📣 BIG NEWS: DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT—DONATIONS MATCHED UP TO $30K! As we approach the holiday of gratitude, we’re reflecting on the incredible progress across our community this year—by the numbers: 💫 90 NEW startups in our community (totaling 625+ all-time!) 🌎 3,000+ green jobs created 🤝 60+ interns hosted 🔌 40+ new deployments 🏆 5 accelerator and open-innovation programs …. And countless technical and business milestones across our member community! 👏 In honor of this progress, we’re excited to share that a generous donor is matching all donations up to $30,000—meaning your gift today will be doubled! Join our #FuelTheFuture campaign to enable the wraparound resources, connections, and community that climate and energy entrepreneurs need to thrive: https://lnkd.in/eNE65UYV #ClimatePhilanthropy #Thanksgiving #gratitude #communityimpact
Greentown Labs
Renewables & Environment
Somerville, Massachusetts 52,715 followers
The world's largest climatetech and energy incubator
About us
Greentown Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit accelerating climatetech innovation and commercialization by empowering entrepreneurs and enabling collaboration. As the world's largest climatetech and energy startup incubator—with locations in Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas—Greentown convenes the climatetech ecosystem to provide entrepreneurs the community, connections, and resources they need to thrive. Greentown is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 600 since its founding in 2011; these startups have collectively created more than 13,500 jobs and raised more than $9.6 billion in funding.
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- Renewables & Environment
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- 51-200 employees
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- Somerville, Massachusetts
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- 2011
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Employees at Greentown Labs
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Mike Farber
Co-Founder @ GreenStory | Advisor | Advocate
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Joubin Hatamzadeh
Senior Operations Executive & COO | Leading Organizational Growth, Transformation, and Scalability | Building Systems, Teams, and Cultures that Drive…
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Sheri Palazzo
Founder, Advisor & Coach @ Saplings Consulting | Expert-in-Residence @ Greentown Labs, MassChallenge & FedTech
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Bill Aulet
Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship & Managing Director, The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
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"It’s the epitome of a customer-driven approach.” Ecosystem Exchanges are founded on two core beliefs: Climate innovation thrives when bold ideas meet supportive ecosystems. And no city or country can do it alone. This spirit was at the heart of our week with Woodside Energy and Equinor, where we hosted seven Australian and Norwegian startups at Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week this year to forge key relationships in the U.S. market through through pitches, curated meetings, panels, and networking. Some topline outcomes include: 👉 Founders individually reported being able to meet individually with more than 10 global energy and industrial corporations 👉 One signed customer agreement during the week 👉 Private pitch events with Woodside Energy and Equinor teams 👉 Pitching and participating in one of the biggest startups competitions in the country, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Energy Tech Venture Forum 👉 Intimate expert discussions hosted by Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Innovation Norway and Greentown 👉 And lasting international relationships formed during a tour of NASA, an Astros game, and a sailing trip that will continue to grow and evolve Check out a full recap of this #EcosystemExchange and how this model can act as a case study in international market expansion: https://lnkd.in/eaEa_XRt 🇳🇴 Norwegian startups: Installer.com, renasys, Glint Solar, and Hive Autonomy 🇦🇺 Australian startups: PHNXX, SpiroPak, and SeaStock 💚 Greentown member companies participating: EarthEn (Powered by Grid8), Active Surfaces, NONA Technologies, Capwell Services Manon Chappat-Alarcón Chloe Rose
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This month's newsletter includes our #ClimatetechSummit recaps—from "climatetech 3.0" to the power of "and" in scaling economically-viable solutions. In other news: plus applications are open for #GoBuild2026, our regular roundup of startup news, and an events calendar for the rest of the year! Check it out:
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Your November #startupnews roundup👇 🔌 $1.7M for EQORE's commercial energy storage systems 🔋 $5M for Moment Energy's commercial energy storage 🌎 Oxylus Energy has started producing its e-methanol 🔌 it's electric is deploying in Los Angeles 🌊 WhaleSpotter has partnered with Matson ✨ ATS Energy announced the world's first commercial MW solid-state generator 🤝 Solidec has partnered with Lynas Rare Earths Ltd 🥗 Spyce was sold to Wonder 🏆 Mars Materials won Minority-Founded Business of the Year at the Houston Innovation Awards Read the list in full: https://lnkd.in/enHKAZvF #funding #deployments #partnerships #awards #startups #innovation #climatetech #energytech #energyinnovation #climatenews
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In the face of extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and changing natural systems, #resilience and #adaptation are crucial. That's where innovation comes in!💡Meet 10 startups working on things like water desalination, sewerless sanitation, portable energy storage, atmospheric water generation, and more at our Resiliency + Adaptation Sector Pitch Day at Ion Houston on Dec. 4! After welcome remarks from Rice University's Adrian Trömel and Rice WaTER Institute's Eric Willman, you'll hear pitches from BiaTech Corporation, Kauel, Decimetrix®, REON Technology, change:WATER Labs, Harmony Desalting, Mithril Technologies, Inc., SkyH2O, Wise Energie, and HGenium, plus reverse pitches from corporate partners. Then, stick around for the Ion Holiday Block Party! Register here: https://lnkd.in/em24kprv Nathaniel Hartwig Edmundo Casas C. PhD(c) Alejandro Zotti Xuanhang (Simon) Zhang Diana Yousef-Martinek Quantum Wei Scarlett Koller Terell Jones Christopher Murphy Manon Chappat-Alarcón Olivia Barboza
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#C2VInitiative Year 5 Cohort announced! 📣 Meet Arbon Corp, Cella, ICODOS, Lite-1, Mission Zero Technologies, Octavia Carbon, RUSHNU, Sora Fuel, Turnover Labs, and Universal Matter Inc.! This year's accelerator received 165 applications from 33 countries, ranging from #DAC to carbon-to-fuels to removal via ocean alkalinization. Meet the ten who were chosen: 🔸 ARBON: a humidity-swing carbon-capture solution, capturing CO₂ from the air or point-source without heat or pressure. 🔸 Cella Mineral Storage: a subsurface-mineralization technology with integrated software, enabling new ways to sequester CO₂ underground. 🔸 ICODOS: transforms emissions into value through a point-source carbon capture and methanol synthesis process in a single, modularized system. 🔸 Lite-1: advanced biomanufacturing processes to produce circular colourants for use in food, cosmetics, and textiles. 🔸 Mission Zero Technologies: an electrified, direct-air carbon capture solution that employs both liquid-adsorption and electrochemical technologies. 🔸 Octavia Carbon: a solid-adsorption-based, direct-air carbon capture solution that utilizes geothermal heat. 🔸 RUSHNU: point-source carbon capture integrated with chemical production, turning salt and CO₂ into chlorine-based chemicals and minerals. 🔸 Sora Fuel: integrates direct-air capture with direct conversion of the captured carbon into syngas for production of sustainable aviation fuel. 🔸 Turnover Labs: modular electrolyzers that transform raw, industrial CO₂ emissions into chemical building blocks, without capture or purification. 🔸 Universal Matter Inc.: a Flash Joule Heating process that converts carbon waste such as end-of-life plastics, tires, or industrial waste into graphene. These #startups will work closely with the Carbontech Leadership Council, an invitation-only group of corporate and nonprofit leaders, to advance their commercialization efforts and de-risk their innovations. 👉 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/e6DsMjEc 📆 Meet the cohort at the kickoff event on Dec. 4: https://luma.com/80ysln9o Urban Future Lab Fraunhofer USA Inc. NYU Tandon School of Engineering Frederic Clerc #carbontech #CCUS #DAC #sequestration #carbontovalue
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CEO, Greentown Labs | Nonprofit Executive & Leader | Championing Climate Entrepreneurs | Scaling Energy and Climate Innovation | Building Transformative Partnerships
Two Cities. One Mission. A Thousand Selfies! 💚 Reflections from the Climatetech Summit Last week we wrapped Greentown Labs’s annual #Climatetech Summit across #Boston and #Houston — and I’m still feeling the momentum. 💚 Two incredible cities. Two different worlds. Both beautiful. Boston greeted us with crisp fall air; Houston with November sunshine and warmth. And together they reminded me: Two things can be different, and both be true. Boston and Houston. Energy and climate. Innovation and scale. Startups and industry. That’s the power of AND— where possibility expands. Quick wins: 1400+ attendees across both sites; 30+ new startups welcomed in Houston; 35 new startups in Somerville; six Series A raises in the last six months (~$75M); part of a community that’s created 16K+ jobs across 600+ Greentown companies!!! 💚 Gratitude & Highlights Entrepreneurs first. We opened both Summits with founders—because their voice belongs at the center of everything we do. Huge thanks to Shiv Bhakta ☀️ in Boston and Chris Buckner in Houston for MCing with heart and purpose. Keynotes that inspired action. In Boston, Secretary Eric Paley challenged us to think bigger about Massachusetts’ role in building an innovation economy that works for everyone. Krishna Jonnalagadda from GE Vernova showed what reinvention looks like for a century-old industrial leader. And in Houston, Mayor John Whitmire underscored the city’s commitment to climate and energy innovation, while John Arnold reminded us that progress requires clear-eyed collaboration—pairing U.S. innovation with scaling strength as cleaner tech accelerates, and emphasizing that affordability ultimately drives adoption. A new generation of builders. Thank you Ben Soltoff and the team behind Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate & Energy Ventures—and co-authors Bill Aulet, Tod Hynes, Francis O'Sullivan, and Libby Wayman—for showcasing founders tackling hard and important problems! A MUST-BUY FOR ANY ENERGY AND CLIMATE INNOVATOR! Our partners and sponsors. SO grateful to our Champion sponsor GE Vernova and Scott Strazik (three years running!), along with so many others shaping this ecosystem—listed in the first comment. To every startup who pitched, showcased, or simply showed up: you are AWESOME and the reason we’re here. And to our teams in Boston + Houston—thank you for pouring your hearts into this. You should be SO proud. 🌎 What I carry forward --> Across roles, cities, and sectors, this (our!) community shares a belief: That prosperity for people and the planet is not an either/or. We can continue to drive human progress + protect our planet. Collaboration beats competition. Innovation is a team sport. Together, we’re building the Green Corridor that connects ideas to impact—from Boston and Houston to every corner of climatetech. Onward. 💚. #GreentownLabs #Climatetech #EnergyTransition #InnovationIsATeamSport #PowerOfAND
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We're honored to have been named Incubator/Accelerator of the Year at InnovationMap's 2025 Houston Innovation Awards! And congratulations to our member Mars Materials on taking home the Minority-Founded Business Award 👏
Congratulations to the 2025 Houston Innovation Awards winners! Read all about them: https://lnkd.in/gF8TgC4W Mars Materials, March Biosciences, Eclipse Energy, Koda Health, Persona AI, Fervo Energy, Greentown Labs, FlowCare, Jason Ethier and Wade Pinder
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Want to work with Amazon and the Global CO2 Initiative to advance your CO2-mineralization or carbonation technology? #GoBuild2026 is for you! We’re looking for #startups TRL 4+ that are interested in validating technical pathways, gaining real-world performance data, working toward commercial-scale implementation, and other collaborations with Amazon and the Global CO2 Initiative’s decarbonization and material circularity experts. 🔗 Read the full RFA and apply for this #GreentownGo program by Jan. 9, 2026: https://lnkd.in/gEauXgXG #GoBuild #buildingdecarbonization #builtenvironment #carbontech #CCUS #CO2utilization #CO2valorization #CO2mineralization #CO2carbonation #Amazon #GlobalCO2Initiative
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Industry-disrupting innovation deserves recognition—that's why we're partnering with the Edison Awards, celebrating the game-changing technologies and entrepreneurs shaping the future of sustainability, energy, and beyond. If your startup is pushing the boundaries of how a process, industry, or sector operates, this is your chance to shine — nominate your innovation for an Edison Award today! BENEFITS: 🔹 Receive expert judge feedback 🔹 Gain global visibility 🔹 Earn the official Edison Nominee Seal 🔹 Get featured on the Edison Awards website and press channels 🔗 The deadline is quickly approaching—learn more and submit your nomination: https://lnkd.in/gJUJFzUH
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