Looking for climate tech or related accelerator and incubator programs? We’ve made a list of the top 25 climate tech accelerators and incubators around the world.
This post follows on from our first publication of accelerators and incubators across the US and EU. Both these posts are drawn from our database of over 75 incubators and accelerator programs focusing on climate, sustainability, and impact.
These programs fund early-stage/pre-seed and seed climate tech companies over a range of areas such as Carbon Capture & Storage, Waste Management, Constructech, Water Management, Smart Cities, Agtech, FoodTech, Biotech and more.
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Global Incubators and Accelerators:
Mission: Since 2016, Climate Collective has served as the largest private climate tech startup support organization in India and the Global South. With a strong commitment to steering towards a sustainable future together, Climate Collective has successfully accelerated 862 climate tech startups through its integrated platform set, now extending its services across the Global South.
Focus Fields: Climate Tech
Location: Expanding in regions such as South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America
About the Program:
Climate Collective provides tailored support at every stage of a startup’s growth—from achieving Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to gaining product market fit and scaling operations. Through initiatives like Climate Ready and Climate Launch, participants have access to bootcamps, weekly expert calls, and a vibrant community that has collectively raised over $160 million USD.
Mission: Planet Positive Lab invites the next generation of climate entrepreneurs to unlock boundless opportunities and drive real-world change. Based at the heart of one of the world’s leading universities, Wadham College at the University of Oxford, this programme combines academic rigor with Founders Factory’s venture-building expertise to foster groundbreaking projects in sustainability.
Focus Fields: Renewable energy solutions, Waste reduction strategies, Sustainability
Location: Oxford, UK
About the Program: The Planet Positive Lab offers a super flexible 10-week summer program, with classes held on Thursdays and Fridays. Each team receives £15,000 for their time and dedication.
Mission: The Biodiversity Accelerator+ is the world’s leading capacity-building programme for early-stage companies creating a biodiversity-positive impact. Catalyzed by Silverstrand Capital, the program aims to grow the ecosystem of biodiversity and nature-positive companies by providing them with the necessary resources to scale.
Focus Fields: Habitat-Loss Avoidance & Prevention, Nature Technologies, Measurement, Reporting & Verification (MRV) of Ecosystem Services, Nature Risk Analytics & Management Software
Location: Operating primarily in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC)
About the Program: The Biodiversity Accelerator+ is an equity-free program offering value-added services worth over $200,000.
Mission: The Ocean Impact Accelerator Program, a flagship initiative by OIO, is dedicated to supporting the most innovative ocean impact startups across the Asia Pacific region. This founder-first, solutions-focused, and impact-driven program equips startups with the tools needed to scale their impact on ocean health.
Focus Fields: Ocean Pollution, Climate Solutions, Habitat & Biodiversity, Food Security
Location: Asia Pacific region, including extended areas like Hawaii and the west coast of North America
About the Program: The program invests approximately $100,000 AUD in up to ten startups annually, guiding them through a transformative four-month journey.
Mission: EnergyNext provides a dynamic platform for energy startups looking to scale, raise capital, and engage with corporate partners to build, test, and validate their innovations.
Focus Fields: Energy Efficiency & Management, Renewables & Alternative Fuels, Electrification of Transport, Electrification of Premises, Circular Economy, Sustainability
Location: Australia
About the Program: The program connects participants with mentors, industry leaders, and investors to help transform their ideas into impactful solutions. Startups are also equipped with the skills necessary to effectively pitch their business to the market, ensuring their growth continues well beyond the program duration.
Mission: Designed to support deep tech startups specializing in new materials and circularity, this program aims to help entrepreneurs overcome industry-specific challenges, enhance their business models, and accelerate growth through strategic guidance and partnerships.
Focus Fields: Sustainable materials, Eco-design, Increased longevity, End-of-life processing, Waste valorization, High-performance materials & coatings, Specialty polymers, Smart materials, Sustainable or less toxic coatings
Location: Europe
About the Program: The program offers deep tech startups in the materials sector the opportunity to engage in customized 1-to-1 sessions with seasoned experts, influential industry leaders, visionary investors, and experienced mentors.
Mission: EnergyLab’s flagship program, the Climate Solutions Accelerator, is dedicated to helping the most ambitious climate tech startups deploy their solutions at scale. The program supports startups at all stages, focusing on entrepreneurs eager to tackle significant climate challenges through innovative technologies.
Focus Fields: Alternative protein, carbon sequestration, renewable energy, and other climate-related innovations
Location: Australia, with connections to extensive networks overseas
About the Program: The Climate Solutions Accelerator offers investments of $80,000 to $100,000 and provides access to Australia’s most active climate tech investors.
Mission: Techstars provides a three-month accelerator program designed to help entrepreneurs find product-market fit, gain traction, and access capital and mentorship. With a world-class network and small class sizes, Techstars offers a proven model that significantly benefits founders.
Program Focus: Varies by program; includes food, energy, space, sustainability, and more.
Locations and Focus Examples:
- Techstars London Accelerator (London, UK) – General Tech, including sustainability and climate tech startups
- Techstars New York City Accelerator (New York, New York) – General Tech, with opportunities for sustainability and climate tech startups
- Techstars San Francisco (San Francisco, United States) – General Tech, including sustainability and climate tech solutions
- Techstars Sustainability Paris (Paris, France) – Sustainability
- Techstars WaterTech & Sustainability (Tuscaloosa, United States) – Water technology and sustainability
About the Program: Entrepreneurs receive personalized support to refine their business models, develop their products, and prepare for substantial investment rounds. The accelerators are hosted in various global cities, each with a specific thematic focus, aligning with local industries and market needs.
Mission: The Green Accelerator is dedicated to propelling the growth of Green Tech startups by offering specialized programs, fostering industry collaboration, and providing access to unique financing instruments. The program is committed to nurturing innovations in sustainability that drive significant environmental improvements across various sectors.
Focus Fields: Green Energy, Green Industry, Green Mobility, Green Building, and Green Packaging.
Location: Germany
About the Program: SMART> GREEN provides a comprehensive support system for startups at different stages of their development.
Mission: Startmate Accelerator is dedicated to multiplying the growth of early-stage companies, helping them rapidly enhance their products, user base, and funding opportunities.
Focus Fields: Green Energy, Green Industry, Mobility, Building, Packaging
Location: Australia, New Zealand
About the Program: Over a focused 12-week period, Startmate Accelerator provides $120,000 in funding and access to a network of mentors and investors to propel startups forward. Participants benefit from rigorous customer engagement, mentorship, and community support, ensuring a solid foundation for growth.
Mission: Berkeley SkyDeck serves as UC Berkeley’s global hub for entrepreneurship, supporting startups founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty, as well as startups from around the world.
Program Focus: General
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
About the Program: Berkeley SkyDeck offers extensive support to startups through tailored programs that foster commercialization and growth. Startups benefit from a $200,000 investment, specialized tracks for different stages, and access to a vast network of mentors and investors.
Mission: PoliHub stands as the Innovation Park & Startup Accelerator of Politecnico di Milano, dedicated to fostering the growth of startups in the fields of science and technology. The aim is to leverage the entire Politecnico ecosystem to produce significant economic value and create new opportunities for researchers, entrepreneurs, partner companies, and investors.
Program Focus: Deep Tech Innovation
Location: Milan, It
About the Program: PoliHub specializes in deep tech innovations, supporting startups that are rooted in substantial scientific advancements with the potential to make a profound impact on society and the economy.
Mission: Launched in 2018 by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Fledge, the Land Accelerator Africa is dedicated to supporting the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100). The program is designed to provide entrepreneurs across Africa with the skills and connections necessary to restore land and advance their businesses.
Program Focus: Land restoration
Focus Fields: Land restoration in the 34 AFR100 Initiative countries, with a special focus on the Greater Rift Valley in Kenya, the Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and the Ghana Cocoa Belt.
Location: Africa-wide, with specific programs targeting vital landscapes
About the Program: The Land Accelerator Africa offers a 12-week virtual training program followed by in-person training opportunities for selected cohort members. This year, the program will admit 100 companies into the Land Accelerator Africa and an additional 260 businesses into the Land Accelerator Landscapes program.
Mission: The i4.0 Accelerator, recognized as the #1 Industry 4.0 Accelerator in North America, focuses on accelerating the adoption of i4.0 technologies among Michigan manufacturers, enhancing their global competitiveness.
Program Focus: Industry 4.0 technologies
Location: Michigan, USA
About the Program: The i4.0 Accelerator works closely with manufacturing partners to define and address specific i4.0 challenges, enhancing their operations and competitive stance in the global market.
Mission: MassChallenge’s mission is to equip bold entrepreneurs to disrupt the status quo and create meaningful change. This global network for innovators works to solve massive challenges by connecting startups, experts, corporations, and communities to transform businesses and economies.
Program Focus: Entrepreneurial Innovation
Location: Headquartered in the United States with eight locations worldwide.
About the Program: MassChallenge is a nonprofit organization that offers a variety of equity-free programs, accelerators, and partnerships throughout the year. It aims to accelerate high-impact startups with disruptive ideas from non-traditional backgrounds
Mission: The Net Zero Accelerator is dedicated to speeding the adoption of vital solutions in the built environment, focusing on real-world, trackable implementations to drive rapid, measurable adoption of net zero solutions. Their mission is to bridge the gap between net zero building policy and the current technology in use, particularly in the commercial and affordable housing sectors.
Program Focus: Sustainable Building and Environmental Solutions
Location: California, USA
About the Program: The program connects cohort companies with expert advisors and green building leaders to facilitate onsite pilots, thereby promoting the practical application of innovative technologies.
Mission: The Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative is dedicated to catalyzing the carbontech ecosystem by supporting the commercialization of innovative solutions that capture, convert, and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable products or services. With the backing of corporate partners, government leaders, and industry experts, C2V strives to build a robust network that nurtures startup growth and drives industry advancement.
Program Focus: Carbontech Commercialization
Location: USA & Europe
About the Program: The C2V Initiative is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder collaboration designed to accelerate the carbontech industry. It follows a proven process to launch climate solutions into the marketplace, supporting a new cohort of startups each year.
Mission: The Global Incubator Programme by Innovate UK is designed to accelerate innovative Agri-Tech businesses from the UK by fostering international collaborations and scaling their operations globally.
Program Focus: Agri-Tech Innovation
Location: UK & Canada
About the Program: The Global Incubator Programme supports UK-based Agri-Tech companies through a structured three-phase process: Prepare, Pursue, and Exploit. Participants engage in initial workshops in the UK, followed by immersive market visits and continuous virtual mentorship sessions focused on market fit and customer validation in Canada.
Mission: Soulmates Ventures is a green investing accelerator designed to speed the growth of entrepreneurs building sustainable, world-changing companies. Through a comprehensive Triple-Layer Program, the accelerator equips startups with the tools needed for successful pitching, hiring, contracting, marketing, scaling, and exiting.
Program Focus: Sustainabitity including Air, Water, Energy, Healthcare, Food & Agri., Mobility, Education, and Circular Economy,
Location: USA & Europe
About the Program: Soulmates Ventures employs a structured Triple-Layer Program that includes the Go-to-Market Layer, Scaling Layer, and Equity Success Layer. This approach is tailored for ambitious entrepreneurs who already have a viable company with a unique product that has the potential for significant positive impact and robust revenue growth.
Mission: The AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator is dedicated to driving transformative change in the global agrifood system by supercharging the growth of emerging foodtech and agtech startups that tackle the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. The accelerator focuses on innovations that revolutionize how we produce, process, package, transport, consume, and dispose of our food, aiming to accelerate wide-ranging sustainable solutions.
Program Focus: Foodtech and Agtech Innovation
Location: Singapore
About the Program: The AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator offers a comprehensive 27-week program that includes a USD $100K investment through a SAFE note (with a $30K program fee deducted).
Mission: DeltaClimeVT’s Energy2025 program aims to accelerate Vermont’s transition towards a zero-carbon future by fostering the development and deployment of innovative products and services that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The program specifically targets startups with solutions that contribute to the decarbonization of buildings, transportation, heating, and industrial processes through electrification, thermal energy networks, or other renewable technologies.
Program Focus: Climate and Energy Innovation
Location: Vermont, USA
About the Program: The program seeks technologies and services that enable participation in the low-carbon economy. Participants undergo a mix of online learning, in-person workshops, and continuous direct mentorship, concluding with a peer-selected award of $25,000 for one outstanding company at the end of the program.
Mission: The mHUB Climate & Energy Tech Accelerator is focused on fast-tracking high-potential startups through rigorous product development within a state-of-the-art prototyping facility, supported by a network of world-class corporate and venture investors. The program is dedicated to advancing disruptive solutions in energy, climate, and clean tech sectors that align with pressing industry needs.
Program Focus: Climate and Energy Technology Innovation
Location: Chicago, Il, USA
About the Program: The mHUB Accelerator is a 6-month intensive program that provides startups with $200K in initial investment, including $142.5K in cash and $60K in in-kind services. The program focuses on developing physical products and provides startups with access to over $6 million in cutting-edge equipment across 11 prototyping labs.
Mission: The Breakthrough Energy Fellows program is committed to accelerating early-stage climate innovation to help the world achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. It supports exceptional innovators—scientists, engineers, and business experts—developing clean technologies that can significantly impact global emissions reduction.
Program Focus: Climate Technology Innovation
Location: The program supports innovators globally, attracting participants from around the world.
About the Program: The Breakthrough Energy Fellows program is designed to overcome early-stage barriers to climate technology innovation, facilitating the rapid progression of projects toward commercialization.
Mission: Ideaspace Ventures, backed by the Metro-Pacific and MVP group of companies, aims to discover and support innovative ventures that can synergize with one of the Philippines’ largest business conglomerates. The venture capital firm is dedicated to fueling the growth of startups in sectors such as mobility, healthcare, logistics, fintech, energy, digital infrastructure, and media.
Program Focus: General
Location: Philippines
About the Program: Ideaspace Ventures leverages its strong connections within the MPIC and MVP Group ecosystem to offer startups unique opportunities for strategic partnerships and investments. Through initiatives like the Ideaspace Accelerator Program, the HALO Fund, and the LEGACY Fund, the firm provides comprehensive support encompassing funding, resources, and strategic partnerships.
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