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Supriya Agarwal
Supriya Agarwal
August 17, 2026

Climate Week NYC is one of the world’s leading global climate gatherings and it’s just around the corner!
This summer’s heat waves and wild fires are a potent reminder that  climate change is an ever more tangible and uncomfortable reality.  The good news is that despite Washington’s retreat on to decarbonize the economy and belittling of  the climate challenge, founders and investors are moving ahead with bold projects to address the existential climate challenge. 

SOSV is one of the world’s leading climate tech investors, and  during Climate Week NYC we are proud to lend the Biome, our NYC event space, to climate event organizers focused on the latest scientific breakthroughs, deep tech engineering, and investing to help decarbonize the economy.  Here’s the agenda for the Biome during climate week: 

Tuesday, September 22nd

From Lab to Scale: A Conversation on Building the Northeast’s Climate Innovation Pipeline | Hosted by ​​Greentown Labs

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Join Greentown’s leadership team and climate and energy leaders from across the Northeast for an intimate discussion on shaping the future of climate innovation in New York and Massachusetts. The conversation will explore strengthening the pipeline from research to startup, mobilizing public and private capital to help companies scale, and keeping climate manufacturing in the Northeast. Lunch will be provided, followed by the Greentown Startup Showcase featuring climate innovation in action.

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Climatetech Startup Showcase | Hosted by Greentown Labs

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Join Greentown Labs for a pitch and showcase event bringing together founders, investors, corporate leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and beyond at New York Climate Week.

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Wednesday, September 23rd

Meet 20+ HAX Deep Tech Startups | Hosted by SOSV’s HAX (For investors only)

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

As part of Climate Week NYC, meet 20+ deep tech startups from SOSV’s HAX program building critical technologies across energy, robotics, industrial automation, critical minerals, advanced chemistry, plasma, and more. The showcase will feature Seed and Series A companies with commercial traction tackling some of the most urgent industrial, economic, and national security challenges of the next decade.

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Thursday, September 24th

Extreme Heat Resilience & Innovation | Hosted by Campus Deep Tech, Anywhere Ventures & The Hazelwood Network

12:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Campus Deep Tech, Anywhere Ventures, and The Hazelwood Network are bringing together a curated group of startups, investors, industry leaders, and academics during Climate Week NYC to explore the mounting challenges posed by extreme heat globally and novel technologies being developed to help people and industries adapt.

​Industry leaders & investors will present ‘reverse pitches’ where they will identify specific challenges and opportunity areas where they would like to see innovators focus next.

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Deep Tech LIVE | Hosted by SOSV

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

SOSV Deep Tech LIVE is a video podcast series exploring the frontiers of deep tech with leading founders, researchers, and technologists. For this special Climate Week NYC edition, we’ll be joined by an expert from the climate world to explore how deep tech is helping address some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in climate.

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Friday, September 25th  

Catalyzing Cities (NYC Edition) | Hosted by Climate Vine & Cool Climate Collective

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Join investors, city leaders, philanthropies, and ecosystem partners to explore how innovative financing and public-private collaboration can accelerate urban climate resilience. Through practical examples and emerging models, the interactive session will examine how blended capital, smarter partnerships, and new financing structures can help cities, particularly New York, scale solutions that already work.

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