Texas Innovates’ Post

The “Carbon and Hydrogen Innovation & Learning Incubator” (CHILI) is live and heating up the innovation ecosystem in Texas with a first-of-a-kind comprehensive hardware startup ecosystem incubator. As the President of Texas Innovates Board of Directors, I am proud to announce that the DOE Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) selected our non-profit organization to focus on hydrogen and carbon innovation and expansion in the greater Houston and Gulf Coast region. We are one of 23 phase 1 winners of the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Round 3 competition and the only Texas entity. The CHILI will harness regional academic resources, including the University of Houston and Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, and align startups with our corporate partners and their lab facilities, venture capital like Climate Impact Capital, and large-scale efforts like the HyVelocity Hub. We are actively seeking startups and corporate partners for CHILI. Please reach out to us via linkedin and https://lnkd.in/g3NxNXdG Find out more about our story from our partners at UH which includes the link to the DOE press release. #hydrogen #CCUS #Energy #DOE #energytransition #houston #innovation #incubation #incubator https://lnkd.in/gsYcReem

How do we charge up Europe’s battery startup ecosystem? ⚡ Europe’s clean energy future must come with #batteries included. But while the continent’s startups and SMEs regularly make technological advances, finding the right markets for the resulting products and services can be a stumbling block. To make the clean energy transition happen faster, we worked with Oost NL and 11 partners across Europe to design a Business Acceleration Programme for #batterystartups and SMEs. Across four years, the STEPSNWE programme supported a class of 49 promising energy storage companies with funding, an expert network and live testing environments in markets out of their reach. From garden-based heat batteries to mobile hydrogen generators, 19 battery innovations were tested for the first time in new markets through the Business Accelerator Programme. Read more about the Acceleration Programme ➡ https://lnkd.in/eJa8t9kk

#NJ-based Thea Energy secures $20million in series A round #funding. Leading the round was Prelude Ventures, with participation from Mercator Partners, Anglo American, Hitachi Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Orion Industrial Ventures, and Starlight Ventures among other #investors. Mark Cupta, managing #director of Prelude Ventures, will join Thea Energy’s board of directors concurrent with the Series A investment closing. The money will go towards helping the company expand its #personnel, expedite the next stage of #planar coil magnet array manufacture, and simulate the integrated #stellarator system. Thea Energy, founded in 2022 and headed by CEO Brian Berzin, develops a strategy for #commercialising fusion energy by #utilising recent advances in stellarator physics and #engineering. Thea Energy, formerly Princeton #Stellarators, was established in 2022 with the goal of utilising the most latest #developments in stellarator engineering and physics to develop a quicker, more #straightforward method of fusion energy #commercialization. Thea Energy Prelude Ventures Mercator Partners Hitachi Ventures Lowercarbon Capital Starlight Ventures Brian Berzin To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.io #theaenergy #funding #startup

Research Institution Proof of Concept, Startup Accelerator, and Venture Fund Gap Fund and Accelerator Programs (GAP for short) #innovation #university #research #gapfunding #proofofconcept #startup #accelerator #venture #commercialization

Startups often face various challenges on the path to market. In support of #startups, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory provides companies with the resources necessary to progress from the early phases to commercialization. One benefitting startup, IN² company 7AC Technologies, recently shared how NREL helped the company with the design and development of their liquid desiccant #HVAC system. Learn more about how NREL supports startups: https://bit.ly/3HM42qY

#Startup companies strive every day to achieve #inflection #points that most people would say are impossible to achieve. However, when that happens, it leads to opportunities that can turn big #visions into tangible #realities. That's what startups are for! I'm proud to say that the Osmoses team has done it again! In 2019/2020 we discovered polymer materials with unprecedented performance that most thought impossible to achieve, later published in Science Magazine. In 2021 we won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, became Activate fellows, and received funding from Engine Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures, Orbia and several others to pursue this dream at the speed and urgency required by the #energy #transition. In 2022 we hired our first full-time teammates, and now we are more than 20 people with one vision: to rebuild industrial infrastructure where #separations are not a bottleneck to a cleaner future anymore! Since Energy Capital Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Blindspot Ventures and many others joined our journey, we could push on the accelerator even more, and 2024 has been a great year so far, full of strategic progress and remarkable additions to the team. I'm thrilled to celebrate what the Osmoses team has accomplished with relentless work in the product and commercial side, excite to welcome Robert Bory, Ed Sanders Ph.D., and Swapan Rahman to our team and applaud Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez in her new expanded leadership role. Read more in the article below: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dyEzZRAe Ad maiora! Little Green Bamboo , Stuart Levinson, Joseph Gentile, Adrian Pylypec, Martin Madaus, Alexandre Flamant, Michael Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University

With support from the Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP), LiNa Energy have progressed the development and commercialisation of their low-cost, solid-state sodium batteries that are a safer, more sustainable alternative to lithuim-ion for static storage applications. Additionally, their batteries are cobalt-free, helping to further de-risk the supply chain. 🔋 Find out more about LiNa and their commercialisation journey: https://okt.to/g8o9Cp Do you need support to progress your business? 📈 We're looking for an 8th cohort of ambitious SMEs, start-ups and spinouts to support. 🤝 Closing date for applications: 𝟮𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗠𝗧. Find out how we can help you: https://okt.to/o8StDg #SMESupport #SME #Funding #startups #UniversitySpinout #automotive #NetZero #Sodium

The Digital Energy Challenge for startups is back, offering a platform for innovative digital projects aimed at enhancing energy access and grid services across Africa. This annual competition recognizes and rewards the most promising startups in the energy sector. https://lnkd.in/d76Zewey

Read up on my latest #PowerPlaybook finances column below! National Grid Partners has been curating quite the project portfolio

DeltaClimeVT Business Accelerator Energy 2024 seeks innovative, early-stage, start-ups addressing the decarbonization of buildings, transportation, heating and industrial processes through electrification, biofuels, hydrogen, thermal energy networks or other renewables with a focus on load management controls integrated with storage, EVSE, heat pumps and building systems, particularly those that address under-represented and low to moderate income populations. Entrepreneurs will be working directly with Vermont utilities looking to deploy solutions that contribute to Vermont’s 90% renewable by 2050 and Burlington’s Net Zero by 2030 goals. Featuring the world-class ecosVC™- Accelerated curriculum, a $25,000 non-equity prize for the top venture; paid pilot opportunities; extensive peer feedback; work directly with potential customers, partners, mentors and investors. Application period ends February 5, 2024. Apply now at https://buff.ly/3D4oDEs #electricvehicle #utilities #climatetech #startups #buildingautomation #hardtech #batterystorage #energyefficiency #electricification