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Who We Are

Our team is built around passion, collaboration, transformation, and drive, with each and every one of us embodies these principles to drive cleantech adoption forward.
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Meet Our Team

United by a shared passion for entrepreneurship, cleantech, and sustainability, our team drives collaboration and connection to transform Canada’s cleantech ecosystem.
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Foresight Ventures

With over 1,200 cleantech ventures in key economic sectors, our alumni are positioned to drive the future economy.
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Become A Partner

We partner with service providers, industry, governments, municipalities, philanthropists, and investors to solve big challenges and bring us closer to achieving our climate moonshots.
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Expert Cleantech Insights

With decades of combined experience, our team is incredibly knowledgeable about Canada’s cleantech sector, and are an asset on any panel. Connect with us for the best fit and availability.
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Adoption We’re breaking down barriers with specialized offerings for the public and private sector.
Adoption

Budget, people-power, and knowledge gaps are the leading barriers to implementing solutions, even when those solutions can save valuable resources, time, and money. We’re breaking down those barriers with specialized offerings for the public and private sector.
Adopt Technology
Innovation Challenges

From agriculture to water to oil and gas, our Challenge program works to connect end-users with cleantech solutions to overcome sustainability and operational hurdles.
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Cleantech Adoption Platform

Access a custom, simplified, and de-risked process for identifying and adopting leading cleantech solutions that drive efficient operations and economic competitiveness.
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Sectoral Expertise

Utilize sector-specific clusters to solve unique challenges and stimulate economic growth in agriculture, bioeconomy, built environment, forestry, mining, power, and water.
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Regional Expertise

We’ve built powerful cleantech innovation hubs across the country that have the power to make their local industries greener, more efficient, and more profitable.
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BC Net Zero Innovation Network

Our network in British Columbia de-risks and builds capacity for sectors working towards decarbonization and sustainability. Through our network and working groups, we partner with industry and develop solutions by building projects with innovators, academia, government, communities, and First Nations.
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Acceleration Accelerator programs help entrepreneurs launch and scale their cleantech ventures.
Supporting Innovators Every Step of the Way

We work with Canadian cleantech entrepreneurs from ideation to adoption to accelerate a global net zero transition.
Accelerate Your Technology
Validate Your Problem-Solution Fit

Transform your great idea into a successful cleantech business through our hands-on programs designed to build and launch your climate venture.
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Commercialize Your Technology

Accelerate your capital pathway with programs specifically designed to cover all aspects of business operations, technology deployment, and sales.
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Scale Up Your Systems and C-Suite

Build a high growth, profitable company with access to world class EiRs and peer-to-peer roundtable sessions that develop your C-suite talent.
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Get Your Technology Adopted

Take your technology to the field to solve current industry sustainability hurdles. Apply for one of our challenges and access our cleantech adoption platform.
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Earth Tech: 2050

Supporting Canada’s top climate tech startups with the potential to each reduce or remove half a gigatonne of CO2e by 2050.
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Capital Connect with the founders leading the net zero transition through our matchmaking engine.
Invest in the Future

Along with adoption, access to capital is one of the largest barriers facing cleantech ventures. If we address that, we’ll be halfway to solving climate change. Our Capital Programs benefit both investors and ventures, as well as the planet.
Find Your Next Deal
Investor Matchmaking

Get connected to the founders leading the net zero transition through our matchmaking engine.
Find Your Next Deal

Meet Canada's Most Investable Cleantech Ventures

Since 2021, the Foresight 50 has spotlighted the ventures leading the way to net zero.
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Foresight Ventures

With over 1,200 cleantech ventures in key economic sectors, our alumni are positioned to drive the future economy.
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Raise Capital for Your Startup

Learn about what investors are looking for, build your data room, prepare to pitch, and connect with cleantech-focused angels and VCs.
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Listen To

Cleantech Forward Mother’s Day Bonus with Jeanette Jackson and Jade Mitchell

Podcast

May 6, 2022

by: Tyler Klinkhammer

On this special Mother’s Day bonus episode, Foresight CEO Jeanette Jackson talks with her daughter, Jade Mitchell, about her journey into entrepreneurship, how technology has shaped her career, and how cleantech innovators are using their technologies to change the world. Happy Mother’s Day!

Jeanette Jackson, CEO of Foresight Canada, is an experienced CEO and entrepreneur with broad experience in strategy, innovation, business development, marketing, and operations. Jeanette has led Foresight’s rapid growth, transforming a regional organization into Canada’s largest cleantech accelerator. Since 2018, under her leadership, Foresight has expanded accelerator programs, built a vibrant Industry Innovation program, and launched a sectoral approach to accelerate cleantech innovation. Jeanette is a frequent speaker, media guest, and advisor to innovators, industry, investors and government.

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The Cleantech Forward podcast is supported by Gowling WLG.

Tyler Klinkhammer - Integrated Content Manager

Tyler Klinkhammer

Tyler Klinkhammer is a communications specialist with a background in community journalism as a reporter and editor, giving him a wide variety of experience. Tyler brings a passion for storytelling, environmentalism and keen curiosity about the cleantech industry to his role as a Content Manager at Foresight Canada.

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