Two ECCI-supported climate start-ups are on their way to the grand final of ClimateLaunchpad - the world’s biggest green ideas competition - after triumphing in the national final.
Reshape Technology and Go Green Experts will compete in the worldwide Grand Final in Amsterdam in November, pitching against teams from 50 countries worldwide for prize money of up to €10,000
Loch Electronics came a close third place, bagging another chance to make the final via the wild card competition.
The plucky finalists beat off stiff competiton from budding Scottish climate entrepreneurs EcoHydro, GiGi MoringaCookies, TraPar and Wes'ray, who all took part in the ClimateLaunchpad boot camp - the intensive programme of mentoring and training aimed at helping them turn their green idea into world-beating solutions.
Expert judges included (l-r) Isabella Guerrini de Claire (Aurora Consulting), Joanna Allen (Yellowcraig Consulting), Iain Findlay (Auroraq Consulting), Denny Schenk (Retromixer and ECCI Entrepreneur in Residence) and Jamie Brogan (ECCI).
Scotland's grand finalists are hoping to follow in the footsteps of 2018 success story Lorenzo Conti, who pitched against 135 cleantech start-ups to win third place for his company Crover - bagging € 2,500 and becoming the top performing Scottish team in the competition ever.
Look out for news and insights from Scotland's 2019 hopefuls and all the action from this year's ClimateLaunchpad final in Amsterdam coming soon...
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