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The 2025 Forest Business Accelerator cohort has been selected.
Thanks to generous support from our funders, the Forest Business Accelerator is free to participating companies and provides companies financial support for two trips to Vermont (including a travel stipend) and food and lodging.
Final Award
Active engagement and peer-mentoring by participants is an essential part of this accelerator, and a final award of $15,000 is provided to a peer-selected company.
Applications Open
Applications Close
Cohort Selected
Program Kickoff—Virtual
Sprint 1—Vermont
Sprint 2—Virtual
Sprint 3—Vermont
Bullfinch Earth equips foresters with wearable sensors to collect critical inventory data viable at scale for large land managers. Maryland and British Columbia
Carbion is converting biomass into high-performance graphite for batteries. New York
Fable Forestry helps manage invasive plants. The company is developing the Naughtweed network, using community-driven data to identify the spread of invasives and connect land stewards with a curated list of invasive plant treatment professionals. Maine
Fox Forestry provides forest management thinning services, offering a tree analysis system that identifies potential forest management strategies combined with a new type of specialty cut-in-place selective cutting machinery. Maine
Haze Automotive is building on their platform for 3D printed specialty car parts to create 3D printed custom furniture using wood feedstock. California
Home Grown Fuels produces a sustainable, high-carbon product from wood chips that captures PFAS from water. It is sold into the water pollution remediation market. Maine
Pachyderm Industries is developing tools for professional tree trimmers, improving safety and efficiency in vegetation management with a platform of interchangeable and remote-controlled tools below heavy lift drones, focused initially on utilities and their vegetation management contractors. Iowa
PK Wood Pellets is launching a modern pellet facility in Vermont to turn sawmill waste into renewable heating fuel, and is developing a line of specialty pellets for BBQ grilles. Vermont
The Forest Business Accelerator is guided by a group of dedicated advisors with industry, startup, and entrepreneurial experience. They support program development and provide industry connections, technical expertise, and guidance to companies participating in the Accelerator
The Forest Business Accelerator connects participating companies with industry experts, customers, suppliers, and investors.
Northern Forest Center
Weyerhauser
Vermont Natural Resources
Oregon State Wood Innovation Lab
President, Passumpsic Savings Bank
Department of Energy
University of New Hampshire
University of Maine
New England Forestry Foundation
Government of British Columbia
Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation
Vermont Natural Resource Department
USDA Rural Development
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Whiteout Solutions
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
Mass Kingdom
US Forest Service
Entrepreneur
Vermont Woodworking School
Georgia Pacific Ventures
SBIR Advisors
US Forest Service
Ecovative
BC Office of Mass Timber
Georgia Pacific Ventures
UFP Ventures
UNH Extension
US Forest Service
Entrepreneur
US Office for BC Wood
UFP Ventures
Vermont Manufacturing Collaborative
US Forest Service
Woodworks
TimberHP
UFP Ventures
The Forest Business Accelerator is made possible by support from the Northern Border Regional Commission. To continue this program and support innovation and commercialization in the forest industry, we are actively seeking support and partnerships with businesses and organizations.
Accelerator sponsors support industry innovation and receive recognition, access to the next generation of innovation and ideas, and a range of other benefits. For more information on supporting the Forest Business Accelerator, emails us at forestaccelerator@vsjf.org.
