This document summarizes key points from a presentation on clean tech innovation ecosystems. It discusses the development of innovation clusters over time, from early clusters centered around universities to more specialized "mini clusters." It then outlines the growth of the clean tech sector and opportunities for startups to collaborate and access markets through programs run by Climate-KIC and MaRS. The presentation promotes partnership between these organizations to accelerate clean tech entrepreneurship on a global scale.

1. Clean Tech
Innovation Ecosystems
September 16th, 2013
MaRS, Toronto
@fnauta

2. Innovation Ecosystem
Construction Worker
Political Assistant Deputy Mayor Amsterdam
Policy maker EPA Amsterdam & Ministry
Cinema
ICT Trendwatcher
Knowledge Land Foundation
Prime Minister's Innovation Platform
Consultant
Professor Government Innovation
Climate-KIC

3. 1. The mother of all clusters
2. Mini cluster
3. The Clean Tech Wave
4. Surfing the Clean Tech Wave
5. Collaboration MaRS - Climate-KIC

4. 1
The mother
of all clusters

6. Talent
&
Knowledge
Business
Smart
Money
Government
Policy
Interaction

7. Talent
&
Knowledge
Business
Smart
Money
Government
Policy
Interaction
1891 1941
1951
1939 1958

8. Fred Terman @ Stanford

10. 2
Mini Cluster

11. Clusters
• Enough resources and competences amass
and reach a critical threshold;
• Giving it a key position in a given economic
branch of activity;
• With a decisive sustainable competitive
advantage over other places, or even a
world supremacy in that field.
"There are no low-tech industries,
only low-tech firms"

15. SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE DI
LIUTERIA A. STRADIVARI
• 1938 founded
• 1950: 6 students
• 2008: 150 students
- 30 South-Korea
- 26 Japan
- 6 China
- 3 Taiwan

18. 3
Clean Tech Wave

20. Trend:
100 GW PV per year

24. 4
Surfing the
Clean Tech Wave

26. Climate-KIC surf board:
Entrepreneurship
• Acceleration Programme
• Masterclasses
• Venture Competition
• Startup Tour
• Summer School

28. Acceleration Programme

29. By 2015:
• 300-400 startups py in Acceleration
Programme, 60-80 per country
• Expanding to other EU incubators
• Largest Clean Tech accelerator program in the
world

30. 5
Collaboration
MaRS - Climate-KIC

31. Market access for
startups

32. Build global network
• Exchange best practices in Incubator Network
• Global competition with Cleantech Open
• Challenge touch policy issues together
• Exchange talent

33. Thank you for
your attention
@fnauta