cleanConnect Start-up Program
cleanConnect is a program dedicated to assisting early stage clean technology companies in essential survival and growth areas, including: partnership building, policy advocacy, resources and information, and navigating finance opportunities. Interested companies may submit to the program here.
Each month, the CTSI advisory board reviews submissions and sends notification to companies about the status of their membership. At the most basic level, a company must meet the following criteria in order to be considered:
- Develop an energy-related technology
- Have revenue under $10M
- Be legally incorporated with two or more employees
- Be a for-profit organization
We know that, as a start-up, money is scarce, so cleanConnect members may choose to provide an in-kind payment or $2,000. Accepted companies may bolster the community in a number of possible ways, rather than with their checkbooks:
- Help promoting CTSI and its programs and events
- Signing on and supporting relevant calls for legislative regulatory action
- Expanding the network locally/regionally by introducing existing partners to CTSI and involving them with the organization
- Participating, as possible, in CTSI organized and partner events
- Participating on CTSI committees where possible
- Passing relevant community information to the CTSI team for wider distribution
- Providing feedback to CTSI when solicited and otherwise
- Paying CTSI assistance forward to others in the clean tech community
Each year, graduated companies will receive recognition at the Clean Technology Conference and Expo, a division of TechConnect World. CTSI reserves the right to dismiss any company at any time or to refuse any company whose mission, values, and/or actions do not uphold CTSI core values. Further, CTSI will not accept companies whose needs will not be met by the organization. The maximum allowable membership for cleanConnect members is 12 months at which time re-application and review by the advisory board or advancement to Technology Provider membership is necessary.