Investors Circle Cleantech Circle at the Cleantech Open Global Forum
Investors Circle has partnered with IC Community Partner, Cleantech Open (CTO), the non-profit org that runs the largest clean technology accelerator program in the world, to bring the Investors Circle Cleantech Circle community together with CTO at their 2025 Global Forum in San Jose, California Oct. 27-29 at the San Jose Convention Center, co-located with the VERGE 25 event. The CTO Global Forum showcases the 94 graduating CTO startups plus the CTO US National Finals pitch competition. The Best of the Best early-stage cleantech innovators! IC will have some of our ICCC previous or potential presenting companies with us with tables at this event as well.
This ICCC event is brought to you by our co-sponsors: Investors Circle Cleantech Circle, VectorPoint Ventures, the Angel Capital Association Cleantech Syndication Group, Beatrice Advisors, and the Cleantech Open.
If you can be in the San Francisco Bay Area at the end of October this year, this is a MUST-BE-AT event for early stage cleantech investors OR if you just want to learn about this exciting sector.
There are three ways to attend this event:
1. Complementary Pass, Oct. 28 afternoon only: We have gained complimentary passes for all our investor, member, guest and student attendees from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm on Tuesday October 28. You can just show up and we will get you in, but we prefer that you register HERE ON THIS LUMA REGISTRATION: Here is what you will see with this pass:
a. 2:30 – 6:30 pm: CTO Startup Showcase Expo in Hall 3, Convention Center
b. 2:50 – 5:00 pm: CTO US National Finals Pitching to Judging Panel in Hall 3
c. 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Special Speaker, Peter Lupoff (IC Board Member and Impact Investing Writer and Family Office Investor), and Hall 3 Networking
i. Peter Lupoff’s Short Presentation and Discussion Topic: “Building Climate Portfolios that Reflect Your Family’s Values – A discussion of the Peter Lupoff’s guide released by Beatrice Advisors during NYC 2025 Climate Week.”
1. More about Peter Lupoff, who is also a columnist for Trellis: https://trellis.net/article/author/peter-lupoff/
2. Peter is a Partner of Beatrice Advisors, a multi-family office, and founder, principal of his family’s single-family office, Lupoff/Stevens Family Office, with a focus on investing for tangible social and climate impacts. He has also taught hedge fund strategies and impact investing at Yale School of Management, impact investing at Fordham University (where he remains a Gabelli Fellow), and presently teaches impact investing as a Special Lecturer at the University of California Haas School of Business. Peter is also a Board of Directors member at Investors Circle.
2. Full Boat CTO Pass for all three days, with VERGE Network Pass: $300.00 (plus $21.96 Eventbrite fee): a full registration at the CTO Global Forum includes admission to all CTO public events, CTO Expo, Monday evening reception, finals pitches, and heavy appetizers at the Wednesday Awards ceremony & Networking - AND a VERGE Network Pass including Keynotes, sponsored breakouts, networking events and VERGE expo (a $300 value alone!). Register HERE Here is what you will see with this pass:
a. Oct. 27, 6-8 pm: CTO Welcome Reception
b. Oct. 28:
i. 8:00 am – 4:30 pm: VERGE Expo, Breakouts, Workshops, Networking, Tutorials & Keynotes (see Network Pass limits)
ii. 9:00 am – 6:30 pm: CTO Startup Showcase Expo in Hall 3, Convention Center
iii. 11:30 am – 1:15 pm: CTO 1-Minute Pitches, CTO Showcase, Hall 3
iv. 2:50 – 5:00 pm: CTO US National Finals Pitching to Judging Panel in Hall 3
v. 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Special Speaker, Peter Lupoff: “Building Climate Portfolios that Reflect Your Family’s Values – A discussion of the Peter Lupoff’s guide released by Beatrice Advisors during NYC 2025 Climate Week” and Hall 3 Networking.
c. Oct. 29:
i. 9:00 am – 5:30 pm: VERGE Expo, Breakouts, Workshops, Networking, Tutorials & Keynotes (see Network Pass limits)
ii. 8:00 - 10:30 am: CTO Investor and Partner Connect (private, invite-only; special code needed) - 1:1 curated speed-meetings in SJCC Hall 3 - ONLY FOR SPECIAL INVESTOR PASS HOLDERS
iii. 10:30 am – 3:00 pm: CTO Startup Showcase Expo in Hall 3, Convention Center
iv. 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm: CTO Awards Ceremony and Networking in SJCC Hall 3 with heavy hors d'oeuvres- See Finalists and Winners and Keynote speakers
v. 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Trellis Impact / VERGE Reception (requires any VERGE Pass)
3. SPECIAL INVESTOR PASS – must sign up by Oct. 17 – Full Boat CTO Pass for all three days and adds access and participation in the CTO Investor and Partner Connect (you MUST show up for this), with VERGE Network Pass: Special Discounted exclusive price to Investors in the Investors Circle Cleantech Circle network - Price $100.00 (plus $8.55 Eventbrite fee): register using the same link as above AFTER you obtain the discount code by emailing IC staff (use the general email at the bottom of IC website pages to reach IC staff).
In addition, here is some information about the VERGE 2025 “Where Climate Meets Technology” event, which takes place on 28–30 October 2025 at the San Jose Convention Center, California, VERGE is one of the world’s leading climate technology events, convening more than 3,500 professionals from business, government, startups, and the investment community. Organized as part of Trellis Impact 25 alongside Bloom and GreenFin, VERGE serves as a platform for advancing scalable solutions in clean energy, transportation, industry, and carbon management.
If you are not local to the San Francisco Bay Area, for conference hotel discount rates, please visit this link (note, San Jose hotels sell out very quickly for this set of events every year).