Two awards for Climate-KIC start-ups at Silicon Valley Cleantech Open global forum

Climate-KIC start-ups Efficient City Farming and Eternal Sun have both won a Global Ideas Award at the Cleantech Open global forum in San Jose, Silicon Valley yesterday (20 November).

The start-ups are currently in the US as part of Climate-KIC’s 2013 Start-up Tour, and were given the chance to present themselves to the highly valuable network of the Cleantech Open accelerator.

Both companies won the global award for most promising start-up in their respective categories.

Winning this award is just a great acknowledgement. Not only will it open the right doors for us, the Cleantech Open is internationally known as the most prestigious clean-tech award. Winning this price as a Dutch company here in Silicon Valley, it feels like winning the Academy Award! Chokri Mousaoui, Eternal Sun founder

In front of a room full of Silicon Valley venture capitalists and clean-tech experts, Eternal Sun and Efficient City Farming pitched their product, the developments of their company and the future chances. In a intensive session with the jury, some insightful questions were answered.

Eternal Sun

Eternal Sun develops innovative solar simulation systems, which enable customers from various industries to accurately test the performance and reliability of their products.

Efficient City Farming

Efficient City Farming‘s aquaponic farm systems enable resource efficient production of vegetables and fish of the highest quality.

Cleantech Open

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The Cleantech Open is a not-for-profit organisation that runs the world’s largest accelerator for cleantech startups.
More than 700 companies have been involved with the Cleantech Open and in the US alone over $800 million has been invested in these companies.Their mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental and economic challenges.