We help Vermont businesses grow and adapt through coaching, accelerator programs, supply chain coordination, and practical tools. Our services are tailored to entrepreneurs in agriculture and food, forest and fiber, energy, waste management, and environmental technology—supporting innovation and resilience across Vermont’s economy.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) brings together private sector stakeholders to:
We offer three types of services, each designed to meet the different needs of our clients and their desired depth of engagement – deep dive business coaching, short-term intensive coaching and small group coaching, including our Tools of the Trade program. Our deeply experienced, entrepreneurial business coaches combine their collective expertise to take your business to the next stage of development and profitability.
Learn more about Business Management Coaching.
This business training program for weatherization and clean energy contractors is designed to improve executive business skills and enhance core operations. Participants learn to master a proven framework for building and sustaining their energy services business, recruiting and retaining their workforce, and capitalizing on Vermonter’s growing interest in renewable energy and energy-efficiency oriented solutions that address the global challenge of extreme weather events.
Learn more about Tools of the Trade.
VSJF’s unique Energy and Forest Business accelerators serve startup and seed-stage ventures focusing on energy, forest-based and climate economy innovation. Each year, a cohort of 8 seed-stage companies (8 energy/climate and 8 forest-based) with innovative solutions and products are selected to participate in one of our two rigorous business accelerators.
Our accelerator programs are centered around the ecosVC Lens of the Market® ACCELERATED curriculum, designed to ensure participating startups produce a well-grounded case for their business and are able to articulate a compelling plan for success to investors.
Working closely with experienced business and investors, each cohort focuses on growing their businesses and making connections. At the end of each program, one company is chosen by their peers to receive a cash award, and various companies are selected for pilot projects to further test their products.
Business Sense is a no-fluff source of information that gets right to the heart of what small business owners need: essential tools and informational resources to help their businesses grow. Written by our team of business coaches, this six-module series shares their decades of experience in areas such as financials, operations, sales and marketing, human resources, leadership, and governance. Business Sense provides entrepreneurs and small business owners in various sectors, including agriculture, forestry, waste management, renewable energy, and environmental technology, with recommendations and practical advice to help their businesses not only survive but thrive.
Learn more about Business Sense Resources.
We help Vermont businesses grow by coordinating supply chains that connect producers, service providers, and capital partners. Our goal: remove bottlenecks, spark collaboration, and open new markets. Our work spans agriculture and food systems, forest products, waste management, renewable energy, and environmental tech—creating value at every step of the supply chain. Visit our industry pages to learn more about current projects.
Learn more about our Supply Chain Coordination work in the Agriculture and Food Systems industry.
Learn more about our Supply Chain Coordination work in the Forest & Fiber industry.
