Cleantech Forum North America: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
The premier retreat-style event focused on connecting cleantech investors, corporates, and innovators to fuel business growth, climate solutions, and impact.
The essentials from the organiser's own pages: when, where, how big, and how founders get in. Speakers, investor lists and past editions are on the official site.
- Next edition
- Jan 25–27, 2027 · Cleantech Forum North America 2027 source
- Where
- San Diego, United States
- Format
- in-person
- Startup pass
- Startups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs register as 'Innovator' attendees on the official registration page; there is no separate startup pass or application gate. Startups can additionally apply to be featured in an Innovation Showcase. source
- Cadence
- Annual, late January
Next edition
| Dates | Jan 25–27, 2027 source |
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| Edition | Cleantech Forum North America 2027 |
| Venue | San Diego, United States |
| Tickets | cleantech.swoogo.com source |
How founders get in
| Startup programme | Startups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs register as 'Innovator' attendees on the official registration page; there is no separate startup pass or application gate. Startups can additionally apply to be featured in an Innovation Showcase. source |
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Meeting investors there
Founders connect with investors and corporates through appointment-making on the event's mobile app, expanded innovation-company profiles, and 1:1 meetings; Cleantech Group Members can request up to ten facilitated introductions. source
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Official links and socials
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 26, 2026: