The Cleantech 50 to Watch Expert Panel is made up of over 30 early-stage innovation experts. The panel is diverse in geography, age, background and is at gender parity.
First, we asked the panel to nominate the companies that most impressed them with their early-stage high-impact solutions. We combined that with our own nominations and research on public early-stage awards. We then put this group of companies through qualitative and impact filters. We weighed all nominations by relevance trying to keep a sectoral and geographic balance.
Thank you to our Expert Panelists for their support and time on this project, and their continuous work throughout the year in supporting so many promising sustainable innovation companies.
Laurie Menoud
Founding Partner
At One Ventures
Miki Yokoyama
Managing Director
Aurum Impact
Iris Jensen
Investment Manager
BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures
Bennet Barth
Managing Director, RESPOND
BMW Foundation
Ashley Grosh
Vice President
Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Iain Meager
Director, Programmes & Innovation
Carbon Trust
Jonathan Cumming
Director & CFO
Carbon13
Lou Schick
Director of Investments
Clean Energy Ventures
Anthony DeOrsey
Research Manager
Cleantech Group
Jason Anderson
President and CEO
Cleantech San Diego
Olivier Bordelanne
Partner
Demeter IM
Sara Chamberlain
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Earth Foundry
Tien Nguyen
Founding Partner
Earth Venture Capital
Yoachim Haynes
Vice President of Strategy, Europe
Energy Impact Partners
Natharoun Ngo Son
Country Director
EnergyLab
Georgia Parker
Innovation Director - Validation
Fashion for Good
Jeanette Jackson
CEO
Foresight Canada
Alyssa Gilbert
Director of Innovation
Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
Scott Bryan
President
Imagine H2O
Victor Ndiege
CEO
Kenya Climate Ventures
Tyler Hamilton
Senior Director, Climate
MaRS
Monali Mujumdar
Startup Engagement Lead and Program Operations
NREL
Frederic Clerc
Director, Carbon to Value Initiative and Interim Managing Director
NYU Urban Future Lab
Dr. Ashwath Sundaresan
Associate Partner
Pacific Channel
Gabriel VanLoozen
Principal
Powerhouse Ventures
Max ter Horst
Managing Partner Energy
Rockstart Accelerator
Dr. Sabrina Cipullo
Managing Director - Technical Expertise & Operations
Solar Impulse Foundation
Demetrius Yuen
Director of Programs
SOW Asia
Erki Ani
Founding Partner
Sunly Future Ventures
Claude-Sébastien Lerbourg
Investment Director
Supernova Invest
Ben Lesage
Global Coordinator
Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Sunyoung Suh
Adaptation Portfolio Manager, Climate Technology Innovation Unit
UNIDO
Marie Cheong
Founding Partner
Wavemaker
Pippa Gawley
Founding Partner
Zero Carbon Capital