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Hohonu provides a real-time environmental data monitoring system that uses solar-powered, industry-standard sensors to collect water level, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll data, transmitting metrics via cellular or satellite networks. The platform integrates sensors and software to deliver water level data and insights, comparing real-time measurements against defined thresholds to inform actions such as emergency responses, infrastructure planning, and resilience measures for flood risk management and water quality assessment. The system supports site selection, sensor deployments, calibration, maintenance, and data delivery, enabling government agencies, municipalities, researchers, and coastal communities to monitor hydrological conditions, assess water quality, and make informed decisions to mitigate climate-related water events.

Modulous is a technology-enabled housing company that designs, develops, and delivers affordable, sustainable homes at scale. It operates a digitized software platform that enables high-speed design and delivery of quality, healthy, and affordable housing globally. The platform combines generative design, artificial intelligence, and a digital twin of a defined kit of parts to create engineered designs for multi-family housing in minutes. This enables property developers and architects to assess planning-compliant options quickly and efficiently, supporting faster project timelines and improved buildability. Modulous addresses global housing supply needs by providing tooling that accelerates design-to-delivery workflows while prioritizing sustainability and affordability.

Oonee designs, finances, and operates automated bike parking infrastructure in urban spaces. It aims to transform city mobility by deploying a network of smart, modular pods that provide secure interior parking for bikes and scooters while offering exterior public-space amenities. The parking cubes are expandable, can accommodate multiple bikes, and include video surveillance to deter theft, supporting a comprehensive urban bicycle parking and service network. The company focuses on integrating parking solutions with public spaces to humanize urban environments. Oonee was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Community Energy Labs offers a predictive and adaptive IoT and SaaS platform for commercial building control. It optimizes energy use by learning from and modifying building systems, promoting carbon-free, affordable, and reliable energy consumption.

Hohonu provides a real-time environmental data monitoring system that uses solar-powered, industry-standard sensors to collect water level, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll data, transmitting metrics via cellular or satellite networks. The platform integrates sensors and software to deliver water level data and insights, comparing real-time measurements against defined thresholds to inform actions such as emergency responses, infrastructure planning, and resilience measures for flood risk management and water quality assessment. The system supports site selection, sensor deployments, calibration, maintenance, and data delivery, enabling government agencies, municipalities, researchers, and coastal communities to monitor hydrological conditions, assess water quality, and make informed decisions to mitigate climate-related water events.

Climate Robotics is a company focused on developing advanced robotics and artificial intelligence aimed at addressing climate change and improving soil health. Founded in 2020 and based in the United States, the company creates technology designed to sequester carbon effectively. One of its key innovations, the pyrobot, identifies degraded or blighted land in urban and peri-urban areas and transforms biomass waste on-site into biochar. This process not only aids in carbon capture but also enhances soil quality, contributing to the company's goal of promoting environmental sustainability.

SHYFT Power Solutions develops an integrated hardware and software platform to monitor, manage, and control distributed energy resources from mobile and cloud interfaces. Its core offering, the SHYFT system, combines a hybrid smart meter and transfer switch to enable IoT-driven energy management that automatically transitions between the grid and backup sources. The company provides software that allows users to monitor, meter, and control power sources across sites, supporting residential, commercial, and industrial deployments. SHYFT focuses on industrial IoT and the orchestration of distributed energy resources to improve energy efficiency, resilience, and cost savings, with initiatives to expand decentralized power systems in markets with unreliable infrastructure.

Founded in 2011, Kando specializes in wastewater treatment solutions. It offers a real-time pollution detection system using smart sensors that monitor toxicity levels, analyze samples, and identify pollutants. The company's technology enables water utilities and industrial customers to anticipate and address pollution events promptly, enhancing public health and environmental well-being.

BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.

WhereIsMyTransport Ltd is an urban transportation technology company based in London, United Kingdom, with a presence in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in providing comprehensive public transport data for emerging-market megacities, focusing on regions in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. By digitalizing network information from various modes of public transport, WhereIsMyTransport ensures data accuracy amidst the dynamic changes of these systems. Their platform offers a data collection framework for mapping both formal and informal transport networks, equipping businesses, municipalities, and citizens with essential information to enhance infrastructure and navigate urban environments effectively. Through its innovative products and data services, WhereIsMyTransport aims to improve the public transport experience for users and support industry stakeholders in their operational needs.

NEER is a developer of an integrated real-time water management platform that leverages machine learning to enhance the management of drinking water distribution, sewer, and stormwater collection systems. The platform aims to identify leaks and predict potential failures within these critical infrastructure systems. By combining real-time modeling with predictive asset management technology, NEER enables water utility operators and municipalities to effectively plan and manage their water systems. This proactive approach helps prevent water damage and minimizes the substantial economic costs associated with repairs and maintenance.

BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.

NEER is a developer of an integrated real-time water management platform that leverages machine learning to enhance the management of drinking water distribution, sewer, and stormwater collection systems. The platform aims to identify leaks and predict potential failures within these critical infrastructure systems. By combining real-time modeling with predictive asset management technology, NEER enables water utility operators and municipalities to effectively plan and manage their water systems. This proactive approach helps prevent water damage and minimizes the substantial economic costs associated with repairs and maintenance.

WhereIsMyTransport Ltd is an urban transportation technology company based in London, United Kingdom, with a presence in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in providing comprehensive public transport data for emerging-market megacities, focusing on regions in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. By digitalizing network information from various modes of public transport, WhereIsMyTransport ensures data accuracy amidst the dynamic changes of these systems. Their platform offers a data collection framework for mapping both formal and informal transport networks, equipping businesses, municipalities, and citizens with essential information to enhance infrastructure and navigate urban environments effectively. Through its innovative products and data services, WhereIsMyTransport aims to improve the public transport experience for users and support industry stakeholders in their operational needs.

Numina is a technology company that specializes in a computer vision sensing platform designed to enhance urban planning and infrastructure development. Founded in 2014, Numina provides municipalities and urban planners with critical data on the movement of people and objects in public spaces, including pedestrian and vehicle interactions, volume counts, and travel behaviors. This information helps create more walkable, bikeable, and efficient urban environments while ensuring privacy by avoiding the collection of personally identifiable information. The company's platform also serves the private sector as a data backbone for urban automation, enabling businesses to make informed decisions about infrastructure investments. With operations based in St. Louis, Missouri, and New York City, Numina has garnered support from various foundations and organizations to further its mission of promoting responsive and equitable urban spaces.

Amply Power, Inc. specializes in charging-as-a-service solutions for electric vehicle fleets, facilitating the transition from traditional to electric vehicles for municipal and commercial operations. Founded in 2018 and based in Mountain View, California, the company offers a fully managed charging system that automates all aspects of EV charging, providing a per-electric-mile-driven service to fleet customers. Amply Power also features AMPLIFY, a centralized charge management software that enhances fleet operations by ensuring vehicles are always road-ready while integrating EV chargers, fleets, grid, and vehicle telematics. This approach supports fleet managers in achieving their zero-emission goals as they scale from pilot projects to full production.

Blue Planet Energy Systems, founded in 2015, specializes in developing pre-packaged energy storage systems designed for residential and commercial solar photovoltaic installations. Headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, the company aims to transition from traditional electrical grids to a distributed model that enables customers to achieve energy independence and promote renewable energy adoption. Their flagship product, Blue Ion, integrates advanced battery technology with sophisticated software controls to create smart, flexible microgrids. These systems are known for their safety features, including no fire risk, and extended lifespan. The company has gained significant traction in off-grid and grid-edge markets across North America, notably completing a large energy resilience project for the American Red Cross in Puerto Rico.

Smart Yields Inc. is a technology company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing a mobile and desktop application aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity. Its platform utilizes a network of integrated sensors to monitor environmental conditions such as soil, air, and water quality, providing farmers with real-time data and alerts about their farm's health. By leveraging crowd-sourced data, Smart Yields connects farmers with agricultural researchers and local communities, facilitating informed decision-making to optimize crop yields and resource management. The application also features digital record-keeping and hazard alerts, enabling farmers to automate operations and reduce waste. Smart Yields is committed to empowering farmers and addressing unmet agricultural needs, contributing to initiatives aimed at doubling food production in Hawaii by 2030. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach and has participated in several prestigious accelerator programs.

Blyncsy, Inc. is a data analytics company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, established in 2014. It specializes in providing big data solutions through its various products, including Blyncs sensors, which are deployed in diverse environments from ski resorts to college campuses. The company's analytics platform leverages machine learning and AI to analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, offering insights into traffic and transportation networks while monitoring elements such as parking availability and public transit demand. Additionally, Blyncsy's Payver product utilizes machine vision to create digital twins of real-world infrastructure, enhancing the assessment and management of roadside conditions. The company also offers Mercury, a contact tracing solution aimed at managing contagion tracking for universities. Overall, Blyncsy focuses on improving the efficiency and safety of urban environments through advanced data collection and analysis techniques.

Shifted Energy develops software and controllers that convert electric water heaters and other household assets into flexible distributed energy resources for demand response. Its platform enables utilities and grid operators to stabilize the grid and accelerate renewable integration by preheating water to absorb excess renewables and delivering fast demand response. The product suite includes Grid Maestro, a virtual power plant for electric water heaters, and Tempo, a retrofit controller for water heaters. The platform can also integrate assets such as pool pumps, home batteries, solar inverters, and electric vehicle charging stations to provide multiple grid services. It serves utilities, distributed energy aggregators, building managers, homeowners, and renters. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

eMotorWerks is a technology company specializing in electric vehicle charging solutions, notably through its flagship product, JuiceNet. This Internet of Things platform efficiently manages a network of electric vehicle charging stations, transforming them into multi-megawatt Virtual Power Plants that provide essential demand flexibility services to utilities and grid operators. The company aims to optimize electric vehicle charging by leveraging innovative driver engagement tools and a business model focused on recurring revenue and third-party financing. With over 8,000 charging stations in its own network and access to an additional 50,000 stations through partnerships, eMotorWerks stands as the largest aggregator of electric vehicle charging load. It has established contracts with major California utilities, ensuring its capacity is utilized to provide valuable energy services. Additionally, the company offers advanced charging technologies, such as the JuiceBox, which allows for significantly faster charging and provides consumers with control over their charging schedules and energy sources.

Remix Technologies is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in public transit planning and street design. Its platform serves over 4,000 urban planners in more than 300 cities across three continents, providing a comprehensive tool for managing public transit and new mobility solutions. By integrating critical datasets from various sources, Remix enables users to visualize existing conditions and gain insights that inform decision-making. The platform allows planners at transit agencies and local governments to create and manage transit maps and routes, facilitating the exploration of innovative concepts while balancing the needs of transit, biking, walking, and vehicle traffic. This focus on data-driven planning aims to enhance transportation safety, accessibility, and equity in urban environments.

Founded in 2011, Go Electric develops customer-side energy solutions that integrate renewable energy sources, advanced batteries, and generators. Its AutoLYNC technology synchronizes and optimizes multiple power sources to reduce costs, assure security, and enhance grid stability. Serving government, utility, and industrial applications, primarily in the New York City area.

WaterSmart Software is a developer of a cloud-based customer engagement and analytics platform tailored for water utilities. The company's solution enhances the intelligence derived from meter data, enabling water providers to improve customer service and operational efficiency. By allowing customers to access detailed information about their water usage, the platform facilitates better communication between utilities and consumers, helping the latter understand the value of water and discover ways to save costs. WaterSmart has demonstrated its effectiveness by enabling water utilities to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by over 25%. The company's innovative approach has garnered recognition, including the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award, highlighting its potential to positively impact both business and society through technological advancements.

Shifted Energy develops software and controllers that convert electric water heaters and other household assets into flexible distributed energy resources for demand response. Its platform enables utilities and grid operators to stabilize the grid and accelerate renewable integration by preheating water to absorb excess renewables and delivering fast demand response. The product suite includes Grid Maestro, a virtual power plant for electric water heaters, and Tempo, a retrofit controller for water heaters. The platform can also integrate assets such as pool pumps, home batteries, solar inverters, and electric vehicle charging stations to provide multiple grid services. It serves utilities, distributed energy aggregators, building managers, homeowners, and renters. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Founded in 2009, Stem provides energy storage solutions and software for businesses to manage energy costs effectively. It offers Athena, a proprietary software using big data and machine learning to optimize energy usage. Stem also deploys distributed batteries in commercial buildings and sells its solutions to various industries.

Bandwagon facilitates real-time sharing of taxis and hired vehicles. Through web and mobile apps, they connect people who are traveling in the same direction. Shared trips are affordable, fun, and environmentally-friendly. Bandwagon builds transportation software and systems. Their primary area of expertise is building products that increase the efficiency of for-hire vehicle fleets, and increase the connectivity of these fleets with traditional transit systems. Bandwagon also offers transportation strategy consulting to large organizations, municipalities and transportation management agencies. Bandwagon was inspired by an ethic of repair and a belief that cities are fundamentally collaborative & creative enterprises. The Company’s mission is to create products and services that increase urban access to mobility and reduce energy costs and pollution, by reorganizing existing transportation infrastructure. Their products provide efficient access to traditional transportation networks where they exist, and create new mobility where traditional transportation infrastructure is underdeveloped.

Founded in 2009, Stem provides energy storage solutions and software for businesses to manage energy costs effectively. It offers Athena, a proprietary software using big data and machine learning to optimize energy usage. Stem also deploys distributed batteries in commercial buildings and sells its solutions to various industries.