The 2024 RISE Riverine Community Resilience Challenge accelerates innovation by connecting problems needing better solutions to innovators with new resilience-building technologies, products, and services. RISE is a U.S.-based nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and business growth by identifying, validating, and scaling solutions to community climate resilience challenges such as flooding and sea level rise. RISE achieves this by running Community Resilience Challenge competitions and offering funding and other support from its Resilience Innovation Fund (RIF), Accelerator, Hub ..read more

Building industry leader Holcim, along with cutting-edge corporate partners — Acciona, Amazon, BloombergNEF, Cambridge Cleantech, EU Business School, Mott MacDonald, and Suez — bring you Season 4 of the Holcim MAQER Ventures Accelerator. This year’s theme, Circular Construction, is all about igniting a circular revolution in the industry. Holcim invites ambitious startups from every corner of the globe to apply and stand a chance to scale their innovative solutions. Explore the Holcim MAQER Ventures Accelerator: Season 4 This transformative six-month acceleration program is designed to fuel in ..read more

Concrete is the most used man-made substance on earth. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) represents the global cement and concrete industry and is leading its decarbonisation work. The GCCA advocates for transforming concrete into a sustainable, long-lasting, and robust building material to meet the increasing demands of the exponentially expanding urban population. In 2021, it launched the industry’s 2050 Net Zero Concrete Roadmap, outlining the levers and pathways to providing the world with net zero concrete. The GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge 2024 is a unique global accelera ..read more

AD Stretch is a pilot-based accelerator program for startups with proven sales and go-to-market experience, the ability to innovate, and the vitality to engage with Fortune 500 company Avery Dennison. The accelerator unites the financial, R&D, and vast technical resources of Avery Dennison with startups to create impactful solutions. Launched in 2022, the accelerator program was conceived as a platform to collaborate with startups, tackling the most significant business challenges with innovative and sustainable solutions at lightning-fast speed. After six months of dedicated effort, the A ..read more

The EIT Digital Champions is a pan-European innovation competition to identify the best European digital technology scaleups, looking for venture capital financing at both the EU-level and beyond. Winners will be rewarded with free access to the 12-month EIT Digital Growth Services Program. What does the EIT Digital Growth Services Team do? The EIT Digital Growth Services program is designed for European digital deep tech scaleups with international growth ambitions. EIT Digital is looking for fast-growing European deep tech companies with a differentiated product offering that leverages sophi ..read more

Renewables and energy industry leader Iberdrola is back for another startup challenge! This time, Iberdrola seeks innovative ways to automate its electrical substation control rooms. The Iberdrola Substation Control Room Automation Startup Challenge invites startups to apply today and offers and gain exciting benefits including solution testing and investment opportunities! Iberdrola operates more than 400,000 Transformer Centers (TCs) in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Spain. The TCs house more than 1.5 million very high-to-medium voltage distribution transformers, built an ..read more

The EIT Digital Champions is a pan-European innovation competition to identify the best European digital technology scaleups, looking for venture capital financing at both the EU-level and beyond. Winners will be rewarded with free access to the 12-month EIT Digital Growth Services Program. EIT Digital Growth Services is a program for European digital deep tech scaleups with international growth ambitions. Selected candidates will receive access to finance support tailored to your company’s business needs, provided by a dedicated team of experienced fundraising specialists operating all over E ..read more

DICA is the beverage industry’s leading innovation community for business acceleration and business-to-business (B2B) co-creation. The Drink Innovation Campus Accelerator (DICA) connects startups with the right corporate partners to initiate a B2B co-creation process. The accelerator works with startups from various different backgrounds on topics ranging from digital transformation in logistics supply chains to sustainability and packaging. This year, DICA is also seeking digital and social media and marketing solutions, as well as success monitoring solutions, for the beverage industry. DICA ..read more

Avery Dennison is launching Cohort 03, a program expansion that incorporates new challenges and a global reach to the rapidly maturing AD Stretch accelerator. Cohort 03 focuses on three challenge areas: the development of next-generation energy storage materials, maximizing consumer experiences, and improving sustainability. The program welcomes startups from across the globe to collaborate in tackling tangible business issues. AD Stretch is a pilot-based accelerator program for startups with proven sales and go-to-market experience, the ability to innovate, and the vitality to engage with For ..read more

AD Stretch Accelerator, powered by Avery Dennison, is a non-dilutive startup accelerator focused on customer engagement, sustainability, and materials innovation. You get the chance to join a unique community of like-minded disruptors and tap into valuable resources to rapidly grow your innovative solution. Scale Up with Avery Dennison – an 88-year-old Startup! Over the last 80+ years, Avery Dennison has grown from one bright idea into a global Fortune 500® corporation that continues to advance quality and innovation in materials science and solutions that elevate brands with consumers, optimi ..read more