2023 Climate and Energy Tech Pitch Competition

Virtual Pitch Competition for Women Founders and Founders of Color will award $8,500 in Non-Dilutive Cash Prizes to Climate Tech & Energy Tech Startups

The mHUB EnergyTech Startup Pitch Competition will showcase cutting-edge hardtech startups specializing in climate and energy technologies. This pitch competition, taking place virtually on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, is designed to support under-represented women founders and entrepreneurs of color.

Startups focused on innovative climate tech and energy technologies can apply to pitch virtually to a group of esteemed judges for cash awards totaling $8,500 and connections to industry decision-makers and investors interested in hardtech.

1st Place Prize: $5,000

2nd Place Prize: $2,500

3rd Place Prize: $1,000

Meet the Finalists:

Congratulations to the six finalist teams who will be pitching at mHUB's Climate & EnergyTech Pitch Competition:

Active Surfaces Inc. - Commercializing an ultra-thin film solar technology that can unlock terrawatts of dual land use next generation deployment.
Aerovec Inc. - Designing a compact, integrated, portable wind turbine, which is patented and designed to work in conjunction with other renewable technologies to make clean and reliable energy available 24/7.
Amaterra Tech - Building and designing stable, cheap, advanced, and clean microgrids and implementing the control systems onto the grid components.
Magnetrics Energy Solutions LLC - Creating a novel Electromagnetic Propulsion Drive Unit to be a universal clean energy technology that is reliable, scalable, and efficient.
TerraFixing Inc. - Developing a Direct Air Carbon Capture (DAC) technology for capturing CO₂ in cold dry climates, with the goal of fixing global warming.
Tikal Industries - Specializing in water quality testing products and services with a hardware system that utilizes a machine learning-powered RAMAN spectroscopy technique to detect contaminants in water.

Competition Details

Date: Tuesday, June 27

Time: 4:30 PM CST

Location: Zoom (Virtual)

Startup Eligibility

At least one founder of your team must be female or a person of color
The Climate Tech and/or Energy Tech Startup must be pre-series A
Must be hardtech startup (with elements of physical product and software)
Startup must be in the field of Climate Tech and/or Energy Technologies

Areas of Focus:

mHUB is looking for breakthrough climate and energy startups working on hardtech and infrastructure solutions in the following areas:

Renewable Energy
Hydrogen
Carbon capture and Sequestration
Energy storage
Vehicle-to-grid
Heat sink technologies
Distributed energy resources
Sustainable buildings
The internet of energy

Pitch Competition Judges

Ritu Bromley, Senior Manager of Strategy at Invenergy
Mary Stefanidakis, Commercialization & Development- Clean Energy Solutions with Constellation Energy
Alexandra Gross, Program Manager at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Roxanne Charles, President of West Side Forward
Kelly Evans, VP Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Chicago Urban League
Leslie McKinney, Chicago Director at BWISE
Dan Miller, Director of Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

mHUB's Climate and Energy Tech Pitch Competition is Held in Partnership With:

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mHUB Accelerator

2023 Climate and Energy Tech Pitch Competition

Virtual Pitch Competition for Women Founders and Founders of Color will award $8,500 in Non-Dilutive Cash Prizes to Climate Tech & Energy Tech Startups

Meet the Finalists:

Startup Eligibility

Areas of Focus:

Pitch Competition Judges

mHUB's Climate and Energy Tech Pitch Competition is Held in Partnership With:

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