EnergyLab’s new Climate Solutions Accelerator has chosen six startups for its six-month program.
The companies have also received a combined $500,000 in pre-seed investment.
Three of the six are Sydney-based, with two from Brisbane and another from California. Three of the startups have a female CEO.
Infravision co-founders Cameron Van Der Berg and Chris Cox
The startups involved are:
- Circle Harvest, which is creating food from crickets, includes corn chips and biscuit mix.
- Infravision is using unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to safely string electricity transmission lines.
- Carbon Asset Solutions is a nature-based climate action solution that supplies precision soil-based Carbon Credits to global markets faster and more cost effectively.
- Bloom Impact Investing is making climate impact investing easy and accessible for Australians.
- Hygrid Energy has developed control technology that provides an “engineer in a box” for managing renewable energy and battery storage assets.
- California-based Harvest Thermal is supplying low carbon heating and hot water for homes using an ultra-high efficiency heat pump when electricity is cheapest, combined with thermal storage and is eyeing the Australian market.
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Bloom Impact Investing was selected for the 2021 Ventures ilab Accelerator program and received $10,000 equity-free funding to help take their venture to the next level!
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