Greentown Labs

EnergyBar: Kicking off 2025 with Georgina Campbell Flatter

STARTUPS: are you concerned about federal funding, either that you've already been awarded or that you're pursuing? Our friends at ACT | The Alliance for Climate Transition are hosting Foley Hoag LLP for a session on implications for startups featuring Beth Neitzel, Noah C. Shaw, and Joe Curtatone this Tuesday, Feb. 11. These expert lawyers will break down: 🔹 The potential impacts on climate grants, infrastructure, and clean energy projects. 🔹 Legal challenges and political responses shaping future funding. 🔹 Strategies for organizations to navigate uncertainty and advocate for stability. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e7wz-7Dg

change:WATER Labs’ “shrink wrap for crap” is enabling no-water, no-power, and no-plumbing sanitation systems by rapidly evaporating 95% of human waste without any type of energy. The startup’s waste-evaporating #iThrone toilet can provide homes with a working toilet without the need for plumbing or power—a growing need in the face of the $19B market for non-sewered toilets, as 40% of the world lacks access to safe sanitation. So far, the startup has attracted $400k+ in paid contracts and signed LOIs for 6k+ units. Watch CEO Diana Yousef-Martinek’s pitch from #ClimatetechSummit to learn more. #sanitation #climatechange #refugees #globalhealth #wastemanagement

Canary Media Inc. Live Houston was the perfect way to kick off the New Year at Greentown Houston! 💫 Thanks to everyone who attended to hear from Tim Latimer of Fervo Energy, david roberts of Volts, Doug Lewin of The Energy Capital Podcast, Naomi Klinge of the Houston Business Journal, Claire Hao of the Houston Chronicle, and Canary Media's own Julian Spector! It was wonderful to see the energy-transition ecosystem in full force networking and making plans to keep the climate action going stronger than ever in 2025. You can watch the recording from the event here: https://lnkd.in/dVAFrVY8 And don't miss our first Transition on Tap of the year during CERAWeek on March 13 featuring our incoming CEO Georgina Campbell Flatter: https://lnkd.in/ekqhf6Ba

Our incoming CEO Georgina Campbell Flatter will give opening remarks at our first EnergyBar of the year this Thursday! She'll be joined by our board member Bill Aulet of Massachusetts Institute of Technology—you won't want to miss this! We'll be livestreaming the speaking program right here on LinkedIn starting at 6 p.m. ET; tune in below:

Interested in a career in climate? Join us on Feb. 27 at our Climatetech Intern Fair to meet dozens of #startups that are hiring! Students and soon-to-be-graduates from any major or discipline are welcome to join—our member companies are hiring for internships, co-ops, and full-time roles in engineering, business administration, marketing, data, operations, sales, software, and more! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about career pathways in #sustainability and network with other job-seekers in the greater Boston area. Register here: https://lnkd.in/efDZxPk3 View all careers with our member companies here: https://lnkd.in/eet2spR #climatecareers #climatetech #climatetechcareers #greenjobs #students #jobseekers #openroles #internships #jobfair #internfair

Our members have hit the ground running in the New Year! Check out what our Greentown community was up to this January: 💰 Two workshops led by Urban Capital Network focused on the basics of investing in private, early-stage companies  🎤 Canary Media Inc. Live Houston at Greentown Houston 📊 A CTO + Technical Lead Roundtable facilitated by Sheri Palazzo where members created “report cards” for their companies and set goals for the new year  🎙️ Two virtual Fundraising Forums where founders presented their pitches and received feedback from fellow Greentown members 🥪 A Roundtable Lunch with 17 of our CEOs and co-founders 💸 Members attended a forum led by Jeff Haydock, CEO and Founder of ecoCFO to hear about the best financial strategies for their startups  🍩 Networking at Community Coffee and Donuts and at Aeronaut  🦺 The monthly meeting of safety representatives from every member with lab space  🍻 Our monthly Member Mixer Happy Hour with dumplings from Yang’s Dumplings to celebrate the Chinese New Year  🤝 Weekly office hours with our partnerships team Thanks to everyone who made this month a happy start to the new year! If you’re interested in learning more about what it’s like to be a Greentown member, you can learn more here:  https://lnkd.in/eUnbGQTT 

We are thrilled to announce that Georgina Campbell Flatter has been selected as Greentown’s new CEO! Flatter was most recently the co-founder and executive director of TomorrowNow.org, and prior to that role she spent a decade at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a senior lecturer and led global initiatives designed to bridge technology and social impact. We couldn’t be more excited to have her at the helm as Greentown embarks on our next chapter of climate action. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eSqWhGRc

Our first #EnergyBar of 2025 is next week! Come on down to Greentown Boston on Thursday, Feb. 6 for our signature networking event dedicated to forging connections between startups, investors, students, researchers, mentors, and many more climate champions—all over drinks and bites. 🍻 There are just a few spots left—register here: https://lnkd.in/ew5D66bp

“It completely flips the usual paradigm on its head: usually you spend all your time making your system work for the plant, and we went, ‘Oh, can we make the plant work for the system?’” says Phytoform CEO William Pelton. The startup is developing a gene-edited “tiny tomato” that is both short and horizontally compact, about one-sixth the size of a traditional tomato plant with five times the yield per area. Their size means they require less water, fewer nutrients, and lower energy expenditures, plus they’re perfect for vertical farming. Read our full feature on this #agriculture startup: https://lnkd.in/eJv2vfV9 #climatetech #crops #sustainability #food #innovation