Cleantech Open New Orleans 2025
Find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with ideas to solve our greatest environmental and energy challenges
Join us November 6th, from 5-7pm for a special CTO NOLA event at Nieux Society
2025 Cohort Celebration & Startup Community Meetup
Calling all founders, entreprenuers, investors, and startup ecosystem partners! . . . Deep Blue Academy and 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 entrepreurs 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! Find out more about our panelists and RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW
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. Working together, we are launching the first Climate Tech / Cleantech accelerator program specifically focused on homegrown New Orleans region startups. In its first year, the program is offering participation and travel funding assistance for up to 6 local cleantech startups participating in the 2025 CTO cohort. Cleantech Open (CTO) runs the largest cleantech accelerator program in the world, supporting critical early-stage startups that are addressing global climate, energy, and environmental challenges. Since 2005 CTO has trained over 4,000 entrepreneurs from 2,100+ early-stage clean technology startups through its annual business accelerator. Listen to our recent Zoom webinar for more information, or contact us at: info@deepblue.academy.
The Cleantech Open National Academy West (May 30th - June 1st, 2025) :
Visit the National Academy program webpage to see full agenda and program information follow us on LinkedIn at Deep Blue Institute or Cleantech Open to get periodic news and updates on the 2025 program:
2025 Program Timeline:
5/30-6/1(W) & 6/2-6/4(NE) - National Academies in Los Angeles (W) OR Boston (NE)
June, July & August - Main Curriculum & Virtual Business Clinics
September (dates TBA) - Regional Finals
October 28th -30th - Global Forum in San Jose, California
2025 Program Prize Overiew:
Regional: $5,000 - 10,000 per company for various categories
National: $50,000 grand prize for the national winner
For more information, go to www.cleantechopen.org , or email Cleantech Open at contact@cleantechopen.org with questions.
Find out all the ways you can get involved with Cleantech Open, or recommend a company for the 2026 cohort
Special thanks to the Dan Lucas Memorial Fund, our founding sponsor and trusted advocate, and to the Pontchartrain Conservancy, our fiscal sponsor.
