Ekstera Wins Seed Pitch Award at MaRS Climate Impact 2025
Toronto, ON – December 3, 2025 – Ekstera has won the Seed Pitch Award at MaRS Climate Impact 2025. Held at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto, the innovation conference brings together the global cleantech ecosystem, with the goal of uniting the world's foremost tech and finance leaders to speed up the adoption of climate solutions.
The award recognizes Ekstera’s breakthrough approach to industrial decarbonization. Ekstera has developed patented Stirling engine technology that converts industrial waste heat into clean, reliable, and affordable electricity. By deploying these highly efficient, modular systems directly on-site at facilities like steel mills and cement plants, Ekstera empowers heavy industry to reduce both its carbon emissions and energy costs.
"It’s an honour to receive this award, and it reinforces our mission to transform industrial waste heat into clean, reliable, and affordable electricity with our innovative Stirling engine technology,” said Brendan MacDonald, CEO of Ekstera. “Congratulations to all the 2025 Climate Impact Champions! I’m energized by the future we’re building!"
MaRS Climate Impact delves into the most promising ideas and innovations that could help prevent the consequences of climate change and build a cleaner economy. Winning the Seed Pitch Award highlights Ekstera's strong market potential and its commitment to delivering tangible, rapidly deployable solutions for the energy transition.
About Ekstera
Ekstera is a Canadian hardware and energy technology company dedicated to developing innovative Stirling engine technology to convert industrial waste heat into clean electricity. Ekstera is building cost-effective, scalable, and rapidly deployable electricity generation to decarbonize and reduce costs for heavy industry.
