Climate Tech Startup Accelerator Cohorts & Competitions (June 2024)

60+ Exciting Opportunities for Climate Tech Startups

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

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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

1. The HAX Program

   • Organization: HAX (by SOSV)

   • Type: Cohort

   • Link: https://hax.co/program/

2. BloombergNEF Pioneers

   • Organization: BloombergNEF

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://about.bnef.com/bnefpioneers/

3. Sustainability Bootcamp & Change-a-thon Challenge

   • Organization: Greentech Festival

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://greentechfestival.com/gtf-bootcamp/

4. Scale for ClimateTech Program

   • Organization: For ClimateTech

   • Type: Cohort

   • Link: https://forclimatetech.org/scale-for-climatetech/

5. The Innovation Challenge Hub

   • Organization: Cleantech Group

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://www.cleantech.com/innovation-challenge-hub/

6. SXSW Pitch

   • Organization: SXSW

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://www.sxsw.com/pitch/#categories

7. Climate Change Innovation Awards

   • Organization: CogXAwards

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://www.cogx.live/awards

8. Pitch Competition

   • Organization: Women in Cleantech & Sustainability

   • Type: Competition

   • Link: https://www.womenincleantechsustainability.org/pitch-competition-application/

9. U.S. Early Stage (Accelerator)

   • Organization: MassChallenge

   • Type: Cohort

   • Link: https://masschallenge.org/united-states-early-stage/

10. Great Global Innovation Challenge (GGIC)

    • Organization: AdvertisingWeek

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://advertisingweek.com/great-global-challenge-2024/

11. THRIVE Global Impact Challenge

    • Organization: THRIVE by SVG Ventures

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://thriveagrifood.com/global-impact-challenge-2024/

12. BU Climate Innovation Challenge

    • Organization: Boston University

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.bu.edu/innovate/climate-innovation-challenge/

13. Wildfire Climate Tech Challenge

    • Organization: NASA (MSI Incubator)

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.nasa-climate-tech.org/wildfires/home

14. Ocean Community Challenge

    • Organization: Ocean Community

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.oceancommunitychallenge.com/page-template

15. Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC)

    • Organization: UNDP

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://oceaninnovationchallenge.org

16. Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

    • Organization: Hello Tomorrow

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/

17. New Materials & Circularity Startup Program

    • Organization: Hello Tomorrow

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://hello-tomorrow.org/startup-program-new-materials/

18. Ag Innovation Challenge

    • Organization: Farm Bureau

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.fb.org/initiative/ag-innovation-challenge

19. Food & Agriculture Competition

    • Organization: Grow-NY

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.grow-ny.com

20. 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.

21. XPRIZE Carbon Removal

    • Organization: XPRIZE

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.xprize.org/prizes/carbonremoval

22. XPRIZE Water Scarcity: Revolutionizing Desalination for Global Water Use

    • Organization: XPRIZE

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://pop.xprize.org/prizes/waterscarcity/overview

23. XPRIZE Rainforest: End Destructive Wildfires

    • Organization: XPRIZE

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://pop.xprize.org/prizes/wildfire/overview

24. SET Award

    • Organization: Start Up Energy Transition

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.startup-energy-transition.com/current-award/

25. Construction Startup Competition 24

    • Organization: CEMEX Ventures

    • Type: Competition

    • Link: https://www.cemexventures.com/constructionstartupcompetition/

26. Spark Cleantech Accelerator

    • Organization: UT Research Park

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://www.tnresearchpark.org/spark/accelerator/

27. Cascadia Cleantech

    • Organization: Cascadia Cleantech

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://cascadiacleantech.org

28. 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.

29. CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator

    • Organization: Gener8tor

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://www.gener8tor.com/investment-accelerators/co-lab

30. Greenhouse Accelerator

    • Organization: Greenhouse Collaborative Accelerator (by PepsiCo)

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://greenhouseaccelerator.com

31. TotalEnergies On Accelerator

    • Organization: TotalEnergies

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://accelerator.totalenergies.com/aboutus/

32. URBAN-X Accelerator

    • Organization: URBAN-X

    • Type: Cohort

    • Link: https://urban-x.com/apply