>SMART> GREEN ACCELERATOR

Welcome to Green Valley!

We accelerate Green Tech startups with effective programs, targeted industry collaboration set-up and access to exclusive financing instruments.

We work with a strong network of business angels, VC investors, research & science institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institutes in Freiburg and the University of Freiburg.

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programs

We push our startups with targeted programs – from pre-seed to 1st stage.

EXI

You want to found a (greentech) start-up in Baden-Württemberg and are in the pre-founding phase? Then register here for a free start-up consultation!

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ACCELERATE

ACCELERATE is our offer for early-stage green tech start-ups. We focus our green tech expertise on your business model, your financing strategy and the elaboration of your impact potential.

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Pre-Seed Funding

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With our PRE-SEED FUNDING (Start-up BW Pre-Seed), we pursue the goal of securing initial financing for innovative startups, developing a clear financing strategy for the next few years and laying the groundwork for follow-up financing at an early stage.

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Grow

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Innovation through collaboration! With GROW we connect you with future-oriented corporate companies and you will take the next step together. Strategic collaborations or investments are the goal!

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GrüNetz

Germany’s Southwest is home to a wealth of entrepreneurial experience that has grown over many years thanks to the many innovative and successful small and medium-sized enterprises. With GrüNetz, we mediate future-proof collaborations between green startups and established local SMEs.

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Make It Matter

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The startup award for the energy transition: With our innovation partner, EWS, we are looking for the startup pioneers of the green energy industry. EWS donates 40.000€ and we award the MakeItMatter-prize to the winning teams at our >SMART> GREEN Startup Night.

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MakeItMatter award ceremony 2022

Startup Highlights

Highline Technology

HighLine Technology is a spin-off from Fraunhofer ISE. The startup is working on a novel process for increasing efficiency in the industrial production of metal contacts in solar cells. HighLine Technology has picked up speed in terms of funding within the Accelerator: 400,000 € via Start-up BW Pre-Seed was followed by 1.2 million € seed follow-on investment by HTGF and FTTF.

Greenventory

Greenventory is a high-tech startup of Fraunhofer ISE and KIT. A software significantly facilitates the complex planning of sustainable energy systems. It was used in two pilot projects with EWS Schönau and Greenpeace Energy as part of our GROW program. Greenventory also won the MakeItMatter Award of 40,000 € in 2019.

Dexter Energy

Dexter Energy from the Netherlands specializes in forecasting energy consumption and generation time series. These can optimize schedule management at energy service providers, reducing balancing costs by up to 40%. The startup participated in the GROW program in 2019 and accelerated its market entry into Germany through >SMART> GREEN.