Free Electrons, an international accelerator backed by 10 energy utilities, unveiled the 30 startups accepted into its second cohort on Tuesday.
The accelerator launched in 2017 with an initial group of 12 startups on a six-month program. The 2018 batch is focused on energy-related technologies including the internet of things (IoT), digitisation, smart grids, e-mobility, energy management and energy efficiency.
Participating startups will begin with a one-week bootcamp in Lisbon, Portgual before training for subsequent legs in Australia, the US and Germany.
Free Electron’s members are American Electric Power, Ausnet Services, Origin Energy, Dewa, EDP, ESB, Innogy, SP Group and Tepco, while Portugal-based Beta-I is a partner.
The 30 companies accepted onto the 2018 Free Electron accelerator are:
- Adaptricity (Switzerland, smart grids)
- Chakratec (Israel, e-mobility)
- Clevericiti Systems (Germany, IoT and digitisation)
- ElectrIQ Power (US, energy management)
- EQuota Energy (China, smart grids)
- Fresh Energy (Germany, customer solutions)
- Greenbird Integration Technology (Norway, IoT and digitisation)
- GreenPocket (Germany, energy management)
- GridCure (US, smart grids)
- GridWatch MAC (Ireland, smart grids)
- Howz (UK, business model innovation)
- Hygge Power (US, energy efficiency)
- Jungle AI (Portugal, IoT and digitisation)
- Kisensum (US, smart grids)
- Loqr (Portugal, IoT and digitisation)
- Lumenaza (Germany, energy management)
- Manetos Labs (Sweden IoT and digitisation)
- Me SOLshare (Bangladesh, smart grids)
- Meazon (Greece, IoT and digitisation)
- Nnergix (Spain, smart grids)
- Orison (US, smart grids)
- RayGen Resources (Australia, clean energy)
- Relectrify (Australia, clean energy)
- Smart IoT (UAE, IoT and digitisation)
- SmartGreenCharge (France, clean energy)
- Spark Horizon (France, e-mobility)
- Sterblue (France, energy efficiency)
- Verv Energy (UK, IoT and digitisation)
- VoltStorage (Germany, clean energy)
- Wattwatchers (Australia IoT and digitisation)