@csiTO founder Tonya Surman welcomes 300 people to Climate Ventures Pitch Night. She especially salutes the entrepreneurs. "They're rolling up their sleeves and risking it all to drive change for a better world."— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
"You guys rock." pic.twitter.com/L6EusNMIWm
Christal Earle of Brave Soles shows off her footwear made from old truck tires. Her workers in Dominican Republic have diverted 750 giant tires from local landfills. @climatecsi Pitch Night. pic.twitter.com/yhEFRX9qt1— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
At @csiTO Pitch Night, Arian Shahnazari of BioPoly Net shows off patented technology for cleaning up toxic tailing ponds. Very impressive stuff! pic.twitter.com/ZZG5VkkJ5G— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
Henry Chong of Revolo shows off his patented product for twisting bike handlebars 90 degrees to create easy to store "thin bikes." If you can overcome lack of storage and fear of depth, more people will cycle and reduce carbon use. @climatecsi @csiTO pic.twitter.com/ok4Iq8ytM5— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
At @climatecsi @csiTO Pitch Night, Dihan Chandra of The Spent Goods Company shows off his sourdough bread made from leftover brewing ingredients. He hopes to use other beer waste to make animal feed and bricks, and he's looking at transforming coffee grounds into clothing. pic.twitter.com/Sfz5DTtfAl— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
Moment of Truth: 13 cleantech entrepreneurs at @climatecsi Pitch Night are about to learn which 5 of them will move on to Round 2.— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
Where they will compete for a $10,000 grand prize and runners-up prizes of $6G and $4G.@csiTO pic.twitter.com/rsEXXq91Mr
The 5 finalists at CSI Toronto/Climate Ventures Pitch Night— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
Fresh Rents (sustainable fashion)
Spent Goods (recycling food waste)
Free Geek (recycling waste electronics)
BioPoly Net (treatment of oil sands waste)
FeedbackApp (connecting consumers to surplus restaurant food)@csiTO pic.twitter.com/G0xGWtSI7U
Pitch Night finalist Ryan Fukunaga of Free Geek diverts e-waste from landfills and refurbishes old PCs for people who need basic access. Also selling parts. Every recycled computer saves incredible amount of carbon and water.@climatecsi @csiTO pic.twitter.com/oKKKlldalQ— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
At Pitch Night, Zoey Wen and Samia Syed of Fresh Rents help people declutter by renting out gently used clothing. They hope to develop "fashion libraries" in every neighborhood.@climatecsi @csiTO pic.twitter.com/LFg7KHXEqV— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
The REAL moment of Truth: the judges in their secret lair selecting the winners of the $10,000 Pitch Night prize for CSI's Climate Ventures program in Toronto. My money is on ...@climatecsi @csiTO pic.twitter.com/1DWBjjIkMu— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
This picture is worth 20,000 dollars. The judges pose with the winners of the #ClimateVentures Pitch Night. @climatecsi— Rick Spence (@rickspence) February 23, 2019
First: BioPoly Net (tailings treatment)
Second: Spent Goods (recycled food waste)
Third: FeedbackApp (monetizing food waste)
Have a green weekend! pic.twitter.com/u3LRl5ZNDC