Join Bethesda Green's Innovation Lab!
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Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab identifies and nurtures green, for-profit startups aligned with our vision for a sustainable, impactful, and purposeful economy. Our suite of programs support idea-stage companies through those raising Series A rounds, and we are currently recruiting.
We invite you to join this unique and growing community of committed local leaders and partner organizations. We'll help you access the support you need when you need it.
>>>Applications for the Spring 2021 Accelerator are due October 4th. Rolling applications for the Incubator and Amplifier programs are now open. Learn more about all three programs here.
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Incubator: Are you ready to bring your business idea to life? Launching Fall 2020, our Incubator program will guide new entrepreneurs through the hurdles of early-stage business development, such as clarifying the problem, identifying potential customers, developing a prototype, conducting a pilot, and building a founding team. We'll help entrepreneurs build a self-paced program to accommodate their schedules and vision.
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Accelerator: Are you working tirelessly to validate your model and want to attract early investment? The Spring 2021 Accelerator Cohort will include a fast-paced, high-touch, 4-month intensive curriculum. We are looking for companies with a demonstrated problem/solution fit, and a coachable, committed, founding team with a rapid growth mindset. Is this you?
>>> Applications for the Accelerator are due October 4th!
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Amplifier: Are you looking to expand your operations and reach? We welcome the opportunity to support validation and growth stage companies who have received outside investment and want to benefit from the growing Bethesda Green community. We'll work with entrepreneurs to grow their teams, strengthen their business models, and grow their networks of customers, partners, and investors. Let us help you scale!
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Updates from Innovation Lab members
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 TrueAlgae (operating name of GreenTech Ventures, Inc.), one of Bethesda Green's Amplifier companies, is an algae biotechnology company that manufactures high-quality microalgae and byproducts through a proprietary closed-loop production system. They are excited to announce the investment of Alliance Forum Foundation (AFF) to further the reach of its revolutionary microalgae production system. The funds will enable TrueAlgae to grow its sales and marketing efforts, increase its research into new business verticals, and connect with potential customers and partners globally.
 DGridEnergy, LLC has ben commissioned to build a 50ft Post-Harvest Washing Station which is connected to the 60m3 Solar Cool Cube at the University of the District of Columbia Firebird Research and Experimental Farm. The Post-Harvest Washing Station is used to clean the fruits, vegetables and other crops prior to placing them into cold storage. |
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Meet The 2020-2021 Environmental Leaders
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Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leaders Program is an experiential school-year long sustainability program targeting high school students in their senior year currently offered for Montgomery County high schools. The training focuses on environmental stewardship and community engagement with local organizations and businesses.
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 Anthony Lombardo
Walt Whitman High School Senior
I have always had a strong passion for the environment, which is why I joined the Environmental Leaders Program. It is more important than ever that our generation strives to create an environmentally friendly future. I plan to use this platform in order to help spread awareness of the destructive habits our society has in place. It is time for change!
 Amalia Villegas
St. John’s CHS Senior
I am passionate about protecting the environment and am looking forward to the opportunity to do that as part of the Environmental Leaders Program! I am especially looking forward to making local change with Bethesda Green. I, like many others, am very concerned about the current climate crisis and am grateful for the opportunity to learn more about sustainability through this program. My passions other than the environment include music, theater, and journalism.
 Sander Schulman
Walt Whitman High School Senior
I’ve always had an interest in studying the ways that technology can be used to protect the environment. Our climate is warming an alarming rate and I think that creative new city designs and engineering for sustainability will be key in reversing this change. I joined the Environmental Leaders Program mainly to research and learn about the negative effects of pollution in my local area. I will likely major in engineering and business, so I hope to apply what I pick up in this program to those fields in order to make as much of a change as I can in the future.
 Paula Gonzalez Alvarez
Walt Whitman High School Senior
I am really excited to be a part of Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leaders Program. I think that this is a great opportunity to work alongside passionate people to try and better our environment. I believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to protect and conserve the environment, and I am trying to do my part. When I grow up, I would like to become an engineer, so I believe that learning about how to be more environmentally friendly will also help me create more sustainable projects in the future.
 Emily Wu
Walt Whitman High School Senior
I'm interested in many environmental issues, mainly how global warming and pollution impacts the organisms in our ecosystems and environments, as well as how the global changes are affecting life for humans. I'm excited to learn about the environmental issues that are present in our community right now and what is being done to solve it. I'm so happy that I can be a part of the effort to make our community more environmentally friendly
 Meera Shroff
Walt Whitman High School Senior
I got interested in the program because I wanted to help combat the broad, daunting issue of climate change and its environmental repercussions. Seeing the negative ramifications of what people have done to our environment in the headlines gets depressing, especially when I’m not sure how to make significant change. I really liked that Bethesda Green works locally, because it’s a way to make the challenge a little more specific and manageable. This is the only Earth we have and I want to work on protecting it and building a better future.
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A One on One Chat with Paul Tukey: Organic Lawn Care
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September 29, 3:00 PM EDT
Ditch the harsh chemicals and fertilizers and join us on September 29th for an exciting session on how to care for your lawn organically! This is part 2 of the Sustainability Series on organic lawn care. We'll have a one on one chat with Paul Tukey, Director of Sustainability at Glenstone Museum.
Join us to learn how to green your lawn by going green!
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Montgomery County Climate Action Plan Update
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October 7, 4:00 PM EDT
In July 2019, Montgomery County launched a planning process to develop prioritized actions and strategies to meet the County’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Our own Kim Goddu served on not one but two of the working groups established to create recommendations to help the County achieve zero emissions and create a resilient climate.
Join Bethesda Green on October 7th for a virtual chat with Adriana Hochberg, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer & Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of the County Executive. Find out how the plan would affect you and your family, local businesses, and how to provide comments on the upcoming draft!
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