Are You A Canadian Innovator?The Tech Trailblazer Prize is a national competition designed to spotlight Canada’s most promising climate-tech startups and accelerate the solutions shaping a low-carbon future.
Open to startups across Canada, the Prize invites bold founders with breakthrough technologies to step onto a national stage and compete for meaningful, growth-enabling support.
Pitch LIVE at the 2026 CSP Festival Finalists advance to an exclusive, high-visibility live pitch event at the 2026 Climate Solutions Prize Festival, where Canada’s most compelling climate-tech ventures take center stage. On this flagship festival stage, founders will deliver live, on-stage pitches followed by direct Q&A from a panel of esteemed international judges—including leading investors, global industry executives, climate scientists, and innovation leaders. These judges are actively shaping markets, deploying capital, and influencing climate policy around the world. Beyond competition, the live pitch is a defining moment of exposure: finalists gain access to a global audience of investors, corporate partners, policymakers, and media, positioning their solutions for partnerships, pilots, and scale well beyond the Festival.
A Launchpad for Climate ImpactThe Tech Trailblazer Prize exists to bridge the gap between early traction and real-world deployment, empowering founders to move from prototype to scale, and from ambition to measurable climate impact.
This is more than a competition—it is a global platform for Canada’s climate-tech trailblazers.