The question we seek to answer: according to the world’s cleantech community, which 100 private companies today are most likely to make significant market impact over the next five to ten years? We answer this question in three phases.
Nominations come from five sources:
Since our aim is to objectively synthesize and represent collective opinion, nominations are scored in a system rewarding companies that have multiple validations from our nomination sources. From this, a shortlist is created and sent to our panel of 91 industry experts comprised of investor and multi-national corporation representatives. The panel votes positively or negatively based on their knowledge of the company’s innovation, market and ability to execute.
A combination of data from Phase I and Phase 2 are pooled and adjusted for geographic or other biases. Companies with the highest points overall make it to the final 100.