The Cleantech 50 to Watch Expert Panel is made up of over 30 early-stage innovation experts. The panel is diverse in geography, age, background and is at gender parity.
First, we asked the panel to nominate the companies that most impressed them with their early-stage high-impact solutions. We combined that with our own nominations and research on public early-stage awards. We then put this group of companies through qualitative and impact filters. We weighed all nominations by relevance trying to keep a sectoral and geographic balance.
A shortlist of 175 companies was reviewed and scored by the Expert Panel to reach the final 50.
Thank you to our Expert Panelists for their support and time on this project, and their continuous work throughout the year in supporting so many promising sustainable innovation companies.
Laurie Menoud
Founding Partner
At One Ventures
Iris Jensen
Senior Associate
BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures
Bennet Barth
Managing Director, RESPOND
BMW Foundation
Ashley Grosh
Vice President
Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Iain Meager
Director, Innovation
Carbon Trust
Jonathan Cumming
Director & CFO
Carbon13
Lou Schick
Director of Investments
Clean Energy Ventures
Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager
Cleantech Group
Jason Anderson
President and CEO
Cleantech San Diego
Daniel Matross
Global Head of Research
CREO Syndicate
Adam Tomassi-Russell
Director of Climate
Deep Science Ventures
Olivier Bordelanne
Partner
Demeter IM
Eric Turner
Managing Director
Drawdown Fund
Sara Chamberlain
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Energy Foundry
Yoachim Haynes
Vice President of Strategy, Europe
Energy Impact Partners
Natharoun Ngo Son
Country Director
EnergyLab
Jeanette Jackson
CEO
Foresight CAC
Tomas Haglund-Flemström
Head of Impact and Innovation
Formica Capital
Alyssa Gilbert
Director of Innovation
Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
Tyler Hamilton
Senior Director, Climate
MaRS
Monali Mujumdar
Startup Engagement Lead and Program Operations
NREL
Pat Sapinsley
Managing Director Cleantech Initiatives
NYU Urban Future Lab
Dr. Ashwath Sundaresan
Investment Manager
Pacific Channel
Gabriel VanLoozen
Senior Associate
Powerhouse Ventures
Max ter Horst
Managing Partner Energy
Rockstart Accelerator
Erki Ani
Partner
SFV
Victoria Smaniotto
Head of Outreach
Solar Impulse Foundation
Demetrius Yuen
Director of Programs
SOW Asia
Karl Liapunov
Head of Energy
StartUp Lab
Alexander Langguth
Managing Partner
Übermorgen Ventures
Sunyoung Suh
Sustainable Energy Expert
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Pippa Gawley
Founding Partner
Zero Carbon Capital