Event Schedule

🗓 When: Tuesday, September 16 · 4 - 6pm EDT

📍Where: Stevens Institute of Technology · 1 Castle Point Terrace Hoboken, NJ 07030

📄 About: This event is an excellent chance to socialize and connect with the 2025 Cleantech Open Northeast startup cohort, mentors, partners and sponsors prior to the Regional Finals. Stevens Institute is accessible by train, ferry, car, and rideshare. This is an exclusive invitation. Food and beverages will be provided. 

🗓 When: Wednesday, September 17 · 10am - 1pm EDT

📍Where: Dentons Law Firm · 1221 6th Avenue New York, NY 10020

📄 About: This is set up like speed dating where you and each of the startups will have a "dance card" with brief meetings scheduled. The startups will meet with investors and partners that have programs, services and funds to help with their next steps. Lunch will be provided.

Schedule Overview:

• 10:00am - Registration for Investors and Partners

• 10:30am - Registration for Startups

• 10:00am - Networking for Investors & Partners ONLY

• 11:00am-1:00 Investor & Partner Connect WITH startups 

🗓 When: Wednesday, September 17 · 2pm - 6pm EDT

📍Where: Dentons Law Firm · 1221 6th Avenue New York, NY 10020

📄 About: All graduating Cleantech Open teams in the 2024 Northeast cohort will pitch in front of a panel of judges who are mostly investors and prospective customers. Each startup will have an assigned time to pitch to the judges and will be scored based on this rubric. Ahead of time, judges will review, score and comment on the deliverables of the startups on their panel. At the Semi-Finals on September 17, the judge panel will hear live pitches in a private conference room. And then determine who they would like to nominate as Finalists. Startups may leave the venue when they are done pitching. Judges will stay and deliberate to select the 6 Finalists to pitch on stage at the Finals on September 18. Finalists will be announced by email that evening.

🗓 When: Thursday, September 18 · 3 - 7pm EDT

📍Where: Newlab · 19 Morris Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205

📄 About: Join us for an afternoon and evening of live pitching, awards and showcasing to honor the 2025 Cleantech Open Northeast cohort in the completion of the accelerator program and to select the Regional Winners. All of the 2025 Cleantech Open Northeast startups are invited to showcase throughout the event, and the Finalists will pitch to the live audience. The Regional Finals Showcase & Awards is the largest Cleantech Open Northeast event of the year, bringing together industry professionals, entrepreneurs and innovators to celebrate the region's top cleantech startups. This is a public event at Newlab. All members of the cleantech innovation community are encouraged to attend.

Schedule Overview:

• 3:00pm - Registration & Startup Showcase

• 4:00pm - Welcome Remarks

• 4:30pm - Top 6 Finalist Pitches

• 6:00pm - Startup Showcase & Networking

• 6:45pm - 2025 Awards