5-8-24 Woods Oviatt Client Clean Fiber wins Industry Growth Forum Award.

Congratulations to Jim Strimling, CO-Founder & CEO, of Clean Fiber for winning the Growth Stage Award at the 2024 Industry Growth Forum.

2024 Industry Growth Forum Winners

Out of 40 presenters, seven startups were recognized as winners of the 2024 Industry Growth Forum. These honorees receive 40 hours of technical assistance through the NREL Technical Assistance Program.

Awards were determined by six criteria: product/solution, market opportunity and strategy, business model, team, growth plans in next 12 months, investment potential, and overall presentation.

In addition to the overall Best Venture and Outstanding Venture award recipients for each track, the attendees voted for the People's Choice award winner.

Best Venture Award

DANIEL KOPP

CO-FOUNDER, CEO & CTO

QUEENS CARBON

Carbon-neutral, engineered supplementary cementitious materials.

Outstanding Venture Awards

PRODUCTION SCALE PILOTS

SCOTT FULBRIGHT

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

LIVING INK TECHNOLOGIES

Generates bio-derived and carbon-negative black pigments for consumer brands.

GROWTH STAGE

JONATHAN STRIMLING

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

CLEANFIBER

Makes high-performance, carbon-negative building insulation from recycled corrugated cardboard.

COMMERCIALIZATION STAGE

FIRST OUTSTANDING VENTURE

SECOND OUTSTANDING VENTURE

VIVAS KUMAR

CEO

MITRA CHEM

Lithium-ion battery cathode manufacturer that shortens the lab-to-production timeline by over 90% by leveraging an in-house machine learning advantage.

JOANNE RODRIGUEZ

CEO

MYCOCYCLE

Decarbonizing the construction materials supply chain through nature-inspired waste-to-value solution.

EARLY STAGE

FIRST OUTSTANDING VENTURE

SECOND OUTSTANDING VENTURE