Supercharging Breakthrough Technologies to Solve the Climate Crisis
Earth Tech: 2050 accelerates the technologies we will need to avoid climate catastrophe. We’re supporting Canada’s top climate tech startups with the potential to each reduce or remove half a gigatonne of CO2e by 2050.
We Urgently Need to Manage, Reduce, and Remove Emissions
While we rapidly deploy the technologies currently available to meet 2030 targets, we also need to support the emerging climate tech with the potential to massively reduce or remove emissions by 2050.
Enter Earth Tech: 2050, an impact accelerator for climate tech startups with huge impact potential.
How We Support Them
To best serve the ventures, we build a custom accelerator around each one, tailored to their needs and goals.
Deep Dives
We employ deep dives with each venture, alongside a team of industry experts, to establish objectives and key results. These deep dives identify any roadblocks and key areas of support the venture requires to accelerate its path to scale.
Custom Experience
Based on the outcomes of deep dives, we design a customized accelerator for each venture. We map out and offer key support from industry experts, which may include techno-economic analyses, life cycle analyses, fundraising strategy, business model support, IP strategy, go-to-market strategy, hiring support, and more!
Investor Matchmaking
We assist ventures in preparing by optimizing their fundraising strategy through Foresight’s Access to Capital program. Then, we provide curated introductions to investors within our network of over 550 investors. Additionally, we support ventures in securing non-dilutive funding.
Industry Connections
We help ventures land key meetings by leveraging our network of industry experts and decision makers at large companies – their potential pilot partners, customers, or strategic investors.
Meet the Bold Ventures with the Power to Massively Reduce Emissions by 2050.
In partnership with Social Innovation Canada, this nine-month impact accelerator equips innovators with the knowledge, tools, and access to capital they need to scale their solutions, pushing cleantech advancements into the mainstream.
- Carbonova
Carbonova has developed a patented, scalable technology that uses novel catalysts to convert greenhouse gases, like CO2 and methane, into high-purity carbon nanofibers (CNF) with significantly lower energy demand and cost compared to traditional methods. By utilizing waste heat from host plants and exothermic reactions, Carbonova’s process minimizes environmental impact and reduces reliance on natural resources.
Learn More - Cytochrome
Cytochrome 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.
Learn More - Destiny Copper
n Destiny Copper has developed the world’s first Cleantech copper extraction process that uses innovative chemistry to produce high-purity copper crystals (99.9% Cu) with almost no energy, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional methods like smelting. This patented technology offers a sustainable and cost-effective solution to meet the growing demand for copper in the shift towards clean energy, electrification, and the Circular Economy.
Learn More - Green Manganese
Green 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.
Learn More - HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies
HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies makes the highest grade pulp from agricultural field waste, instead of trees. HEJMAS has developed a patented, disruptive technology that transforms bast fibers, such as hemp and flax, into high-value long and short fiber pulps at a 60% lower cost than conventional wood pulps.
Learn More - NULIFE GreenTech
Transforming wet waste biomass into a bio-oil that is injected into underground geological storage for permanent carbon removal.
Learn More - Ontoly Carbon
Ontoly Carbon's software empowers carbon credit buyers, like financial institutions and corporations, to provide top-up financing for building decarbonization projects in exchange for certified carbon credits.
Learn More - TerraFerno Geothermal Solutions
Terraferno is revolutionizing geothermal energy with patent-pending Autonomous Flow Control Devices (FCDs) that can boost energy recovery by up to 80% and reduce drilling costs by up to 50%. This technology ensures maximum sustainable energy production rates are maintained, enabling larger, more efficient geothermal systems and significant cost savings for operators.
Learn More - Tree Track Intelligence
TreeTrack replenishes ecosystems impacted by wildfires and deforestation using high-tech SeedPods, enhancing biodiversity and combating climate change by rapidly replenishing landscapes with organic fertilizer and plant-based binders delivered efficiently by hybrid drones.
Learn More - VulcanX Energy Corp.
Empowering the energy transition by producing low-cost and low-emission hydrogen and solid carbon.
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Apply for the Next Cohort
If you believe you are a good fit for Earth Tech: 2050 and are interested in joining our next Cohort, please review the application page and fill out the form.
Earth Tech: 2050 News
News surrounding Earth Tech: 2050 and about our ventures
- April 18, 2024 Article Solving Canada’s Biggest Climate Challenges with Earth Tech: 2050 Canada's urban and wild spaces face familiar climate challenges, but now, innovative solutions across sectors are within reach like never before! The ventures in Foresight Canada and Social Innovation Canada’s Earth Tech: 2050 program are pioneering solutions to our planet's most pressing climate issues. View Article
- September 19, 2023 Article Earth Tech 2050: Announcing Our First Cohort of Top Climate Tech Startups Earth Tech: 2050, a nine-month program delivered in partnership with SI Canada, is helping accelerate these 11 top climate tech startups with the potential to each cut half a gigatonne of CO2e by 2050. View Article
- August 30, 2023 Article Charting the Path Forward for Canadian Carbon Tech Foresight’s, Canada’s Ventures to Value Chains: Carbon Technology database and report is an all-in-one resource that leverages data from technology companies and other key stakeholders to map, categorize, and analyze strategically important industry value chains for Canada in the clean economy. View Article
Our Partners
Earth Tech: 2050 has been made possible by the RBC Foundation, the Peter Gilgan Foundation and Bullfrog Power.