Alacrity Cleantech Talks

Season 3, Episode 9 features host Sofie Campbell discussing the future of growing food using Agritech advancements with 3 Cleantech CEOs. Join Ken Grenier, CEO of Pacific Ridge Corp., Valerie Song, CEO of AVA Technologies, and Alycia van der Gracht, CEO of QuantoTech as they devour topics such as vertical farming, indoor growing year-round, and what sustainability means for the farmers of the future.

In Season 3, Episode 8, Host Sofie Campbell is joined by Basma Majerbi, PhD and Lynn Works, MBA from the University of Victoria as they discuss the trends and mechanisms surrounding investing using ESG principals and Impact Investment funds. Learn about the evolving field of ESG rating scores and how businesses can adapt their operations to meet new standards.

Season 3, Episode 7 of Cleantech Talks features host Sofie Campbell in a conversation with Paige Whitehead, Founder and CEO at Nyoka Design Labs. The two discuss the origin story behind Nyoka, how their innovative bioluminescent and photoluminescent technology works, and how the products the company makes reduce the use of plastics in unexpected items such as glow sticks.

Season 3, Episode 6 of Cleantech Talks features host Sofie Campbell in conversation with Francis Doumet, Co-founder and CEO at Metaspectral. The two discuss the company's spectral imaging technology and its various applications, including how it's being used in optimizing plastics recycling processes.

Season 3, Episode 5 of Cleantech Talks features host Sofie Campbell in a conversation with Arman Mottaghi, CEO at Properate, and Tony Rapaz, CEO at Endura-Form, talking about the green construction and building sector. The podcast covers why "greening" the way we build things is important, what the two companies do in the space to facilitate greener building, and how external factors, like government programs and subsidies, impact the sector.

Two of Alacrity Canada's Senior Advisors talk to our Cleantech Program Director and Managing Director about going through the "valley of death" as a cleantech startup company. The Alacrity Cleantech teach shares their understandings of what the valley of death is, how companies should try to navigate through it, and what lessons or advice they have for entrepreneurs experiencing this journey.

Two of Alacrity Canada's Senior Advisors talk to our Cleantech Program Director and Managing Director about the state of the clean technology sector in Canada, based on their experiences in the industry, touching on what companies are getting right and what they still need to improve upon in order to get their innovations to market and solve the world's climate problems.

Season 3, Episode 2 of Cleantech Talks features four CEOs from Alacrity Canada's cleantech portfolio talking about their experiences with raising funds in the sector from both public and private investors. Susan Blanchet from Origen Air, Devesh Bharadwaj from Pani Energy, Christopher Naismith from Audette, and Julie Angus from Open Ocean Robotics discuss the lessons they've learned throughout their raising journeys.

Season 3, Episode 1 of Cleantech Talks features David Hunt, host of the Leaders in Cleantech podcast and CEO at Hyperion Executive Search. David shares his knowledge and insights from his experience in the cleantech sector as entrepreneur, mentor, advocate, CEO, and podcast host.

Season 2, Episode 8 of Cleantech Talks features Peter Van Der Gracht and Gary Agnew, CEO at Ideon Technologies, discussing the company's origin story and how their mining solutions can be applied.