solutions to market.

1:00 – CLOSING REMARKS

Featuring Greentown Labs Senior Vice President of Partnerships Aisling Carlson.

1:05 – LUNCH

2:00 – 4:00 – GREENTOWN LABS CLIMATETECH STARTUP SHOWCASE

The member showcase is your chance to meet the entrepreneurs who are changing the world. Join us to speak with Greentown founders, learn about their climate solutions, and make valuable connections. The showcase will highlight climatetech companies innovating across the key GHG-emitting sectors—electricity, agriculture, buildings, manufacturing, and transportation—and in resiliency and adaptation.

4:00 – 7:00 – NETWORKING RECEPTION