Climate Tech Entrepreneur Bootcamp for a Sustainable Future Held
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Climate Tech Entrepreneur Bootcamp for a Sustainable Future Held
The Ewha Womans University’s Support Corps for Business Startups hosted a Climate Tech Entrepreneur Bootcamp over the course of four days from July 30 (Tue.). Organized under the initiative of the Ewha-Asan UniverCT (University × Climate Tech) by the Ewha Support Corps for Business Startups, the camp was designed to cultivate creative problem-solving skills through mentorships and hands-on training provided by various experts, alongside opportunities to explore solutions for a sustainable future.
Director Sang-jun Kim of the Support Corps for Business Startups commented, “In light of the increasing need for developing innovative climate-technology solutions to combat climate change, we organized this event to offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to grow as talented entrepreneurs in the field of climate technology.”
Held from July 30 (Tue.) to August 2 (Fri.) in the Research Cooperation Building and the University-Industry Collaboration Center at Ewha, the bootcamp was attended by 52 undergraduate and graduate students, including 36 students in 10 teams and 16 individual participants. Education, hands-on training, and mentoring at the event were provided by a diverse group of technical mentors, comprising climate-tech experts, startup professionals, venture capitalists, and master’s and doctoral students from Ewha’s Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering and Department of Environmental Science and Engineering.
The students attended expert lectures on climate technology market trends, business models, and practical business pitch preparations. They also actively engaged in a range of activities intended to enhance their entrepreneurial capabilities, including brainstorming sessions on climate technology and related ideas, team building, business model development in groups, and customer interview and response analysis exercises.
During the Pitching Day event held on the last day of the boot camp, a total of 15 teams presented their climate-tech business plans, utilizing various technologies such as solar power, carbon capture, artificial photosynthesis, and machine learning. Evaluations by venture capitalists and climate-tech experts then selected a total of five outstanding startup teams, which will receive KRW 10 million in commercialization support, along with various other entrepreneurial benefits, including the chance to compete in the University Integrated Demo Day this November.
In addition to the Climate Tech Entrepreneur Bootcamp, the Support Corps for Business Startups will run various programs under the Ewha-Asan University initiative to lay the academic foundation for students to start businesses based on climate technology, and foster researcher-led startups within the university to build a technology-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus.