In mid-September, residents of Waterloo Region and much of the east coast of Canada received a stark reminder of the catastrophic consequences of climate change. For several days, the smoky haze of the California and Oregon wildfires hung in the local air, despite this region being more than 4,000 kilometres away from the raging blazes…
This year, Evercloak has been going through massive change. In February, Evercloak was announced as a winner of NRCan’s Breakthrough Energy Solutions program, supporting a $1.2-million project to accelerate our technology development. In May, wegraduated from the Creative Destruction Lab’s energy stream in Calgary. And by June, we closed a round of seed funding. It’s…
Temperature spikes like this – and warming trends in general – don’t just spark discussion over climate change. They also cause many of us to flip on the air conditioner, says Evelyn Allen, co-founder and CEO of Evercloak. And that’s a problem. “Building cooling is this vicious cycle where it only makes the world hotter,…
To the pair of co-founders of Evercloak, that morning at the diner was anything but typical – seated at table five near the diner’s entrance, they were deciding on a pivotal, urgent startup matter. “Are we going to do this? I think we should. But we only have two weeks.” asked Evelyn Allen, the Co-founder…
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, today announced 10 winners of the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative — a first-of-its-kind public–private initiative in Canada aimed at accelerating the development of clean energy technologies with the potential to substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here -> https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/breakthrough-energy-solutions-canada-winners-announced-815707056.html
AC client Evercloak, a Waterloo-based startup commercializing energy-efficient graphene-based membranes for dehumidification applications, was today announced as one of ten winners of the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative in a Government of Canada news release. The company received $900,000 to enhance the pace and scale of its clean technology to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here ->…
Evercloak joins the 2019 cohort of Communitech Fierce Founders! Fierce Founders Bootcamp is a fast-paced business and personal growth program that is open to entrepreneurs with a tech or tech-based company that have successfully launched their MVP. Twenty-five participants will receive hands-on mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and experts as they build out their business models…
University of Waterloo based startup Evercloak has been named a finalist in the Ontario Power Generation Ignite competition. Read the full article here -> https://uwaterloo.ca/research/news/waterloo-startup-winner-ignite-seed-funding
Canada has become a hotbed for cleantech startups and success stories, but far too few of them involve women at the helm. MaRS set out to right that ship with their Women in Cleantech Challenge, inviting founders and entrepreneurs to submit their ideas and companies, all with a chance to secure a $1 million investment to scale…