Entrepreneurs

Since 2002, the Cleantech Group has been helping startups and growing companies speed their ventures from ideas to products and customer contracts. It does so five key ways.

Raise capital through Cleantech Group's innovation pipeline

The Cleantech Group puts companies seeking capital in front of cleantech investors, free of charge. Entrepreneurs and growth companies submit profiles of their companies to the Cleantech Group's innovation pipeline program. Submissions are made available to the thousands of member investors in the Cleantech Group's Cleantech Network.

Member investors with matching investment preferences receive an email alerting them to the match, and then follow-up and contact companies they're interested in directly. Since 2002, startup and growth stage cleantech companies have raised billions of dollars through this program.

Cleantech does not charge any finders or success fees for this service.

The free innovation pipelines speeds the process and reduces fees associated with raising capital and helps companies build relationships with the premier cleantech investment community.

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Get purchase orders through Cleantech Accelerator

Large organizations seeking cleantech solutions work through the Cleantech Group's Cleantech Accelerator™ service to identify products and services for their needs. 

Be one of the companies considered by large companies and governments. Vendors seeking volume orders for clean technology products available today are encouraged to submit to the Cleantech Accelerator.

Cleantech does not charge any finders or success fees for this service.

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Present at a Cleantech Forum

Cleantech companies seeking funding can present their pitches to hundreds of top-tier investors at a single time by applying to present at the Cleantech Group's upcoming Cleantech Forum events. One fortunate presenting company at each event is designated the most promising technology, as voted by Forum attendees. Reach hundreds of the most influential cleantech investors with a single pitch.

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Accelerate key management hires

The Cleantech Group's executive search service helps growing companies staff up faster. The Cleantech Group's retained executive search service, exclusive to the cleantech sector worldwide, is specifically focused on securing the best available talent for cleantech companies.

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Become a member of the Cleantech Network

Entrepreneurs join the Cleantech Group's Cleantech Network to accelerate their fund-raising and raise their visibility, speeding their time-to-money. Becoming a member of the elite Cleantech Network is the most effective way for growing companies to bolster their capital-raising efforts, and connect with the money and influencers in clean technology.

Market data

Access a database of every investor who has invested in a cleantech company, with their full contact information. See where capital is flowing, in what clean technology sectors, dating back to 2001, and who's been getting IPO and M&A exits. Be the first to learn of industry trends and which competitors are getting funding. Make wiser decisions with up-to-date market information.

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Members also receive email alerts on companies approaching the Cleantech Group seeking funding—a source of competitive intelligence, and a source of validation of emerging technology markets.

Market insight

Research from the Cleantech Group helps entrepreneurs and their management make better decisions. Industry trends for emerging and growth stage technologies are available, as is insight into cleantech opportunities by geographic region. Companies with clean technology products to sell benefit from analysis of new trends in their sectors.

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Networking events

Full membership includes an admission to one of the Cleantech Group's global Cleantech Forums®, where entrepreneurs connect with the investors, thought leaders and other power players in cleantech. Since 2002, the Cleantech Group's Cleantech Forums have been where deals have been struck, with billions of dollars raised to date.

Learn about upcoming Cleantech Forum events »

Find talent

Members can post job openings in the highly visited job listings on cleantech.com, free.

Market visibility

Become better known. Raise your company's profile. Entrepreneur members have the chance to submit a contributed editorial thought leadership piece for publication consideration, where it can be seen by thousands of readers of the Cleantech Group's news coverage every day. Members also receive discounts on brand-building marketing opportunities, such as advertising.

Contact us to learn more about becoming a member of the Cleantech Network »