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MaRS makes its first foray into the cleantech spotlight - Cleantech Group - 0 views

  • Five cleantech companies receive support at the Cleantech Forum in Boston from Canadian incubation and innovation center MaRS.
  • Alternative Fuels was just one of a lineup of early-stage startups being supported by MaRS, a nonprofit innovation center in Toronto’s downtown Discovery District that connects entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital to stimulate innovation and grow Canadian companies.
  • This week’s forum marked the organization’s first foray into the cleantech sector, said MaRS Venture Group Associate Kevin Downing. Downing said he wanted to connect cleantech-related companies in the MaRS portfolio that were “investment ready” with the forum’s audience. “I don’t have a motive to push any one client over any other because they’re not paying me,” Downing said. Of the 1,300 MaRS portfolio companies, he said the cleantech sector has been its fastest growing segment and an expanding sector in country as well (see Canadian cleantech looks to the future and IPO drought? Cleantech companies flood Canadian markets). Since 2006, cleantech and environmental technology companies have made up 9 percent of MaRS' portfolio. MaRS currently has 350 active clients. The center isn’t government funded, but does receive some government support, he said. It has been funded through donations from the public and private sector. MaRS has the ability to provide some funding, around $40,000, to startups on a competitive basis. Other companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter.
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  • This week’s forum marked the organization’s first foray into the cleantech sector, said MaRS Venture Group Associate Kevin Downing. Downing said he wanted to connect cleantech-related companies in the MaRS portfolio that were “investment ready” with the forum’s audience. “I don’t have a motive to push any one client over any other because they’re not paying me,” Downing said. Of the 1,300 MaRS portfolio companies, he said the cleantech sector has been its fastest growing segment and an expanding sector in country as well (see Canadian cleantech looks to the future and IPO drought? Cleantech companies flood Canadian markets). Since 2006, cleantech and environmental technology companies have made up 9 percent of MaRS' portfolio. MaRS currently has 350 active clients. The center isn’t government funded, but does receive some government support, he said. It has been funded through donations from the public and private sector, as well as revenue from its mixed-use facility. MaRS has the ability to provide some funding, around $40,000, to startups on a competitive basis. Other companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter.
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    Five cleantech companies received support at the Cleantech Forum in Boston from Canadian incubation and innovation center MaRS. Some of the companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter. Sept 10, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Canadian Incubation Center Brings Five Cleantech Startups To Boston Forum - CleanTechBrief - 0 views

  • MaRS, a Toronto-based, not-for-profit incubation center, is leading a delegation of five cleantech ventures at this week’s Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston. The companies – all clients of MaRS advisory services – will showcase their products for the cleantech CEOs, investors, scientists and policy makers attending the east coast forum. “While cleantech is a relatively new sector for MaRS advisory services, it is fast catching up with our other core strengths in information technologies and life sciences,” said Tom Rand, a cleantech entrepreneur, author and investor who leads MaRS’ cleantech practice. “MaRS is establishing itself as a major deal-flow engine in the cleantech sector, with an emphasis on early-stage companies.”
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Nimtech
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  • Real Tech
  • Skymeter
  • Vicicog
  • MaRS Discovery District is a large scale, mission-driven innovation center focused on building Canada’s next generation of technology companies.
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    MaRS is leading a delegation of five cleantech ventures at this week's (Sept 8 o 10) Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston. The presenting companies from MaRS are: Alternative Fuels (deriving energy from waste), Nimtech (eco-friendly chemical process control), Real Tech (organic water testing), Skymeter (pay-as-you-drive GPS metering) and Vicicog (efficient wind turbine transmission systems). Sept 11, 2009
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    MaRS is leading a delegation of five cleantech ventures at this week's (Sept 8 o 10) Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston. The presenting companies from MaRS are: Alternative Fuels (deriving energy from waste), Nimtech (eco-friendly chemical process control), Real Tech (organic water testing), Skymeter (pay-as-you-drive GPS metering) and Vicicog (efficient wind turbine transmission systems). Sept 11, 2009
Assunta Krehl

The Cleantech Index 2009 - Corporate Knights Magazine - 1 views

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    Tom Rand is listed as one of Canada's formost authorities on cleantech. The Cleantech Group's Cleantech Index tracks the world's leading cleantech companies across a broad range of industry sectors. Fall 2009
Assunta Krehl

Top 10 cleantech cluster organizations for 2010 - Cleantech Group - February 22, 2010 - 4 views

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    Shawn Lesser of Sustainable World Capital scoured the world looking for leading cleantech economic development regions. MaRS Discovery District ranked 4th in a list of ten World Cleantech Clusters. MaRS is the largest cleantech deal-flow engine in Canada. Cluster success stories include: Morgan Solar, NIMTec, Hybrid Energy Technologies, and SkyMeter.
Assunta Krehl

Room for the Future - 0 views

  • 2009 Cleantech Issue
  • exclusive look at the continent’s greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto.
  • The big talk by the cleantech lead at the MaRS Discovery District, and the man behind VCi Greenfunds and Green Bonds, is backed by bigger action. Rand’s latest project is what he claims to be “the continent’s greenest hotel”, which Corporate Knights first told you about in October 2008.
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  • Speaking to a full house at Toronto's MaRS Centre on July 9, 2009, Tom Rand explains why he has decided to focus on buildings in his approach to climate change. “Buildings are responsible in our large urban centres for between a half and three quarters of our carbon emissions. That’s a huge part of our footprint,” he says. “In terms of climate change, buildings are the lowest hanging fruit, as far as I can tell.”
  • Tom Rand’s talk Green or Green Wash? Lessons from Building North America’s Greenest Hotel in Toronto
  • According to Tom Rand, if you’re not talking low carbon, you’re greenwashing.
  • Tom Rand believes any building can and should achieve in the immediate future using sustainable technologies that already exist.  Moreover, he claims to have found a magic bullet, alleging that these carbon cuts can be made without spending a dime.
  • and has come a long way since then, transforming the Planet Traveler hostel into a kind of cleantech gallery. Utilizing solar-voltaic and solar-thermal heating, geo-exchange, 100% LED lighting, and a wastewater heat re-capturing unit called the Powerpipe, it boasts a rich collection of renewables. It also seeks to educate. The geo-exchanger and Powerpipe are featured behind a glass wall in the basement, and the rooftop mezzanine bar offers a full view of the solar panels in the foreground of Toronto’s skyline.
  • Rand had to look to an adjacent alley to bury the pipe.
  • Rand, a carbon tax, widespread education campaigns, and third party support for green infrastructure via green bonds or a geo-utility are sure-fire ways “to build a cleantech economy in Canada without spending a dime.”
  • If any country wants to participate in the next economic revolution they had better start dealing with clean-tech and they had better start dealing with it quickly.”
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    An exclusive look at the continent's greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto. Tom Rand talks about Cleantech and the lessons he has learned from Building North America's Greenest Hotel in Toronto
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    An exclusive look at the continent's greenest hotel: The Planet Traveler Hotel in Kensignton Market, Toronto. Tom Rand talks about Cleantech and the lessons he has learned from Building North America's Greenest Hotel in Toronto.
Assunta Krehl

Ontario Welcomes Cleantech Report - Canada Newswire - 0 views

  • Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program (http://www.marsdd.com/mars/About-MaRS/Partners/mrp.html),
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    McGuinty Government on track to turn Cleantech into jobs of the future. Mention of MaRS Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program as one of the programs that participated in the Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report.
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    McGuinty Government on track to turn Cleantech into jobs of the future. Mention of MaRS Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program as one of the programs that participated in the Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report. Feb 17, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Xogen Recognized As A Canadian Cleantech Leader - Wateronline - November 17, 2011 - 0 views

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    Xogen Technologies Inc., an innovator in the wastewater treatment industry and a MaRS Client, has been selected for the Corporate Knights Next 10, a list representing Canada's best privately-held companies in the cleantech space.Tom Rand, Senior Cleantech Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District is on the Corporate Knights Next 10 advisory panel.
Assunta Krehl

Meet The Next Round of Alternative Energy Innovators - Green Economy - August 25, 2011 - 0 views

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    Shawn Lesser states "The Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) have nominated 185 companies for 2011 GCCA Later Stage Award by 30 cleantech clusters from around the world."  The following 6 MaRS Cleantech clients have been nominated:  NIMTech, Hydrostor, Temporal Power, Hydrogenics, Morgan Solar and Sustainable Energy Technologies.
Assunta Krehl

Sustainable Toronto - Future 360 - October 17, 2011 - 0 views

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    Sarah Backhouse, host of Future 360, states Toronto is the centre of cleantech. Backhouse interviews Jon Dogterom and Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisors. MaRS Discovery District assist entrepreneurs in accelerating the commercialization and the creation of new jobs in the cleantech field.
Assunta Krehl

Cleantech Finalists Annouced in Ireland - iBTimes UK - October 12, 2011 - 0 views

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    HydroGenics, a MaRS Cleantech Client, made the Global Top 30 for the 2011 Later Stage Award. The Global Cleantech Cluster Assocication says the "winners in the 10 Later Stage Award categories will be receive international investment exposure."
Assunta Krehl

Global Cleantech Cluster Late Stage Awards - Green Chip Stocks - October 12, 2011 - 0 views

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    HydroGenics, a MaRS Cleantech Client, made the Global Top 30 for the 2011 Later Stage Award. The Global Cleantech Cluster Assocication says the "winners in the 10 Later Stage Award categories will be receive international investment exposure."
Assunta Krehl

Clean energy comes to the coffee table - Clean Break - 0 views

  • Is green, renewable energy a sexy enough topic to be the centrepiece of a coffee table book? Tom Rand, who leads cleantech development at Toronto’s MaRS Centre, believes so
  • a book that will expose a broader section of the population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy. Rand has written a soon-to-be-released book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World.
  • This is an accessible package, cleverly assembled and pleasant to look at, while at the same time making it enjoyable to learn about the technologies that, while seemingly “alternative” or “new” today, are destined to become a dominant and permanent way of energizing future generations and the economies that support them.
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  • The plan is to distribute it through mainstream outlets such as Starbucks to coincide with the big climate-change conference coming up in December in Copenhagen. It will be released in October.
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    Tom Rand, MaRS Practice Lead in Cleantech, will be releasing his book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World in October 2009. This book will expose the broader population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy.
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    Tom Rand, MaRS Practice Lead in Cleantech, will be releasing his book called Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies To Save Their World in October 2009. This book will expose the broader population to the issues, technologies and opportunities around renewable energy. Aug 30, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Terry Fox Run is personal now for longtime participant - The Star - September 7, 2012 - 0 views

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    Tom Rand, Managing Partner of the MaRS Cleantech Fund and a Cleantech Advisor, MaRS Discovery District participated in the Terry Fox Foundation fundraising at the MaRS Centre that helped to raise money for the Terry Fox Run that took place September 16.
Assunta Krehl

See Ontario cleantech startups and university projects at Green Living Show's inaugural... - 1 views

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    The Green Living Show will be held in Toronto from April 13-15, 2012. MaRS Cleantech Fund is one of the panel of experts who help to select the exhibitors.
Assunta Krehl

Marfa Dialogues schedule and speakers set for Labor Day weekend - Big Bend Now - August... - 0 views

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    The Marfa Dialogues 2012 will be held August 31 to September 2. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor and Managing Director of the Cleantech Fund, will be speaking at the Marfa Book Company at 3:30pm on September 1, 2012.
Assunta Krehl

ARXX gets CleanTech North award for insulating concrete form technology - Daily Commerc... - 0 views

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    ARXX Corp. received an award from CleanTech North for its insulating concrete form (ICF) technology.The Third Annual Cleantech Summit was held November 16 at the MaRS Centre.
Cathy Bogaart

Planet Traveler: Green & Clean in the Heart of the City - Toronto Is Awesome, July 25, ... - 0 views

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    Planet Traveler is a Toronto-based cleantech innovation - backed by our own cleantech advisor, Tom Rand. Find out about the innovations that make this hotel the carbon-saving destination of the future!
Assunta Krehl

Media Advisory - Building Ontario's green economy - Canada Newswire - 0 views

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    The Cleantech Growth and Go-To-Market Report - an in-depth analysis of Ontario's cleantech sector along with recommendations for positioning Ontario as a global leader. Event will happen at the MaRS Centre February 17, 2009.
Assunta Krehl

Blue-Zone's cleantech answer to recover anesthetic gases - Cleantech Group - February 1... - 1 views

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    Concord, Ontario-based Blue-Zone Technologies has come up with a way for hospitals to safely dispose of anesthetics used during surgeries, while extending their potential lifecycle.
Assunta Krehl

Workshop to gather input for energy strategy - The Sault Star - September 14, 2011 - 0 views

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    The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is hosting Soo Sustainable event which will take place from Sept. 22 to 28 and is aimed at making citizens and businesses aware of the opportunities available to community sustainability and alternative energy. Jon Dogterom, Cleantech Practice Lead at MaRS Discovery District will lead a discussion on Cleantech trends and opportunities in Canada.
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