Cleantech Open NOLA; 2025 Cohort Celebration & Startup Community Meetup

Cleantech Open NOLA 2025 Cohort Celebration for Climate Startups

Calling all founders, entreprenuers, investors, and startup ecosystem partners! . . . Deep Blue Academy and Cleantech Open NOLA 2025 are pleased to be celebrating the completion of our first New Orleans-based cohort of climate and cleantech startup companies participation in the National Cleantech Open competition. Special guest Ken Hayes, Cleantech Open National Executive Director, will join us to help honor our founder teams and share news about how you can support successful expansion or our CTO NOLA activities in 2026.

Our Featured CTO NOLA 2025 Cohort Participants Include:

• Beth Galante; Fortifyy - digital marketplace for Fortified Homes
• Daisy Dodge; FLOAT - modern floating homes
• Jeremiah Piper; Renovigo Chemicals - upcycling CO2 emissions
• Stephen Herrera; Pinpoint Irrigation - smart precision landscape hardware

Our entrepreurs will be coming off of their participation in the Cleantech Open Global Forum in San Jose, CA, at the VERGE conference. We will have a lot to celebrate and will also be sharing some lessons learned from CTO NOLA #01. We hope to see you there!

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Deep Blue Academy and The Cleantech Open are proudly collaborating as GCxN Channel Partner Strategic Award winners for the Shell GameChanger Accelerator powered by NREL to host New Orleans' first climate and clean energy focused startup accelerator program. Learn more about CTO NOLA 2025 and join us for our upcoming recruiting events for our 2026 cohort.

Agenda:

• 5:00pm; doors open (Nieux Society, 2040 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans)
• 5:30 - 6:30; Introductions, piches and panel discussion with our founders
• 6:30 - 7:00; mixer and discussion

We look forward to seeing you there!

* this is a free event with an optional donation to support more future non-profit Deep Blue Academ education and community engagement activities. See more details below. Thank you!

What is the Blue Economy Primer and Meetup?

The Blue Economy Primer is an education and research-focused monthly meetup and podcast hosted by nonprofit Deep Blue Academy. The event is free and open to all. When reserving your ticket, please consider a tax-deductible donation to support our range of DBA activities.

The Primer features interviews and engagement with globally recognized experts sharing concepts, trends, and technology related to:

• THE BLUE ECONOMY
• EMERGING BLUE TECHNOLOGIES
• REGENERATIVE MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE
• RESILIENT COASTAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
• INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Stay tuned, as each month Deep Blue Academy hosts a fireside chat and community meetups to showcase 'What's Next' in the Blue Economy. Discussion topics include coastal restoration and reinforcement, renewable energy, climate technology, and community engagement for building resilient Gulf Coast communities. Or come let us know what you would like to learn about.

Visit us at the Deep Blue Academy webpage to find out more about our education and research agenda, listen to the latest episodes of our Blue Economy Primer podcast, and support our nonprofit work.