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List: 107 Technology Accelerators for Sustainability, Green IT and Climate Tech Startups

December 2, 2025 by Joe Panettieri

Here are accelerators 51-60:

51. Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator 2025: The accelerator as of November 2025 is seeking submissions focused on waste, resource recovery and smart technology. Dubai Holdings runs the accelerator.

52. Innovate UK's Global Incubator Programme: Incubator members, including eight UK-based climate technology startups, participated in a cohort meeting in New York during September 2025. NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Urban Future Lab (UFL) hosted the meeting. Related: List of 90+ sustainability accelerators and incubators.

53. Intel Ignite: This is the chip giant's accelerator program for early-stage startups. Intel in October 2023 selected 10 companies for its U.S. cohort. Among sustainability-oriented startups to note:

  • Gaia AI: Measurement and analytical tool for data-driven forest management.
  • Intramotev: Self-propelled battery-electric railcars for the railroad industry.
  • Mesodyne: Power generator that provides reliable, efficient, quiet, portable and long-endurance power from any fuel.
  • TryCarbonara: A platform to measure and reduce the carbon emissions of software.

54. International Airlines Group Accelerator. The IAG in August 2025 welcomed 29 start-ups from 11 countries, focusing on AI, sustainability, and next-gen aviation solutions, according to Aerospace Global News.

55. Ireland's National Sustainability Accelerator: Also known as the 2050 accelerator, the program gives "top Irish and international startups the opportunity to work with companies leading Ireland’s transition to Net Zero."

56. Johnson Controls Incubator: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Limited will launch a startup incubator in Kadi, Gujarat, The Economic Times of India reported in October 2024. The incubator plans to support manufacturing-focused startups that foster technological advancements, sustainability, and energy efficiency. The incubator involves a partnership with India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). We don't know when the incubator will select its first cohort of startups.

57. KPMG Nature Positive Challenge: The Nature Positive Challenge focuses on "rebuilding and protecting natural ecosystems and promoting sustainable agriculture and food systems," the company said. The 2025 annual competition is open to startups in Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

58. Logitech Future Positive Challenge: This isn't a traditional accelerator. But the challenge, organized by Logitech, helps startups to "showcase your innovative, sustainability-focused solutions to engineering and process design challenges in consumer electronics."

59. Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI): The LACI works with "cities, startup companies and founders, as well as other key public and private sector actors to invite and scale new technologies." In April 2025, LACI launched the LA Resilient Rebuilding Cup, a "call for startup innovations to help LA communities rebuild more resiliently and sustainably following the devastating fires that began on January 7, 2025."

60. Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator (MSISA): This program, focused on sustainability in the UK manufacturing market, is "designed to accelerate industrial sustainability and leverage cutting-edge technologies to drive environmental impact." Participating startups and SMEs (small and midsize enterprises) will each receive £75,000 funding to develop a proof of concept and a further £100,000 will be available for up to four companies to progress to phase two. Phase two will support the successful companies to develop pilot prototypes, culminating in a showcase in early 2025 to pitch their solutions to investors and industry leaders, the accelerator said. The MSISA accelerator involves these companies and organizations.

See accelerators 61-70 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.).

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