Malmö Cleantech City Award
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | MALMÖ KOMMUN - Malmö CleanTech City |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 295 000 |
| Project duration | August 2014 - May 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
Malmö Cleantech City Award have met the objectives and introduced exciting new technologies for municipal operations and major players in the construction and real estate world in the areas of Building materials, Soil remediation and Energy efficiency in buildings. 38 cleantech startups applied to participate in the competition and the jury with 12 key people from Malmö´s technology oriented departments and major players in the construction and real estate companies audited and appointed the winner. Three major events have been taken place.
Expected long term effects
The project has created business and new contacts and will hopefully lead to additional business for these startups. Awareness in the jury of the companies are worth much both for the companies and the jury.
Approach and implementation
We are satisfied with the structure of the competition and pleased with the number of applicant companies , given that it was the first time we ran the race. To make the competition as part of the Nordic Cleantech Open has been an effective way to get quality companies, which strengthened both races. Our evaluation shows that those who participated in the different events have been satisfied . As organizers , we are also very pleased attendance and outcomes. The key value added has been to startups in environmental technology has reached out faster through this channel to potential customers.