Climate Tech Startup Accelerator Cohorts & Competitions

Written By Soojin Choung

60+ Exciting Opportunities for Climate Tech Startups

Stay ahead of the curve with our list of Startup Accelerator Cohorts and Competitions!

한국에 있는 스타트업들도 바로 지원할 수 있는 프로그램이 많이 있습니다! 이왕 시작 하신 건데 한번 멋지게 도전장을 내 보면 어떨까요? 질문있으시면 언제든 저희한테든 누구한테든 물어보시면 되구요, 겁나시면 다 사람 사는 세상에서 사람이 하는 일이라는 거 상기하시면 될 것 같습니다. 화이팅입니다!

Featured Competitions and Programs:

  1. AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge
    •     Organization: Bezos Earth Fund
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.bezosearthfund.org/ai-climate-nature

  2. The Global Ideas Competition
    •     Organization: Cleantech Open
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.cleantechopen.org/en/page/our-global-competition

  3. Climate Tech Startups to Watch
    •     Organization: VERGE
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.greenbiz.com/events/verge/2024/climate-tech-startups-watch

  4. 2024 IEEE WIE Climate Tech Big Idea Pitch Competition
    •     Organization: IEEE Women in Engineering
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://wie.ieee.org/ieee-wie-climate-tech-big-idea-pitch-competition

  5. MIT Climate & Energy Prize

    • Organization: MIT CEP
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://cep.mit.edu

  6. Climate Launchpad
    •     Organization: EIT Climate-KIC
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://climatelaunchpad.org

  7. Carbon Removal XPRIZE
    •     Organization: XPRIZE Foundation
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.xprize.org/prizes/carbon-removal

  8. Breakthrough Energy Ventures
    •     Organization: Breakthrough Energy
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.breakthroughenergy.org

  9. ClimateTech
    •     Organization: Greentown Labs
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.greentownlabs.com

  10. MassChallenge
    •     Organization: MassChallenge
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://masschallenge.org

  11. Elemental Excelerator
    •     Organization: Elemental Excelerator
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://elementalexcelerator.com

  12. Clean Energy Prize
    •     Organization: University of Michigan
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://energy.umich.edu/clean-energy-prize

  13. Clean Energy Trust Challenge
    •     Organization: Clean Energy Trust
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://cleanenergytrust.org

  14. Innovate UK Smart Grants
    •     Organization: Innovate UK
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk

  15. Energy Transition Ventures
    •     Organization: Energy Transition Ventures
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://energytransitionventures.com

  16. BlueTech Accelerator
    •     Organization: BlueTech Research
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://bluetechresearch.com

  17. Urban Future Lab ACRE
    •     Organization: Urban Future Lab
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://ufl.nyc

  18. Rice Business Plan Competition
    •     Organization: Rice University
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://rbpc.rice.edu

  19. PowerBridgeNY
    •     Organization: PowerBridgeNY
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://powerbridgeny.com

  20. StartupBootcamp EnergyAustralia
    •     Organization: StartupBootcamp
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://startupbootcamp.org/accelerator/energyaustralia

  21. New Energy Nexus
    •     Organization: New Energy Nexus
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.newenergynexus.com

  22. Techstars Sustainability
    •     Organization: Techstars
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.techstars.com

  23. Alchemist Accelerator
    •     Organization: Alchemist Accelerator
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.alchemistaccelerator.com

  24. Plug and Play Energy & Sustainability
    •     Organization: Plug and Play Tech Center
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

  25. Shell GameChanger
    •     Organization: Shell
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.shell.com/gamechanger

  26. Third Derivative
    •     Organization: Third Derivative
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://third-derivative.org

  27. Cyclotron Road
    •     Organization: Cyclotron Road
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://cyclotronroad.lbl.gov

  28. Activate
    •     Organization: Activate
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://activate.org

  29. LACI Innovators Program
    •     Organization: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://laincubator.org

  30. NYSERDA 76West Clean Energy Competition
    •     Organization: NYSERDA
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.nyserda.ny.gov

  31. Earthshot Prize
    •     Organization: The Earthshot Prize
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://earthshotprize.org

  32. The HAX Program
    •     Organization: HAX (by SOSV)
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://hax.co/program/

  33. BloombergNEF Pioneers
    •     Organization: BloombergNEF
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://about.bnef.com/bnefpioneers/

  34. Sustainability Bootcamp & Change-a-thon Challenge
    •     Organization: Greentech Festival
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://greentechfestival.com/gtf-bootcamp/

  35. Scale for ClimateTech Program
    •     Organization: For ClimateTech
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://forclimatetech.org/scale-for-climatetech/

  36. The Innovation Challenge Hub
    •     Organization: Cleantech Group
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.cleantech.com/innovation-challenge-hub/

  37. SXSW Pitch
    •     Organization: SXSW
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.sxsw.com/pitch/#categories

  38. Climate Change Innovation Awards
    •     Organization: CogXAwards
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.cogx.live/awards

  39. Pitch Competition
    •     Organization: Women in Cleantech & Sustainability
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.womenincleantechsustainability.org/pitch-competition-application/

  40. U.S. Early Stage (Accelerator)
    •     Organization: MassChallenge
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://masschallenge.org/united-states-early-stage/

  41. Great Global Innovation Challenge (GGIC)
    •     Organization: AdvertisingWeek
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://advertisingweek.com/great-global-challenge-2024/

  42. THRIVE Global Impact Challenge
    •     Organization: THRIVE by SVG Ventures
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://thriveagrifood.com/global-impact-challenge-2024/

  43. BU Climate Innovation Challenge
    •     Organization: Boston University
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.bu.edu/innovate/climate-innovation-challenge/

  44. Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge
    •     Organization: NASA (MSI Incubator)
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.nasa-climate-tech.org/wildfires/home

  45. Ocean Community Challenge
    •     Organization: Ocean Community
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.oceancommunitychallenge.com/page-template

  46. Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC)
    •     Organization: UNDP
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://oceaninnovationchallenge.org

  47. Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge
    •     Organization: Hello Tomorrow
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/

  48. New Materials & Circularity Startup Program
    •     Organization: Hello Tomorrow
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://hello-tomorrow.org/startup-program-new-materials/

  49. Ag Innovation Challenge
    •     Organization: Farm Bureau
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.fb.org/initiative/ag-innovation-challenge

  50. Food & Agriculture Competition
    •     Organization: Grow-NY
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.grow-ny.com

  51. XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion
    •     Organization: XPRIZE
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.xprize.org/prizes/feedthenextbillion#:~
    =XPRIZE%20Feed%20the%20Next%20Billion%20is%20a%20multi%2Dyear%2C%20%2415,well%20as%20taste%20and%20texture.

  52. XPRIZE Carbon Removal
    •     Organization: XPRIZE
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.xprize.org/prizes/carbonremoval

  53. XPRIZE Water Scarcity: Revolutionizing Desalination for Global Water Use
    •     Organization: XPRIZE
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://pop.xprize.org/prizes/waterscarcity/overview

  54. XPRIZE Rainforest: End Destructive Wildfires
    •     Organization: XPRIZE
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://pop.xprize.org/prizes/wildfire/overview

  55. SET Award
    •     Organization: Start Up Energy Transition
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.startup-energy-transition.com/current-award/

  56. Construction Startup Competition 24
    •     Organization: CEMEX Ventures
    • Type: Competition
    • Link: https://www.cemexventures.com/constructionstartupcompetition/

  57. Spark Cleantech Accelerator
    •     Organization: UT Research Park
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.tnresearchpark.org/spark/accelerator/

  58. Cascadia Cleantech
    •     Organization: Cascadia Cleantech
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://cascadiacleantech.org

  59. Accelerator: Climate Change
    •     Organization: Google for Startups
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://startup.google.com/programs/accelerator/climate-change/north-america/#:~
    =The%20Google%20for%20Startups%20Accelerator,change%20technologists%20across%20the%20region.

  60. CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator
    •     Organization: Gener8tor
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://www.gener8tor.com/investment-accelerators/co-lab

  61. Greenhouse Accelerator
    •     Organization: Greenhouse Collaborative Accelerator (by PepsiCo)
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://greenhouseaccelerator.com

  62. TotalEnergies On Accelerator
    •     Organization: TotalEnergies
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://accelerator.totalenergies.com/aboutus/

  63. URBAN-X Accelerator
    •     Organization: URBAN-X
    • Type: Cohort
    • Link: https://urban-x.com/apply

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