EnergyLab’s Scaleup Program is designed to help the most innovative startups and energy companies work together to roll out technology that will help decarbonise the energy sector. During this virtual program, founders will be provided with the connections and exposure they need to unlock their next wave of growth. This is an opportunity for startups to develop Australian and New Zealand knowledge and networking.
Y Combinator has funded well over 100 climate tech startups, and together they are worth over $10B. Many of the best ideas we’ve funded were ones that surprised us, so don’t feel like you need to work on one of these ideas in order to apply to the batch. The overall goal of YC is to help startups really take off. They arrive at YC at all different stages. Some haven’t even started working yet, and others have been launched for a year or more. But whatever stage a startup is at when they arrive, our goal is to help them to be in dramatically better shape 3 months later.
The DeltaClimeVT business accelerator is a Vermont-based program serving startup and seed-stage ventures focusing on climate economy innovation across multiple industries. As a proven leader in sustainability, Vermont offers participants access to a large number of entrepreneurial climate economy and energy experts throughout the program. Our three immersive sprints help companies refine their vision, solidify their strategy, and enable rapid growth. Participants graduate with improved business plans, new tools to attract investors, and the potential to grow their business opportunities in Vermont and beyond.
The Wild Gift is a non-profit organization that hosts wilderness-based Fellowships designed to drive your environmental start up to the next phase of growth. The heart of the program is a guided three-week wilderness trek. Participants are able to unplug, incubate ideas, and envision the true scope of their work and lives while building lifelong bonds. Since its inception 20 years ago, the Wild Gift Fellowship has supported over 70 founders of social impact ventures that continue to make meaningful impact around the world.
Our accelerator programme is laser-focused on getting you investment ready and actively supports graduates with fundraising. The programme is designed for early-stage, technology-driven startups, including pre-revenue and pre-registration companies with an advanced MVP. The 12-week accelerator combines 1-2-1 mentorship, workshops, homework, and group work, including:
Harvard Climate Entrepreneur’s Circle is a selective incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change. Climate Circle participants have access to world-class coaching, legal counsel, warm connections to industry leaders, and a peer group of ventures that are all working on innovative solutions to tackle climate change.
As a leader in the pan-renewables sector, ACORE is uniquely positioned to help emerging innovators working across the renewables spectrum access capital, pursue transformational business partnerships and work with policymakers to support their business. Through a cohort approach, ACORE Accelerate focuses on supporting small emerging renewable energy companies owned and/or operated by leaders who identify as women, Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic, or Native American. Accelerate members receive a complimentary two-year ACORE membership, an education stipend, dedicated staff, free access to ACORE paid events, targeted industry briefings, pro-bono legal and advisory services, and networking events with potential funders, developers, and ACORE members and partners, among other benefits.
The AWS Clean Energy Accelerator 3.0 (CEA 3.0) is an equity-free business acceleration program delivered over 14- weeks. The hybrid program is designed to support innovative mature startups that develop clean energy solutions by accelerating their impact, increasing their access to resources, and expanding their reach.
Over the 14-week period, the chosen finalists will participate both in person and virtually. They will receive technical, business, and go-to-market mentorship from AWS; up to $100,000 each in AWS Promotional Credit1 through AWS Activate to kick-start their data and operations transformation in the cloud. Additionally, the selected startups will gain access to the AWS Digital Innovation team, who can guide startups in using Amazon’s Culture of innovation and Working backwards mechanism to achieve solution alignment and accelerate pilots. The finalists will also receive visibility and overall guidance from supporting partners such as The Climate Pledge Fund and others.
CEA 3.0 will focus its technology search on the following challenge areas: Battery Storage, Hydrogen (production, transportation and storage solutions), Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), Advanced Materials, and Energy Security.
The Bio-Leadership Fellowship is a global movement of people and projects, each working towards better forms of human progress by working with nature. It offers a 9 month programme, providing learning, connection and support to people who are working to make a positive difference for all people and our Earth.
Learn with an international faculty through contributor-led sessions, nature-connection practices and celebrations. The online course is Feb – Oct 2023 (2.5 days per month + optional sessions), and includes community building aspects.
4ward’s main goal with its accelerator program is to help companies make serious progress, meaning getting traction, customers, revenue etc… so you can raise your round – or even grow to profitability without needing VC.
4ward focuses first on business models and growth .It provides resources, guides and proven growth hacking strategies and tailored outreach templates to help you land landmark clients and/or pilots, build your pipeline and power your growth. Adding 2-3+ big name corporate customers or pilots is the goal of this intense 10 week program.
Joules Accelerator works to identify, advise, and deploy early-stage climate startups while connecting them with the energy network of the Southeast and beyond. Joules moves quickly to make warm connections to relevant network stakeholders across the region and to find revenue-generating pilots and other commercialization opportunities for member startups. Joules presents twelve startups through two cohorts per year. Each cohort lasts 90 days and requires 2-4 hours per month for meeting with potential customers. The program is free for startups, free to apply, and does not take equity.
Third Derivative aims to help innovators bridge critical finance and resource gaps by uniting and aligning the world’s most promising climate tech startups with D3’s network of committed investors, corporate partners, market experts, and mentors.
Third Derivative is looking for world-changing climate tech startups addressing billion-dollar markets in the areas of hard science, hardware, software, and business model innovation. If accepted, start-ups will take part in a virtual, 18-month-long accelerator program
