When Collaboration Comes to Life: Inside the Seattle Climate Innovation Hub
Climate change remains a persistent and growing threat to community wellbeing and economic prosperity in Washington State. In the midst of unprecedented disruption to national policy and threats to the climate movement, it's clearer than ever that deep collaboration and marshaling our shared resources is how we can best support and accelerate climate startups in the Pacific Northwest.
From Vision to Impact: Reflecting on 45Camp’s Acceleration of Diverse Climate Innovations
As we dive fully into 2025, we’re revisiting a bright spot from 2024: our partnership with Tabor 100 and Prosper Portland that resulted in 45Camp. In this blog post, we invited one of the 45Camp mentors, AnnaMaria White, to reflect on why programs like 45Camp are vital to supporting equitable solutions for the climate crisis.
2024 VertueLab Research in Review
The research we conducted in 2024 reveals invaluable insights into the challenges our region faces and highlights the powerful solutions that can emerge when communities, entrepreneurs, innovators and funders work in harmony.
VertueLab Wins Stage One of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
PORTLAND, Ore. – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced VertueLab as a Stage One winner for the 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC).
Introducing Aina Abiodun, VertueLab's New President & Executive Director
On behalf of the VertueLab Board of Directors, it is my great pleasure to introduce Aina Abiodun, VertueLab's new President and Executive Director. When we kicked off the search process last fall, we pursued an equitable process through our partners at Good Citizen, to find a candidate who could lead at the intersection of climate, technology, entrepreneurship, and impact investing.
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