Earth Tech
Supercharging Breakthrough Technologies for a Net Zero Future
Foresight Canada and Social Innovation Canada's Earth Tech programs support cleantech ventures tackling the world’s most pressing climate challenges. Whether it's reducing emissions to reach net zero targets by 2050, or adapting infrastructure and industries for climate resilience, Earth Tech provides the mentorship, industry connections, and funding support needed to scale impact-driven solutions.
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 programs provide high impact and 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 Support
We engage industry experts to deeply assess each venture and design a customized support package focused on its highest-priority needs.
Industry & Market Expertise
Access to advisors and specialists who understand your sector. Connections to corporate partners, pilot opportunities, and key industry stakeholders.
Investor & Funding Support
Guidance on securing non-dilutive funding, grants, and venture capital, plus curated investor matchmaking.
Strategic Business Support
Expert guidance to strengthen your business model, refine your go-to-market strategy, and navigate IP protection and regulatory pathways for scalable growth.
Technical Insight
Access expert feedback, data-driven analysis, and techno-economic evaluations to refine your technology, validate impact, and accelerate commercialization.
Carbon & Lifecycle Analysis
Receive customized emissions modelling and lifecycle assessments that demonstrate your solution’s carbon benefits and strengthen investor and customer confidence.
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.
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.
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) 6+, 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 reduce or remove significant 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.
Earth Tech: 2050 accelerates the world’s most ambitious climate ventures — those capable of reducing or removing 0.5 gigatonnes of CO₂e by 2050. Over nine months, ventures receive customized mentorship, market and investor access, and funding support to scale technologies that drive deep decarbonization and global climate impact.
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 6+, 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.
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Aqua-Cell EnergyBuilding giant long-duration saltwater batteries that enable clean power generation & save money on grid infrastructure.
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Brokkr Mineral ResourcesBioleaching platform with nature-based reagents to extract nickel, cobalt, and manganese from laterite ores, reducing GHG emissions and capital costs.
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FeX EnergyIron-powered solution that stores renewable energy from days to months to years, and delivers it at high temperatures approaching 900 °C.
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Green Graphite TechnologiesGreen Graphite produces sustainable, battery-grade graphite from North American sources—filling a critical gap in EV supply chains.
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GrengineGrengine builds cyber-secure, modular batteries delivering fuel-free, autonomous power for off-grid and defense operations.
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Litus Inc.Utilizing advanced nanomaterials to achieve highly efficient and selective lithium extraction, contributing to a more sustainable and cost-effective process.
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Sixone LabsSixone uses AI and chemistry to recycle blended plastics efficiently, transforming waste textiles into valuable circular materials.
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SUSTAEROSUSTAERO is building Canada’s first large-scale, wood-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel plants to decarbonize global air travel.
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Tersa Earth InnovationsCarbon-neutral biotechnology that remediates mining waste, recovers metals, and eliminates Acid Rock Drainage (ARD).
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WafrWafr Technologies cuts data-centre energy use with passive cooling systems that deliver efficient, water-free thermal control.
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2024-25 Cohort
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CarbonovaCarbonova converts captured carbon into high-value nanofibers, cutting emissions while creating advanced materials for industry.
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CytochromeCytochrome provides an innovative solution to CO2 storage by using coastal seawater reactors that dissolve natural minerals to permanently store low-purity CO2 from emitters and Direct Air Capture.
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Destiny CopperDestiny Copper extracts high-purity copper from waste using near-zero energy and cutting massive GHG emissions.
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Green ManganeseGreen Manganese has developed an environmentally friendly, closed-loop process using a water-based chloride solution to extract manganese, drastically reducing CO2 emissions and eliminating harmful waste compared to conventional methods. This innovative process efficiently utilizes low-grade ores and mining tailings, converting what is typically considered waste into valuable products, while emitting only 1-1.5 tons of CO2 per ton of manganese—significantly lower than traditional methods.
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HEJMAS Agrifibre TechnologiesHEJMAS turns agricultural waste into low-cost, carbon-neutral pulp using 90% less CO₂ and no harmful chemicals.
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NULIFE GreenTechTransforming wet waste biomass into a bio-oil that is injected into underground geological storage for permanent carbon removal.
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OntolyOntoly helps building owners certify and sell retrofit carbon reductions, unlocking new revenue from decarbonized real estate.
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TerraFerno Geothermal SolutionsTerraFerno unlocks deep geothermal potential to deliver clean, continuous, and scalable baseload energy worldwide.
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Tree Track IntelligenceTreeTrack accelerates reforestation using drones and proprietary Seedpods that enable precise, large-scale ecosystem restoration.
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VulcanX Energy Corp.Empowering the energy transition by producing low-cost and low-emission hydrogen and solid carbon.
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2023-24 Cohort
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Carbon Lock TechHigh-quality and lower cost carbon removal credits generated by converting organic waste into stable biocarbon.
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Cascadia Seaweed Corp.Seaweed-derived biostimulants for crops that reduce fertilizer use and feed additives, boosting yields and reducing emissions.
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Circulus AgtechUpcycling organic waste into biofertilizers that can replace up to 80% of synthetic fertilizers and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 85%.
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Cycle CarboneCycleCarbone offers a proven CO2 capture technology to large emitters. The technology runs with thermal energy left unused by the host site, making it a simple, safe, and low-cost solution with no environmental harm.
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Exterra Carbon SolutionsLow-carbon metal oxide production that transforms mineral waste into valuable byproducts and durable carbon storage.
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GreenLIB
GreenLIB specializes in decentralized, modular lithium-ion battery recycling, championing sustainability, efficiency, and tailored solutions for the evolving e-mobility landscape.
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Kinitics AutomationKinitics Automation produces motion control products using shape memory alloys. Their new electric valve actuator replaces methane-venting equipment commonly used in the natural gas industry, thereby eliminating methane emissions at the source.
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NanoTerraTechNanoTerraTech is creating bio-graphite from forestry biomass waste for the EV battery market. The transition to electromobility is a generational opportunity, and their bio-graphite is a sustainable, scalable, drop-in solution that also permanently captures carbon.
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Rockburst TechnologiesCO2 Pulverization technology for large-scale mining companies with up to 50% energy savings.
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SolarSteam Inc.SolarSteam delivers renewable heat through enclosed concentrated solar technology, and offers a game-changing solution for industrial clients by reducing their costs and emissions.
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TerraFixing Inc.Direct Air Capture engineered for cold climate operation allowing for large-scale carbon capture in Canada.
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Apply for the Next Cohort
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.
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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Earth Tech News
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October 23, 2025 Article From Risk to Resilience: Canada’s Boldest Climate Tech Innovators Discover dual climate defence—Foresight’s Earth Tech program supports Canada's boldest innovators as they scale crucial mitigation and adaptation technologies. Meet our newest cohort! View Article -
March 5, 2025 Announcement Innovation for Survival: New Program for Impactful Climate Adaptation Tech As climate risks intensify, industries and municipalities must adopt proactive strategies to enhance resilience. Foresight is excited to announce the launch of the Earth Tech: Adapt program to support the climate adaptation technologies tackling change's biggest impacts. View Announcement -
November 1, 2024 Announcement Amplifying Climate Solutions Through Earth Tech 2050's New Cohort From implementing sustainable copper extraction methods to tackling deforestation, our latest Earth Tech: 2050 cohort is taking on climate challenges with groundbreaking, innovative ideas. Learn more about the ventures joining the ranks of cleantech leaders driving real solutions. View Announcement
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.

