Innovation Nights CT

FORGE in partnership with Innovation Nights offers an exciting evening of networking, tabletop demonstrations of physical products, and a cleantech pitch competition for non-dilutive product development grant funding. The winner of the $30K Product Development Grant supported by the CT Manufacturing Innovation Fund will be announced. This event will bring together startups and innovative companies, local suppliers, service providers, manufacturers, startup ecosystem organizations, and investors in an informal setting.
Event Agenda:
4:30 – 7:30 PM -Meet Connecticut based startups demoing their latest hardtech products. Network with FORGE partners and manufacturing/innovation ecosystem collaborators.
5:30 PM – Hear from:
- Keynote speaker Dan O’Keefe, Commissioner, CT Department of Economic and Community Development and Chief Innovation Officer, State of CT
- Bobbie Carlton, Innovation Nights founder
- Laura Teicher, FORGE President & Executive Director
- Ronald Fernandez, Engineering Director of GE Appliance’s Stamford CoCREATE Facility
6:00 PM – Watch three cleantech startups pitch for $24,000 in funding prizes!
7:15 PM – Cheer on the winners of the pitch competition, the audience choice award winner
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FORGE will also be announcing the winner of a $30,000 MIF Product Development Grant selected from applications before the event.