AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
Past Cohorts
Cohort 1: Clean Energy (Summer 2021)
"Clean energy is one of the most promising investment opportunities there is today." — David Turk, US Deputy Secretary of Energy
Our first accelerator cohort focused on startups developing clean energy solutions, specifically related to clean technology for energy storage, monitoring CCUS programs/seismic activity, hydrogen generation for energy, smart grid, geothermal optimization and material science. The programming took place over the summer of 2021 and culminated in a virtual demo day global Innovation Showcase on September 23rd attended by over 400 AWS customers, industry experts, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and government leaders. The event was kicked off by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky and included comments by David Turk, US Deputy Secretary of Energy. A video of the event can be found here.
Ethosgen
EthosGen is a Pennsylvania, US-based startup, pioneering the use of advanced materials to convert waste into scalable, resilient, and renewable energy to provide carbon-free circular economy solutions to industry and infrastructure.
e-zinc
E-zinc, based in Toronto, Canada, developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for low-cost, long-duration energy storage in physically-free zinc metal,
Flexidao
Flexidao,based in Spain & Netherlands, offers blockchain-based software that helps energy buyers increase the credibility of their renewable energy reporting and verify its real source and emissions, every hour of the day.
HydroWE
Hydro Wind Energy, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is developing a disruptive offshore wind technology using kite systems and vertical axis wind rotors to provide low-cost clean electricity, grid scale energy storage, and seawater desalination.
ionomr
Ionomr from British Columbia, Canada, is manufacturing ion-exchange membranes and polymers for clean energy for fuel cells, hydrogen production, and carbon capture and conversion.
Persefoni
Persefoni, is an Arizona, US-based software as a service (SaaS) company providing a complete carbon footprint management systems that enables enterprises and financial services institutions to measure, analyze, plan, forecast, and report on their carbon transactions and inventory.
SmartHelio
SmartHelio, headquartered in Switzerland, is a deep-tech clean energy startup using proprietary Edge sensor and intelligent software to make solar plants live longer and greener.
Smart Pulse
SmartPulse, based in Turkey, connects energy exchanges, grid operators, power plants, consumers, and service providers via a robust end-to-end SaaS solution that reduces costs and increases operational efficiency of renewables.
Utility
Utility, based in Houston, Texas, US, aims to reshape the world’s energy landscape with low-cost, clean, distributed hydrogen production systems powered by the proprietary, high-temperature H²Gen™ electrolysis process.
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Cohort 2: Mobility & Transportation (Summer 2022)
"Transport, which accounts for more than one quarter of global greenhouse gases, is key to getting the Sustainable Development Goals on track. We must decarbonize all means of transport, in order to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 globally."
— António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
Our second accelerator cohort focused on startups developing groundbreaking solutions to help cities address sustainability challenges, like tackling traffic analysis, smart internet of things (IoT) lampposts, and much more. The 12 companies were selected from hundreds of applications, representing 19 countries, by a panel of experts from AWS, Freshwater Advisors, and Public Spend Forum.
The program took place over the summer of 2022 and culminated in a virtual demo day global Innovation Showcase on September 7th attended by over 400 AWS customers, industry experts, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and government leaders.
2022 Innovation Showcase
Actionfigure
Actionfigure, based in Washington, DC, helps people make smarter, more sustainable decisions about transportation. Their analytics help commercial real estate owners and workplace occupiers capitalize on location using Motional Intelligence: insight into how people move to, from, and around their properties.
Automotus
Automotus, Inc out of Los Angeles, CA helps cities, airports, and fleets reduce congestion, safety hazards, and emissions caused by the influx of commercial vehicles in urban areas. Their first-of-its-kind computer vision technology provides comprehensive insights and automation to tackle these challenges at the curb.
Circuit
Circuit, based in West Palm Beach, FL, is making short-distance transportation simpler, greener, and cheaper. They are building on-demand, last-mile shuttle services in cities around the US. Circuit has provided over five million rides without burning an ounce of gas or traveling more than a few miles.
Flow Labs
Flow Labs in Oakland, CA, provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform that empowers transportation agencies to manage and optimize the flow of vehicles in their cities.
Hidden Level
Hidden Level, Inc from Syracuse, NY, supports the safety of low altitude airspace above our cities by providing actionable data through its distributed sensor network, the Airspace Monitoring Service.
Omniflow
OMNIFLOW from Porto, Portugal, provides sustainable smart city solutions. Omniflow Smart IoT Lamppost, powered by wind and solar, transforms a streetlight into a sustainable platform that can host applications.
OpConnect
OpConnect, Inc based in Portland, OR reduces greenhouse gases caused by transportation with a smart electronic vehicle (EV) charging platform that protects the electric grid, minimizes costs of electricity, and maximizes use of renewable energy.
Pantonium
Pantonium Inc based in Toronto, Canada is a clean-tech software company, using a patented route optimization algorithm to help cities deliver efficient and sustainable on-demand public transit to help them move more people in an on-demand world.
Populus
Populus Technologies, Inc. from San Francisco, CA, helps cities and private mobility providers deliver safe, efficient, and equitable streets. The Populus platform empowers cities to manage their streets and curbs—with access to mobility data from shared bike, scooter, moped and car sharing operators, and delivery services.
Talyn Air
Talyn Air, Inc. based in Los Angeles, CA provides autonomous battery electric point-to-point flights for cargo that don’t need airports or runways. Talyn Air solves middle-mile and last-mile challenges with fast air service for payloads up to 500 lbs.
Ualabee
Ualabee based in Cordoba, Argentina is a big-data mobility company that integrates data from urban transportation, micro-mobility, and ride-hailing operators to offer trip planning and data analytics solutions to users and businesses.
UrbanSDK
Urban SDK in Jacksonville, FL is an advanced data analytics platform to make better decisions with location data. They aggregate data from the physical world and turn it into intelligence for city planning, real estate decisions, transportation improvements, and digital twin technology.
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Cohort 3: Built Environment (Winter 2022)
Our third accelerator cohort focused on startups developing groundbreaking solutions to help cities address infrastructure-related sustainability challenges. Infrastructure, or the built environment, encompasses all aspects of our lives, and includes real estate, manufacturing, power, utility, and transportation systems. The programming took place over the fall / winter of 2022 and will culminate in a global Innovation Showcase on in early 2023, with invitations extended to AWS customers, industry experts, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and government leaders.
Accelerate Wind
Accelerate Wind, from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, develops affordable wind turbines for commercial buildings designed to be installed at the edge of roofs to take advantage of wind that naturally speeds up as it travels over roof edges.
BlocPower
BlocPower, from Brooklyn, New York, USA, provides smart, all-electric heating, cooling, and hot water systems to building owners. BlocPower uses its software for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects.
Conservation Labs
Conservation Labs, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, delivers technology that monitors water use and equipment to reduce costs, carbon, and risk. The company monitors sound signatures from plumbing to measure accurate water flow estimates, leak alerts, and water insights.
Ecolibrium
Ecolibrium, from London, UK, uses internet of things (IoT) infrastructure and proprietary machine learning (ML) algorithms to deliver an instant snapshot of energy performance across commercial and residential properties. This data helps customers make better decisions to support operational cost optimization and net zero carbon targets.
ElectricFish
ElectricFish, from Freemont, California, USA, builds and deploys distributed, resilient electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to accelerate deployment in grid-constrained sites. The company aims to deliver technologies that make energy more equitable and resilient.
hello energy
hello energy, from Rotterdam, Netherlands, offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that enables real estate owners to engage tenants and stakeholders to connect and create energy-positive buildings.
RUNWITHIT Synthetics
RUNWITHIT Synthetics, from Edmonton, Canada, uses synthetic data modeling to show customers the impact of sustainability decisions. RUNWITHIT creates digital city sandbox environments, then adds scenarios of weather, policy, technology, and infrastructure to help measure predicted outcomes, including climate, emissions and economics.
VIA
VIA, from Sommerville, Massachusetts, USA, offers a Web3 platform that gives consumers ownership of their private energy data, compensates consumers for taking actions that contribute to mitigating climate change, and verifies that consumers took the actions they said they would, including turning down thermostats or selling rooftop solar.
Vutility
Vutility, from Sandy, Utah, USA, offers a scalable, wireless, and battery-less, behind-the-meter tracker that delivers minute-by-minute visibility for energy use down to the circuit-level or individual asset. Vutility’s IoT and cloud-enabled solutions help reduce the total cost of ownership for sub-metering applications.
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Testimonials
Working with AWS and Freshwater Advisors throughout the AWS Clean Energy Accelerator was a pleasure! We were able to collaborate with potential partners and customers focused on climate accounting and transparent disclosures."
AWS Clean Energy Acceleration gave us a global exposure- markets, mentors, potential customers and investors. As a part of the acceleration, we were able to learn how to pitch our solution differently and it helped push our sales globally. We were able to leverage our association with AWS to build trust among our clients and investors.
The AWS Clean Energy Accelerator was a comprehensive program that educated me on all aspects of our business – go-to-market strategy, policy and regulation, funding resources, and much more. The program coordinators went above and beyond to understand what our priorities were and then worked to find opportunities to address those issues, whether through AWS’s internal resources or through its massive network. I also developed some fantastic relationships during the program and am truly grateful for the connections I made!
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by Elena Newton )