The Norrsken Accelerator is the world’s leading accelerator for impact startups. Every year, we hand-pick 20 of the world’s most promising early-stage impact startups, sourced from thousands of applications. We invite them to an intense 8-week sprint at Norrsken House in Stockholm, Sweden, designed to scale their growth and impact world-wide.

We target pre-seed to early-seed startups that leverage technology for innovative solutions to new and old societal and environmental challenges. We are sector agnostic and work with startups in any area of impact. We’ll invest $125k in return for 7% of your company using a “post-money” simple agreement for future equity (the “YC Safe”) or equivalent. The accelerator program culminates in an Investor day, where we invite startups to pitch for 100+ investors and potential customers and partners.

Hands-on acceleration program for Forest & Biodiversity startups. Join our 10-week program, receive 1:1 coaching, support from top-class experts, network access and value of up to 150k CHF as the selected venture at the end of the program. Who can participate in this program? Companies leveraging technology to tackle key factors contributing to biodiversity decline and/or offering solutions for the valuation, protection, and restoration of natural ecosystems.

GPSA and Climate Collective are proud to launch the Green Accountability Technology Accelerator, an opportunity for those working to connect climate finance and citizen engagement through tech enabled solutions. The goal of the Green Accountability Technology Accelerator is to test and scale innovative tech solutions that bridge existing gaps in transparency, accountability, and participation in climate finance, enabling an efficient and trustworthy climate finance ecosystem. The Accelerator runs a 6-month virtual program to enable participation worldwide. We are building a diverse global community to develop scalable, replicable, and affordable tech enabled solutions. At the conclusion, participants will showcase their impact in a virtual Demo Day.

The Biodiversity Accelerator+ is an initiative catalyzed by Silverstrand Capital to grow the ecosystem of biodiversity and nature positive companies. This three month, hybrid programme is made up of in-person and online sessions, to optimise both organisational learning & development and business execution & growth. The BA+ is an equity-free program with value-added services worth over $200K. Companies participating in the program will also be considered as investment opportunities for Silverstrand Capital and gain the opportunity to network with a network of like-minded investors.

The gener8tor Carbon Removal Accelerator invests in and supports 5 innovative startups per cohort developing new Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies and other novel Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies. gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups and supports the growth of these startups through its network of experienced mentors, technologists, corporate partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. Access gener8tor’s global network of mentors and investors, Clean Air Task Force’s unparalleled DAC-focused expertise and relationships and a potential $100K investment into your startup.

Third Derivative is looking for world-changing climate tech startups with significant climate impact potential, addressing billion-dollar markets bringing innovations in hard science, hardware, software and business models to the world. If accepted, you’ll take part in our virtual, 18-month accelerator program. The program helps you accelerate the path to commercialization and bridge the gaps to access the financing and resources you need to succeed by connecting the world’s most promising climate tech startups with Third Derivative’s network of committed investors, corporate partners, market experts, and mentors.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office, the prize targets novel solutions for upgrading inefficient windows to enable building decarbonization retrofits and optimize building envelopes for electrification. The prize will help establish, support, and expand innovation in window systems and catalyze teams to rapidly develop and deploy cost-effective solutions in the secondary glazing systems market. Competitors will secure equity-focused pilot(s) in low-income multifamily or underserved public sector buildings as a component of their commercialization plans.

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will focus on applied R&D and pilot demonstration for the highest greenhouse gas-emitting (GHG) subsectors, specifically chemicals and fuels; iron and steel; food and beverage; cement and concrete, asphalt pavements, and glass; and forest products. Technology approaches include achieving cost and emissions savings through increased circularity and sustainability across manufacturing to reduce waste and decrease the need for resource extraction. The FOA will fund research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration activities that will accelerate the development and adoption of sustainable technologies that increase efficiency and eliminate industrial GHG emissions for the most energy- and emissions- intensive industrial subsectors. These activities will contribute to a clean and equitable energy economy, bolster the technological and economic competitiveness of domestic manufacturing, and boost the viability and competitiveness of U.S. industrial technology exports.

The Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose-Grown Energy Crops funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will advance a domestic supply chain of alternative carbon sources necessary to produce biofuels and bioproducts to decarbonize the transportation and industry sectors, as well as innovate and grow the U.S. agricultural industry. The FOA supports one topic area focused on the advancement of low carbon-intensity, purpose-grown energy crops across varied agronomic and geographic landscapes through the generation of data and research findings. Topic Area 1 includes:

• Subtopic Area 1a: Algae (e.g., microalgae, macroalgae, and cyanobacteria)
• Subtopic Area 1b: Herbaceous Energy Crops (e.g., switchgrass, miscanthus, energycane, wheatgrass, and high-biomass sorghum)
• Subtopic Area 1c: Intermediate Energy Crops (e.g., carinata, pennycress, and camelina), and
• Subtopic Area 1d: Short-Rotation Woody Crops (e.g., hybrid poplar and shrub willow)

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15 million in new funding for projects that will advance deployment of technologies critical to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. The funding will drive innovation in equitable clean transportation and is aligned with strategies detailed in the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. The funding is administered through the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) within DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Topic areas in VTO’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Technology Integration funding opportunity include:

• Clean Cities Outreach, Engagement, and Technical Assistance
• Training on Zero Emission Vehicle and Infrastructure Technologies for Critical Emergency Response Workers
• Clean Transportation Demonstration and Deployment.

Applications are open for the next Cleantech Venture Day, which will be held at KPMG, Canary Wharf in London on the 2nd July, 2024.

Applicants must have a solution, product or service which addresses one of the 5 key climate tech themes of Water, Energy, Transport, Built Environment or Circular Economy.

The challenge is focused on accelerating energy storage project deployment in New York State by aligning capital resources and technical assistance to development stage energy storage projects. We’re specifically looking for innovative energy storage projects in New York State that are post site control and pre-financial close.