The Cleantech Council's community of tech scouts, partnership execs, and investors across energy, materials, manufacturing, and mobility are committed to partnering with startups to meet their clean energy and sustainability goals. This month we discover 10 curated startups focused on manufacturing.


  • Date:04/16/2026 09:00 AM - 04/16/2026 10:30 AM
  • Location Online Event

Description

APPLY TO SPEAK EGISTER NOW 

Young companies working on improving manufacturing sustainability – from warehouse and logistics to carbon capture and efficient cooling, and from advanced materials to energy storage and compute efficiency to name a few – are encouraged to apply for this or future Cleantech Council meetings.

MEETING TOPIC

Sustainable manufacturing has the potential to improve cost-efficiency, competitiveness and long-term resilience. By decarbonizing plants through renewable energy, reducing waste and improving yield through thoughtful recycling and reuse, and plant digitization to optimize production, manufacturers can see tangible business benefits, all while helping the planet.

AGENDA

9:00 AM
9:10 AM
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
INTRODUCTIONS - Meet a few corporate investors who are watching this market segment
COMPANY PITCHES - 6 young companies will introduce their technologies and take questions.

STARTUPS TO WATCH - a look at 4 more startups that caught the eye of our members & analyst
CLOSE - attendees can stay in the room longer to follow up with speakers 

MEETING FORMAT

This is an online, interactive meeting held in our virtual meeting room to introduce startups to the cleantech innovation and investment ecosystem. These meetings start with presentations from relevant startups before a group discussion about startups to watch. We end with time for presenters and attendees to follow up privately in breakout rooms.

Cleantech Council meetings are private and not recorded. Members can access presentations, agenda, attendee lists and contact information in the member library for this and all Cleantech Council meetings.

ATTENDANCE
* Registration opens Monday, February 16*

Regular attendees include tech scouts, innovation strategy, partnership executives and corporate development delegates from:

  • Manufacturing & Materials companies 
  • Mobility & Automotive companies
  • Cleantech & Greentech investors

...The growing list of this month's registered attendees will be linked above 2 weeks before this meeting

GET INVOLVED

Startups: For young companies with innovative products and technologies in energy and sustainability who are ready to trial, deploy, and partner with multinational corporations are encouraged to apply to speak here. Selected companies pitch for free. 

Corporates & Investors: Cleantech Council is a membership-based community of corporates who are committed to partnering with and investing in startups and new technologies that can help them meet their corporate responsibility goals. Membership benefits & eligibility is described here.