Here are accelerators 21-30:
21. Digital Twin Deployment Accelerator: The Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine (CO-WY Engine), in partnership with Microsoft, launched a Digital Twins Deployment Accelerator in December 2024. The program helps startups that develop and commercialize digital twins technology, with a focus on climate resiliency applications. The accelerator will provide business, technical, and commercialization support to roughly 10 to 12 startup ventures.
22. DeltaClimeVT : This business accelerator is a Vermont-based program serving startup and seed-stage ventures focusing on climate economy innovation across multiple industries.
23. EIT Food Entrepreneurship: This group has three pan-European entrepreneurship programs -- including the Seedbed Incubator, the Food Accelerator Network and RisingFoodStars.
24. Elemental Excelerator: This global clean technology accelerator, based in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, aims to drive positive change and propel entrepreneurs toward a sustainable future, according to Hawaii Business. December 2024 update: The Elemental Impact accelerator has invested $18.6 million across 16 climate technology startups that focus on one of four areas:
- Accelerating the next era of U.S. manufacturing;
- building a resilient supply chain;
- strengthening rural and tribal access; and
- scaling a regenerative food system.
25. Emirates NBD: a financial services firm in Dubai, UAE has launched an accelerator program for green FinTech startups. Microsoft is supporting the accelerator.
26. Energy for Livelihoods Accelerator: This accelerator, led by Acumen with support from Apple, in September 2023 selected 15 startups as its cohorts group. The 12-week program, hosted in India, is designed to help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses to "transform the lives of people living in poverty, while also protecting the environment."
27. Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA): The Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) is a "high-integrity carbon finance platform aimed at catalyzing private capital to support ambitious just energy transition strategies in developing and emerging economies," according to organizers. Key ETA backers include the U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Still, we're not all that clear on how the ETA will engage and fund startups...
28. Gener8tor: The company runs a Sustainable Mobility Accelerator with The Company Lab. Check out the six startups in the January 2024 cohort.
29. Google for Startups Accelerators: Each accelerator features a cohort of 10-15 startups that "come together to tackle specific technical challenges that can help grow their businesses through a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, and sprint projects," Google states. Take a closer look, and Google offers sustainability-focused accelerators. Update: The Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change is accepting applications through July 21, 2024. This is a 10-week, equity-free hybrid program for Seed to Series A startups tackling Climate Change with tech.
30. Greentown Labs: The climate incubator works with Saint-Gobain on the Greentown Go Build accelerator -- which focuses on advanced circularity and building decarbonization startups. Here are the January 2024 startup cohort members.
See accelerators 31-40 on the next page. Did we fail to mention a sustainability-focused accelerator? If so please email me the details (accelerator name, website, focus, etc.).
