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🎙️ 🎟️ Will you be joining us on Thursday in the EnergyLab Sydney office for a fireside chat with Danny Kennedy? Hosted by our friends at Spark Club, it is not one to miss! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iExDmR #energylab #sparkclub #sustainability #innovation

🎙️Thank you to David Smith for interviewing our CEO and Director Megan Fisher on the "Powering Your Career" podcast about the future of clean energy startups, innovation, and leadership in the energy sector. Check it out below ⬇️ They also discussed: ✅ The pivotal role of startups in the energy transition ✅ How startups and corporates in the energy sector can work together ✅ How EnergyLab is empowering clean energy entrepreneurs ✅ Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is driving innovation in energy ✅ Megan’s unconventional path into the energy industry 🎧 Tune in now to Episode 5 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g926zcy3 #energylab #climatetech #innovation #sustainability

🎤 We’re excited to announce our second Decarb Pitch Fest in Brisbane 1 May, 2025. Secure your free tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gHwUfzAj 🌏 Decarb Pitch Fest will showcase startups from Cohort 2 of our Investment Ready Program for Queensland climate tech founders. The event brings together investors, startups, and the wider ecosystem at The Precinct. 🛠️ The Investment Ready Program equips climate tech founders with the right tools and know-how to navigate the entire fundraising process. 🥂 Join us from 5.30pm for networking and complementary food and drinks, before the pitches kick off at 6pm in front of a panel of climate tech investors. Startups pitching: Bitpool, Gate 46, Genevo Marine, InfigoLabs, Methane Intel, Ocean Orchards, RegenX, Sequestra, Squirrel Energy Pty Ltd, Swapping Chain, and Tera. #energylab #decarbpitchfest #pitch #climatetech 

🎙️ 🎟️ Join us next week in the EnergyLab Sydney office for a fireside chat hosted by Spark Club featuring Danny Kennedy from The Sunrise Project Inc. interviewed by Grant McDowell ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iExDmR #energylab #sparkclub #sustainability #innovation

👼 EnergyLab runs an angel group with over 200 investors, offering the opportunity to invest in the best climate tech founders through the Climate Solutions Accelerator fund. Last year EnergyLab’s angel group raised $1.52m, and invested in 18 climate tech startups! Hear what Accelerator fund investor Dean Travers has to say about investing in the fund. 💥 Interested in investing in the best climate tech startups Australia has to offer? Get in touch or fill in this short form - let’s get you involved: https://lnkd.in/g2K2-gZ8

🎉 Catching up on some fantastic EnergyLab alumni news, Allegro Energy secured $1.85 million in funding earlier last month under the Industry Growth Program! ⬇️ 🎓 Allegro completed our Climate Solutions Accelerator in 2022. The company makes electrical energy storage safe, efficient, sustainable and affordable. Whether in electric mobility, medium to large-scale energy storage or uninterrupted power supply, Allegro's proprietary technology brings us one step closer to a zero carbon economy. 🎙️ "Our long-duration energy storage solution is perfectly suited for large-scale storage of renewable energy to ensure that the lights don’t go out when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow.” - Thomas Nann, CEO at Allegro Energy 😇 Congratulations to Thomas and the entire Allegro team on this achievement as well as the other Industry Growth Program recipients including CoilRig, Azaneo, Innovation Industries and Magic Valley. ➡️ Read more about the raise https://lnkd.in/g4Vk923g ➡️ Apply for our Climate Solutions Accelerator https://bit.ly/45xp4ES #energylab #funding #innovation #sustainability

🔋 Great article from pv magazine Australia on the awesome work EnergyLab two-time alumni Vaulta is achieving up in Queensland! #energylab #batterystorage #climatetech #sustainability

🤑 Massive congratulations to EnergyLab alumni EcoJoule Energy on securing $15 million in capital investment to support their smart grid and battery technology ⬇️ ☀️ EcoJoule Energy, based out of QLD provides innovative, next-generation power management products and software to companies interested in energy quality and reliability for their customers. They completed our Climate Solutions Accelerator in 2022. 💸 The recent investment was led by Ellerston Capital's Ellerston Industrial Growth Fund and Fifth Estate Asset Management . 🎙️“Our community energy storage units and voltage regulators can help network operators avoid the need to invest significant capital in major upgrades to the grid. Ellerston understands our vision and brings valuable long-term investment expertise to the table.” - Mike Wishart, CEO at EcoJoule Energy 🎉 Well done to Mike and the entire Ecojoule Energy team on this fantastic result! ➡️ Read more about the raise https://lnkd.in/eiiqN9Zu ➡️ Apply for our Climate Solutions Accelerator https://bit.ly/45xp4ES #energylab #funding #innovation #sustainability

🎉 Another awesome Climate Action Week Sydney in the books! We teamed up with our amazing alumni & partners across 9 events over the last 5 days to deliver on some truly integral climate tech topics ⬇️ 1️⃣ 🗓️ On Monday morning, EnergyLab hosted our friends StartSomeGood for their ‘Impact Investing for the Rest of Us’ panel with Caitlyn Touzell, Tom Dawkins, Dr Dimity Podger and 🍇 Kirstin Hunter. Then in the afternoon, our CEO & Director Megan Fisher moderated the 'Connect @ Tech Central: Achieving Net Zero' panel at The Collider with Dr Jehan Kanga from Rux Energy, Meg McDonald from the NSW Net Zero Commission and Wendel Hortop from Modo Energy. 2️⃣ 🗓️ Tuesday was a MASSIVE day, kicking off at Salesforce Tower with the 'Climate & AI Summit' where Megan presented on the panel alongside Judy Slatyer from WWF-Australia, Nishi V. V from NEXTDC and Joe Delaney from Salesforce. EnergyLab also had a stand at Impact X and Megan somehow had time to appear on another panel at that conference before joining Samantha J. Wood, Danny Kennedy, Paul Howdle, Antonia (Tia) Collings and Tom Loefler at our final event for Tuesday, ‘More than Money: Unlocking the Full Potential of Climate Tech Support Programs’. 3️⃣ 🗓️ On Wednesday evening, Samantha presented at the ‘Climate Investor Reverse Pitch - Shut Up and Take My Money!’ on behalf of EnergyLab alongside Climatalist, Future Super, Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE), Investible and I2N at The University of Newcastle which was a fantastic sold out event! 4️⃣ 🗓️ Thursday saw our partner and co-working member Kirk McDonald from New Energy Nexus hosting the ‘Accelerating the Transition to Electric Vehicles: Breaking Barriers and Driving Change’ panel at Hub Hyde Park with Michael Day, Sarah Aubrey, Brendan Joe Doyle and Julie Perrissel. That evening, Samantha moderated the ‘Watt's Next? Powering your Climate Careers’ panel at Greenhouse with Alexander Horton, Sam Bricknell, Lucy N. and Cathy Anderson. 5️⃣ 🗓️ This brings us to our final event today, the ‘Clean Technology Innovation Showcase’ at 12-Micron where Megan presented on her final panel for the week (massive effort this week Megan!) supported by the NSW Government. Huge week is an understatement! Thank you so much to our entire community and the broader climate tech ecosystem for all your efforts this week and, of course the entire Climate Action Sydney team, keep it up! Special thank you to Create NSW for providing your awesome theatre space to us as well :) #energylab #climateactionweek #climatetech #sustainability 

📢 EnergyLab is excited to announce the launch of the eighth cohort of the Women in Climate and Energy Fellowship 👷♀️ This year's program is sponsored by Gridcog and OpenSolar, two leading startups committed to advancing diversity in climate tech 🎉 Congrats to the 12 talented women who were selected for Cohort 8. Welcome to the WICEF family Ailie Hansen, Annie Xueli Jiang, Denise Law, Emily Loving, Julia Manning, Kate Bongiovanni, Mayleah House, Miriam Cuellar, Mrudula Mohan, Sarah Goodwin, Susie Page, Veryan Hann, Ph.D. 🧗♀️ Here starts 3 months dedicated to the challenges and joys of starting a climate tech startup: ideation, customer discovery, value proposition, idea validation, marketing, customer acquisition, legal, financial modelling, capital raising, how to pitch to investors + great mentors and plenty of networking! To read more about Gridcog and OpenSolar's support of the WICEF program > https://lnkd.in/gYjt8iBm To express interest in the next cohort of the WICEF program > https://lnkd.in/giVQeTKv #energylab #womenfounders #womeninstartups #womeninclimatetech #climatetech #energy