Climatetech Connect Announces Global Pitch Competition Finalists Ahead Of Next Week's Conference

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Six Climate Risk Innovation Startups to Compete on the Main Stage at the April 8-9 Event in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, April 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClimateTech Connect

PITCH COMPETITION FINALISTS
Founder	Company
Paige Roepers, CEO	Ocean Ledger
Elizabeth Foughty, Co-Founder	Orbital Sentry
Elyse Myrans, Co-Founder and CEO	Tenax ai
Moustafa Naiem, Founder and CEO	Resiliocs Intelligence
Bastian van den Bout, CEO	Fast Hazard
Roberta Leao, Co-Founder and CEO	Layer 1 Agriculture

The Pitch Competition is sponsored by Celent, Miami Insurtech Advocates Hub, and Switch Pitch. Juan Mazzini, Global Head of Celent, will preside over the competition.

The Pitch Competition is one of several marquee events at the conference, which brings together cross-sector leaders from insurance, finance, government, and climate science for two days of keynotes, panels, TED-style talks, and live technology demonstrations. The event opens next week with a keynote fireside chat featuring Patrick "Rick" Keegan, Enterprise Chief Underwriting Officer, Travelers, and Dr. Sarah Kapnick, Global Head of Climate Advisory, J.P. Morgan. The conference concludes with a closing keynote featuring Stephane Hallegatte, Chief Economist for Climate, The World Bank Group, and Matthew Eby, Founder and CEO, First Street.

"The finalists in this year's pitch competition represent exactly the kind of bold, solutions-driven thinking this industry needs,” said Megan Kuczynski, Founder and CEO of ClimateTech Connect.“Giving that innovation a platform, alongside world-class speakers and an unmatched network of leaders, is what ClimateTech Connect is all about."

The complete agenda and full speaker roster are available at climatetechconnect/. Today, April 3rd, is the final day to register.

About ClimateTech Connect
Launched in 2025 by Founder and CEO Megan Kuczynski, ClimateTech Connect is where thought leaders, innovators, policymakers, and industry experts gather to advance climate adaptation and resilience strategies at scale. Taking place over two days in the Washington, D.C.-area each spring, the conference brings together cross-industry voices through masterclasses, keynotes, TED-style talks, tech demonstrations, pitch competition, a vibrant expo, immersive networking lunches, and an opening night cocktail reception.

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