That’s a wrap on the inaugural Boston Climate Week! We’re beaming with pride and gratitude witnessing our community and the ecosystem show up in full force, from ClimaTech Live downtown all the way to Camberville and beyond.
From panels to impromptu hallway conversations, the energy and optimism for climatetech and energy innovation right here in Massachusetts has never been stronger.
Here are a few things we’re taking with us:
1. 1 + 1 + 1 = 10: Proximity is a force multiplier for collaboration
Here’s a story that’s been unfolding right in our labs. Elementium Materials is developing a novel liquid electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries, synthesized in our wet lab and assembled into pouch cells in our prototyping lab, with R&D guidance from fellow member Daniel Consulting Group along the way. Once the cells are cycled and tested, Glimpse runs industrial X-ray CT scans to provide an extra layer of visibility into quality and performance.
The whole pipeline—electrolyte synthesis, pouch assembly, cycling, and internal inspection — happens without anyone leaving the building, because the right people are a hallway conversation away.
That story made it to the stage at ClimaTech Live, where our CEO Georgina Campbell Flatter moderated a panel with the entrepreneurs themselves on how an innovation ecosystem accelerates what any one startup could do alone. It’s what we see every day, and it was a fitting way to kick off the week.
2. Massachusetts is “walking the walk” on its climate commitments
At our EnergyBar with Canary Media, MA Secretary of Economic Development Eric Paley, MassCEC CEO Benjamin Downing, Via Separations CEO Shreya Dave, and Canary Media reporter Julian Spector put words to something we feel every day: we don’t just talk the talk, this is a place to walk the walk.
This ecosystem—world-leading academia, strong policy support, dedicated investors, experts and mentors aplenty, all underpinned by our winning culture—come together to paint a clear message: Massachusetts is not a place for “climate tourism.”
“The amount of curiosity in Massachusetts is astounding. Curiosity serves as unbelievable activation energy for solving real problems, and we have an absolute abundance of it here.”
3. Something special happens when the whole ecosystem shows up together
We hosted a Climate Salon, a Climatetech Pitch Party with 14 of our startups, and welcomed MA Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll to Greentown for a tour of our prototyping lab and a roundtable with 19 of our founders. Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson, State Rep. Mike Connolly, and MassCEC CEO Benjamin Downing joined as well, giving our entrepreneurs a direct line to the people shaping the policy and investment landscape around them.
Seeing startups, investors, policymakers, and researchers in the same conversations, working toward shared goals—that’s what we mean when we say breakthroughs scale faster when entire ecosystems move together.
We’re proud to be #TeamMA, and grateful to everyone who came out, showed up, and stayed curious.
Sending a huge thank you to Climatebase for organizing this inaugural week, to the ClimaTech Live organizers for executing another historic convening, to our event sponsors MassCEC, CLA, Tech Superpowers, and Basil Tree Catering, and to everyone who joined us at Greentown throughout the week!
Keep the conversation going at our June 4 EnergyBar. This time, we’re welcoming guests from Canada to explore how cross-border collaboration can help startups scale faster, in partnership with the Consulate General of Canada. We hope to see you there!