At Cradle to Commerce, we curate the most compelling climate technologies from 4 national labs. We connect inventors and entrepreneurs with these curated climate technologies, and with critical resources such as state-of-the-art test beds, prototyping facilities, and seed funding for technology advancement. We provide entrepreneurship training and access to early commercialization partners, mentors, and investors.
Since 2013, IncubateMass has provided funding to Massachusetts incubators with the goal of growing the clean energy innovation ecosystem and commercializing cleantech startups through incubator membership. This funding supports incubator activities such as
Grants are up to $175,000 per year and award payments are typically tied to incubator management deliverables and startup member milestones.
The Catalyst Program provides grants of up to $75,000 to researchers and early-stage companies looking to demonstrate initial prototypes of their clean energy technologies. Specifically, the program is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of transforming new ideas from the research stage to commercially viable technologies to increase industry and investor interest. All awardees gain access to a vast network of partners, expert local market and policy insights, and mentoring from MassCEC and MassVentures, while all finalists receive complimentary pitch coaching and business mentoring.
In parallel with Catalyst, MassCEC and MassVentures will award up to two additional grants of up to $75,000 each for projects led by eligible (certified or certifiable) women-owned or minority-owned early-stage companies, to demonstrate initial prototypes of their clean energy technologies.
The Hospitality Tech Accelerator: Innovating the Future seeks to connect early-growth stage startups from the Mid-Atlantic with regional and global hospitality brands. Selected companies will participate in a series of workshops and pitch practice sessions and receive industry-specific coaching before participating in an end-of-program pitch event in front of industry leaders. The inaugural cohort will focus on some of the hospitality industry’s top sustainability challenges.
With multiple cohorts per year, we have regular opportunities to apply to join the Long Beach Accelerator. During the program, founders will be aligned with mentors to help them hack their business into the best shape possible to scale and grow and appeal to investors. To qualify for the program, founders must have a scalable technology start up, be able to demonstrate traction in their business and be venture capital backable. Applicants that fall within a competitive industry or vertical (Logistics/Supply Chain, HealthTech, GreenTech, BlueTech, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, and EdTech) will be considered with higher priority.
Chevron Studio links entrepreneurs with national labs and universities to scale up and commercialize innovative, early-stage technologies that have the potential to enable a lower-carbon future. The program supports entrepreneurs as they source and discover potential technologies and provides technical assistance to enable development and scaling through incubation and demonstration trials.
Chevron Studio is a partnership between Chevron Technology Ventures and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
The US Green Building Council – Los Angeles is launching the 5th year of the Net Zero Accelerator to pilot and promote technologies that help make zero carbon, zero energy, zero water, and zero waste buildings a reality for the region. To date we’ve guided the success of 70 companies. Large gaps exist today between net zero building policy and current technologies in use. This program will bridge those gaps by identifying viable technologies, positioning them for success, and accelerating their market entry in Los Angeles.
Now in its third year, the AWS Space Accelerator, delivered by TechConnect, is a hybrid technical, business, and mentorship opportunity open to space startups from around the globe who are looking to power their space missions using AWS. The 2023 programming will take place from May 1 – May 25. Applications are open now through March 6. Startups will advance to a final round of selection on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
The Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative—a unique partnership among Urban Future Lab at New York University-Tandon, Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA, and supported by NYSERDA— is unlocking a new carbontech economy, bringing innovative solutions to scale as rapidly as possible through the creation of a robust, powerful, and collaborative new ecosystem.
The C2V Initiative is a six-month accelerator designed to help you advance your technology within the burgeoning carbontech market and policy landscape.
C2V is seeking groundbreaking carbontech startups between TRL 4 and TRL 7 that are developing differentiated and scalable solutions that capture carbon and/or incorporate captured carbon as a major input for valorization. Technology areas include, but are not limited to: Carbon Capture (DAC); Carbon Conversion to Added-Value Products; Carbon Dioxide Removal; and Enabling Technologies, such as Measurement, Reporting and Verification systems.
The Spark CTA was created in partnership with Evergreen Climate Innovations (previously Clean Energy Trust) and other partners to support early stage cleantech businesses and drive commercialization of their technologies in Tennessee and throughout the Midwest.
Because the challenges climate tech startups face are not one-size-fits all, our flexible and virtual 18-month accelerator is designed to meet your startup exactly where you are. From day one you get matched with a D3 connector, who acts as your bridge into our powerfully curated network of partners.
Applications from startups for the inaugural cohort that have innovative solutions for the offshore wind industry are now open. Selected startups will work closely with Equinor and Offshore Wind Innovation Hub partners over six-month period to advance the startup’s commercialization goals and support development of their offshore wind innovations.
Equinor, through its 50-50 strategic partnership with bp, is developing Empire Wind and Beacon Wind, which combined will supply 3.3 gigawatts of renewable energy to New York.
