List: 74 Technology Accelerators for Sustainability, Green IT and Climate Tech Startups

Here are accelerators 51-60:

51. NOAA Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators: These accelerators support small business and entrepreneurs that are seeking to commercialize ocean, coastal and Great Lakes- based technology and information services. Cohorts include the StarBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator, the gener8tor Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator and the VentureWell Ocean Enterprise Accelerator.

52. Norrsken Accelerator: This accelerator supports early stage founders who are "looking to build the impact companies that create a better future." The eight-week accelerator runs July through September in Stockholm, Sweden. The accelerator has been active since 2021 and has 60 companies within its portfolio. Each intake accepts 20 companies, with fewer than 1% of applicants accepted. 

53. PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator: This is PepsiCo's initiative to accelerate sustainable, breakthrough innovations.

54. Pi Labs: The venture capital firm announced Cohort 12 of its accelerator in March 2024.

55. Plug and Play accelerateAZ: The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) has launched a Sustainability accelerator program for startups in Arizona. ACA in September 2024 announced three corporate partners for the Sustainability Accelerator program. They are Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, NSF Engines: Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine (SWSIE) and EPCOR. Arizona Commerce Authority developed the accelerator to "connect startups, innovative corporations, government agencies and leading universities."

56. ReGen Accelerator: The accelerator, a partnership of Kaplak Ventures and ClimateHaven, launched its inaugural cohort of climate tech companies in March 2024. Participants included: Global Biochar; Tolam Earth; TeamStack.ai; Aich2; and Tesleon, which is incubated out of Midnight Oil Collective. The first ReGen program will culminate on May 28, 2024 with the ReGen Showcase -- a demo day and networking event at ClimateHaven. The event will be held on the eve of the Yale Innovation Summit.

57. Salesforce Accelerator — Agents for Impact: The accelerator, launched in October 2024, provides technology, funding, and expertise to "help nonprofits build and customize AI agents, enabling them to improve operational efficiency and scale community impact in the AI-driven future," the cloud software company said.

58. Stanford Sustainability Accelerator: The latest Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will target five markets: (1) climate adaptation, (2) food and agriculture, (3) water, (4) electricity and grid systems, and (5) industry. Related: 50+ sustainability accelerators to help climate tech startups.

59. Startup Wise Guys - Sustainability Accelerator Program: The deadline to apply is January 18, 2024. The focus is primarily on startups from the Nordics and Eastern Europe offering B2B software or services that capture, store, or reduce CO2 emissions. Participants can receive up to €120K convertible investment (€85K cash + €35K program) with a €250K follow-on possibility.

60. Suffolk Technologies BOOST Accelerator: The company in September 2024 selected five startups for its fifth annual BOOST accelerator. They are: Genia, Kroo, Novl, Tangible and Trunk. Those startups leverage artificial intelligence to "streamline design, prefabrication, sustainability efforts, project management and data." BOOST is an eight-week accelerator designed to "drive growth and equip innovative built environment startups with the resources, mentorship, and industry connections they need to transform the sector," the company said.

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