Roux Institutes new business incubator aims to take on climate change [Video]

A new business incubator in Portland is trying to help small technology startups take on a big problem: climate change.

Northeastern University’s Roux Institute launched its ClimateTech Incubator this month, a shared space for environmentally-focused startups to collaborate and grow their businesses.

Terra Dunham, senior program director for the incubator, said the goal is for these small companies “to become huge companies,” outgrow the incubator, add highly skilled jobs in Maine and ultimately boost the economy.

The incubator currently houses 12 startups that deal with many facets of climate change, including, among others, energy storage and management, renewable energy, transportation, food and agriculture, carbon capture and climate financing.

There’s Eli, a company designed to help people find, qualify and apply for electrification incentives like rebates; Edacious is a startup that measures and compares the nutritional quality of food to link agriculture, climate change and health; and SeaDeep uses AI-powered visual …