EXCEL Accelerator
EXCEL ACCELERATOR is a growth-stage accelerator focused on the clean energy transition and climate change mitigation in China.
Leveraging support from local government, academia and industry connections, EXCEL ACCELERATOR provides growth-stage startups with technology/product expertise, pilot opportunities, market expansion.
2020 Review
Industry Meet-ups in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu
Deep-dive Workshops SGCC, CNOOC and Baowu
F2F Mentor Session with industry experts and investors
Mentors, events & meet-up participants
2021 Cohort 2
EXCEL Accelerator will be launched again in 2021, focusing on three application scenarios and five industry sectors, to accelerate energy innovation and achieve the “double goals” of air quality standards and carbon emissions peak by connecting industry, startups and investment institutions.
- Participate in global ecosystem network
Partner with the world’s most promising tech startups and related teams
- Reduce innovation risk
Startups are pre-screened and pre-evaluated in various ways to ensure the relevance of the partnership
- Expand market and acquire customers
Explore China market and acquire qualified customers efficiently through deep-dive workshops
- Scale up and complete financing
Optimize product/technology solutions with mentorship and scale up with PoC projects and funding
- Community and cohort activities
Regular community activities will be organized to inspire collaboration sparks through exchanges within the cohort and drive the community to move forward together.
- Mentorship with industry experts
A group of industry experts are gathered to provide professional guidance including solution orientation, industry trend research, resource allocation and import, etc.
- Startup Database – Access to Qualified Startups
EXCEL Accelerator will conduct multiple rounds of screening and due diligence to ensure that the company has development prospects.
- Industry-related post-investment services
EXCEL Accelerator assists investment institutions to complete post-investment management in an efficient and effective manner through industry-related events and services.
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen refueling stations, distributed hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen (ammonia) ships, hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks, green hydrogen production, direct-reduction steelmaking, green hydrogen (ammonia) chemicals
Charging station with PV and energy storage, echelon use and recycling of retired battery, vehicle-grid integration (VGI), cloud energy storage, heat (cold) storage, battery swapping stations, thermal utilization of water sources, charging ships, utility-scale energy storage stations, high-temperature heat storage, energy storage facilities for power quality improvement, emergency power supply
Energy efficiency management for buildings, Cooperative vehicle system to charging infrastructure (V2I) and to network(V2N), energy big data, carbon emission management, decentralized trading, digital currency settlement, digital grid, digital power plant, digital water environment, industrial energy efficiency management, energy trading
Green bonds, low-carbon financing, supply chain finance
DC building, DC fast charging, DC distribution network, DC IDC, DC shore power for port, high-reliability DC power supply
Recruitment Criteria
Technology & Product
Mature technology, solutions and products
Later than TRL 3
Solutions focus on smart city, smart marine or heavy industry scenarios
Technology focus on hydrogen, energy storage, digitalization, fintech and semi-conductor
Investment & Customer
Later than Pre-A
Request for industrial investment
Stable customers with current solutions
Eager to expand market and acquire more customers
Team
At least 2 FTEs
Open for Application
March 29
Selection and Due Diligence
May - June
Open Day
Mid-June
Workshops and Events
June - October
Demo Day
October 21
EXCEL Accelerator Cohort 1
Partners
Forbes China Tianfufabu Eknower CYZone 36Kr
