Startup program

Public Utility 2024

In this commercial program, European mature startups and international corporates, investors and service providers are matched to explore business opportunities and partnerships as well as to enable high quality business relationships. We are not open for applications yet but please register below to be kept informed.

In numbers

From Clean Energy Program 2023:

European Startups & Scaleups

Corporates

140

Match meetings

Expected collaborations startup-corporate

Expected collaborations corporate-corporate

About

About the Public Utility Program 2024

This is the first edition of our Public Utility Program. We kick it off with a physical session in Milano November 5-6, hosted by Polihub. Like all our programs it will primarily focus on creation of business opportunities between participating European deeptech companies and international Corporates, Service Providers and Investors with deeptech appetite. The preparation and post kick-off sessions are all digital to drive efficiency, flexibility and to let participants focus on their own business. With parallel programs taking place from Fall 2024 we have replaced the concluding Program Summits with a stand-alone Summit for all companies in Deep Tech Alliance.

A top-ranked program feature is the curated match meeting opportunities arranged during the program, face-to-face at the Kick-off and digital after that. The European startups invited are selected from requests provided by the participating Corporates, which increase chances of finding business opportunities.

The program also provides expert led online sessions on relevant topics, such as pricing and B2B Sales conversion. Participation in these is optional, and most sessions are recorded to allow for catching up on relevant sessions afterward.

In the program, participating startups get:

Handheld match meetings with International Corporate Partners.
Investor pitch and match meeting with preferred Investors.
Workshops with experts that will help you understand, approach and engage with corporates.
Peer-to-peer network with best-in-class mature startups from all over Europe.
Physical kick-off event in Milan, Italy, November 5-6.
Free participation in the stand-alone Summit preliminary scheduled for Paris December 5.
Invited to Alumni activities onwards.

Participation requirements

Company registered in a European Country (including non-EU countries like the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine, etc.)
Ready to engage with big industrial clients (min. TRL 4 ready for TRL 5 validation)
Program participation fee €1.000. The participation fee covers all program content including lunches and networking dinners during the events.
Participants are to cover travel to and lodging related to the kick-off event.

Corporate Partners in Clean Energy 2024

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Who is this program for?

Start/scaleups with technological solutions for organizations maintaining infrastructure for public service and providing services using that infrastructure. The Public Utility industry is constantly changing and include more services (district cooling, energy efficiency, solar panel installation, broadband, video surveillance, traffic analysis, torrential downpours planning, security, etc), becomes more integrated (power plants producing electricity and heat), drives innovation across all areas and grow as organizations. Relevant advanced materials is also in the scope.

Corporates maintaining infrastructure for public service and providing services using that infrastructure will find solutions to their challenges and new ways of working both from startups and from peers. Corporate requests impact the selection of startups for the program.

Investors investing in deeptech solutions for efficient, safe, secure, sustainable and circular public utility infrastructure and innovative Public Utility services.