Join Hello CleanTech Startup Challenge
To get Leading VC Funds, Pilot Support, Access to Top Corporations & more!
PROGRAM PARTNERS
Tracks
In this online and equity-free program we are looking for startups and scaleups in the following verticals:
Why join? Benefits for participants
Partnership With Top Corporations
Access to services provided by program partners in specific tracks
Technology Support
Technology experts support & mentoring offered by partners
Fast Track To Investment
Fast Track to the investment process from EIT & Partners
Feasibility Study
Financing of feasibility study for selected Teams
VC Community
Access to global VC funds and Community Partners
Demo Day
Live online pitching to top investors for selected Teams
Timeline
March 9, 2023
Application Open
April 14, 2023
Application Close
April 15 - 24, 2023
Evaluation
April 25 - May 31, 2023
Engagement with partners
May 29, 2023
Demo Day
Panel of experts
Meet the Judges who will be bringing their industry knowledge to assess the Winners
Ewa Chronowska
CEO, Vestbee & Partner, Next Road Ventures
Marcin Łączyński
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Marcin Lewenstein
Innovation Officer, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Michał Bajda
Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Szymon Kwiatkowski
Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Łukasz Skarka
Investment Director, EIT InnoEnergy Central Europe
Paweł Maj
Partner, Warsaw Equity Group
Natalia Świrska-Załuska
Startup Program Manager in CEE, OVHcloud
Paweł Poneta
Executive Director for Research & Innovation, TAURON Polska Energia S.A.
Antti Ritala
Head of Venturing & Acquisition, Neste
Chayan Sabharwal
Senior Investment Analyst, Venturing & Acquisition, Neste
Sara Kamins
Investment and Value Creation, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures
Yeliz Erinckan
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Director, Sabanci
Sharon Shacham, PhD, MBA
Managing Partner and CEO, E44 Ventures
Arvin Khanchandani
Investment Manager, Warsaw Equity Group
Program Tracks
We are looking for startups developing solutions in selected verticals:
Digital solutions for sustainability:
- This vertical allows cross-cutting digital solutions serving a number of verticals explored in Hello Clean Tech to apply without restricting their application only to one segment
- Improving resource efficiency: by leveraging technology
- Reducing carbon footprint by optimizing energy usage, reducing emissions, count carbon footprint for others, and promoting sustainable practices
- Promoting sustainable behaviour through the use of digital platforms and other technology
- Driving systemic change: by creating new business models
Bioenergy, renewable fuels and biochemical feedstocks for heat, energy intensive sectors and and hard-to-abate transport:
- Scalable solutions for sustainable aviation fuels from bio-feedstocks and waste
- Bio-feedstocks for large scale chemical production and specialty chemicals
- Biomass to energy, fuels and feedstocks - feedstocks, conversion technologies, valorisation solutions
- Municipal solid waste, RDF and other waste streams to energy, fuels and feedstocks - conversion technologies, valorisation solutions
- Solutions facilitating biogas and biomethane uptake in energy intensive industries and transport sector
Solutions for green hydrogen and power-to-X concepts:
- Valorisation of off-grid renewables - allowing local power valorisation without access to grid
- Renewable non-electrolysis green hydrogen production (eg. from biomass or waste)
- Green hydrogen production via electrolysis
- Hydrogen storage and logistics solutions
- Industrial applications of hydrogen for industry decarbonization and natural gas substitution
- Power-to-heat solutions and seasonal heat storage opportunities
- Power-to-X technologies
- Synthesis and upgrading solutions for e-fuels and e-chemicals
- CCU solutions to work with P-t-X projects (with exception of Direct Air Capture concepts)
Decarbonisation of the food value chain:
- Agrivoltaics and other innovative green energy solutions for the food industry
- Decarbonisation of fertilizers and agro-chemicals production, green fertilizers, distributed fertilizers production
- Green and efficient storage and logistics for agriculture and the food value chain
- Valorisation of agriculture and food processing waste streams (eg. biomass, sludges, manure, etc.)
- Circular economy concepts for advanced bio-material solutions in the food value chain - eg. in green smart packaging
- Carbon management and CCU concepts in food value chain
- Digital and energy efficiency solutions for green transformation of agriculture and the food value chain
Recycling for circular economy:
- Photovoltaic panels recovery and raw materials recycling
- Innovations in glass recycling, including solar glass, automotive glass and other high value glass recycling streams
- Battery recycling - circular design, collection, dismantling, neutralising of hazardous substances, refining, smelting and reuse solutions
- Green metals for electrification and energy storage
- Innovations for recycling of plastic waste to materials
