Cleantech Open NOLA; 2025 Cohort Celebration & Startup Community Meetup
Calling all founders, entreprenuers, investors, and startup ecosystem partners! . . . Deep Blue Academyand Cleantech Open NOLA 2025 are pleased to be celebrating the completion of our first New Orleans-based cohort of climate and cleantech startup companies participation in the National Cleantech Open competition. Special guest Ken Hayes, Cleantech Open National Executive Director, will join us to help honor our founder teams and share news about how you can support successful expansion or our CTO NOLA activities in 2026.
Our Featured CTO NOLA 2025 Cohort Participants Include:
- Beth Galante; Fortifyy – digital marketplace for Fortified Homes
- Daisy Dodge; FLOAT – modern floating homes
- Jeremiah Piper; Renovigo Chemicals – upcycling CO2 emissions
- Stephen Herrera; Pinpoint Irrigation – smart precision landscape hardware
Our entrepreneurs will be coming off of their participation in the Cleantech Open Global Forum in San Jose, CA, at the VERGE conference. We will have a lot to celebrate and will also be sharing some lessons learned from CTO NOLA #01. We hope to see you there!
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Deep Blue Academy and The Cleantech Open are proudly collaborating as GCxN Channel Partner Strategic Award winners for the Shell GameChanger Accelerator powered by NREL to host New Orleans’ first climate and clean energy focused startup accelerator program. Learn more about CTO NOLA 2025 and join us for our upcoming recruiting events for our 2026 cohort.
