Earth Tech

Supercharging Breakthrough Technologies for a Net Zero Future

Foresight Canada’s Earth Tech programs support cleantech ventures tackling the world’s most pressing climate challenges. Whether reducing emissions to reach 2050 net zero targets or adapting infrastructure and industries for climate resilience, Earth Tech provides the mentorship, industry connections, and funding support needed to scale impact-driven solutions.

Earth Tech: 2050Earth Tech: Adapt

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We urgently need to scale innovation to reduce emissions & adapt to the current effects of climate change.

We need bold innovation to both reduce emissions and strengthen climate resilience—and scaling these solutions is critical. Both of our Earth Tech acceleration programs provide tailored support for ventures developing cleantech solutions that drive decarbonization and/or adaptation to climate change. 

Through Earth Tech: 2050 & Earth Tech: Adapt, ventures will get:

Customized
Acceleration

Tailored support programs designed to meet the unique needs of your venture.

Industry & Market Expertise

Access to advisors and specialists who understand your sector.

Investor & Funding Support

Guidance on securing non-dilutive funding, grants, and venture capital, plus curated investor matchmaking.

Industry
Connections

Connections to corporate partners, pilot opportunities, and key industry stakeholders.

Strategic Business Support

Help with business modeling, go-to-market strategies, IP protection, and regulatory pathways.

Technology
Validation

Access to expert feedback, data analysis, and techno-economic evaluations to refine and strengthen your solution.

Peer & Community Engagement

Join a network of like-minded innovators tackling the world’s biggest climate challenges.

Earth Tech: Adapt

Scaling technologies to protect infrastructure, communities & ecosystems from climate change.

Climate change is already here, and industries, communities, and ecosystems must adapt now. Earth Tech: Adapt accelerates ventures with innovations designed to help mitigate the effects of rising temperatures and sea levels, extreme weather, and shifting ecosystems.

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The Earth Tech: Adapt program is a tailored nine-month accelerator experience that supports cleantech ventures developing solutions that help industries, communities, and ecosystems adapt to climate change. Through mentorship, market access, and funding support, we help climate adaptation solutions scale where they’re needed most. 

Explore how Earth Tech: Adapt can support your venture:

What Ventures Will Get

  • Tailored Acceleration – Customized mentorship and programming aligned with your business needs.
  • Industry & Market Access – Direct connections to corporate partners, policy makers, and key decision-makers in adaptation sectors.
  • Investor & Funding Support – Fundraising strategy, non-dilutive funding guidance, and curated introductions to adaptation-focused investors.
  • Technology Validation & Business Growth – Expert feedback on scalability, market positioning, and regulatory considerations.
  • Strategic Roadmap Development – Hands-on support to refine business models, partnerships, and expansion strategies.

Who It’s For

  • Startups & scale-ups working on adaptation technologies for sectors such as:
    • Water & Agriculture – Sustainable water management, soil health, crop resilience
    • Forestry & Natural Resources – Wildfire prevention, ecosystem restoration
    • Urban Infrastructure – Flood mitigation, heat reduction, climate-smart construction
    • Energy & Transportation – Grid resilience, extreme weather adaptation
  • Canadian-incorporated businesses at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7+, with a clear pathway to scaling their solution.
  • Founders seeking deep industry expertise, investor readiness support, and market access to accelerate their path to pilot and beyond.

Earth Tech: 2050

Scaling breakthrough innovations to drive deep emissions reductions

Reaching net zero by 2050 requires transformational climate technologies that can remove or significantly reduce CO₂e emissions at scale.

Earth Tech: 2050 accelerates high-impact climatetech ventures by providing custom mentorship and support, industry partnerships, investor matchmaking, and more, to help breakthrough solutions reach the market faster.

Discover how Earth Tech: 2050 can support your venture.

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Earth Tech: 2050 supports cleantech ventures developing transformational climate technologies that have the potential to remove or significantly reduce CO₂e emissions at scale by 2050.

Explore how Earth Tech: 2050 can support your venture:

What Ventures Will Get

  • Custom Acceleration & Deep Dives – A tailored program for each venture, mapping out key objectives, scaling strategies, and roadblock solutions.
  • Investor & Capital Access – Fundraising support through Foresight’s Access to Capital program, including curated introductions to 550+ cleantech investors and guidance on non-dilutive funding.
  • Industry Partnerships & Pilot Opportunities – Connections with corporate leaders, industry experts, and decision-makers to help ventures land pilot projects, strategic partnerships, and first customers.
  • Strategic Business & Technology Support – Hands-on mentorship covering techno-economic analysis, Lifecycle Analyses, IP strategy, go-to-market planning, and hiring strategies.
  • Market Development & Scaling Readiness – Helping ventures refine their business models, regulatory pathways, and commercialization strategies to push cleantech into the mainstream.

Who It’s For

  • Startups and scale-ups working on breakthrough decarbonization solutions, across all sectors, including:
  • Carbon Removal & Negative Emissions Technologies
    Industrial Decarbonization & Low-Carbon Manufacturing
  • Next-Generation Renewable Energy & Storage
    Sustainable Materials & Circular Economy Innovations
  • Transformative AI & Data Solutions for Emissions Reduction
  • Canadian-incorporated businesses at TRL 7+, with a pathway to scaling impact.
  • Founders seeking deep industry expertise, investor readiness support, and market access to accelerate their path to pilot and beyond.

Earth Tech Ventures

Meet the Ventures Scaling Climate Tech Solutions for a Net Zero Future

Earth Tech: 2050 cohorts are developing high-impact solutions that will drive long-term decarbonization across industries by reducing and removing emissions with breakthrough technologies. 

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Think your venture is a strong fit for Earth Tech: 2050 or Earth Tech: Adapt? We’re looking for innovative cleantech startups ready to scale their impact.

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Earth Tech was a phenomenal program and extremely beneficial to our company at the stage we joined. Earth Tech was an outstanding program and I would recommend it to any startup working on climate change or in clean water solutions. 

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Our Partners

Earth Tech is run in partnership with SI Canada. Together, we are equipping cleantech leaders from across Canada with the tools, skills, knowledge, and connections they need to succeed. Previously, it was run for three years by the Centre for Social Innovation and SI Canada (under Climate Ventures). We are proud to offer this program for free, every year, thanks to the generosity of our partners.