The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center curates and maintains this evolving list of funding and investor databases, insights, and other resources for energy innovators recommended by our ecosystem partners. Check back often for the latest information. To recommend other resources for this page, please fill out Feedback and Recommendations form.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| AngelList (Wellfound Talent) | AngelList is a startup platform to raise money, build teams, and launch their products. AngelList allows startups to raise money from angel investors free of charge. |
| Capital Explorer | Capital Explorer helps entrepreneurs explore a range of traditional and innovative funding options, evaluating suitability based on answers to a set of questions about the company |
| CB Insights | CB Insights’ machine intelligence platform, intelligence analysts, and global network of executives and startups empower people to articulate compelling answers to difficult questions — about growth, competition, and technology. |
| Circular Startup Index | A growing, searchable database featuring more than 350 circular startups across a range of sectors, industries, and geographies. |
| Clean Energy Business Network | A energy technology funding database that includes sources of funding for early-stage energy companies across technologies and services. |
| Cleantech Group i3 Database | Discover profiles of more than 37,000 startups in various sectors. |
| Climate50 | Climate50 recognizes the year’s most impactful global energy technology investors. |
| CrowdSolve | CrowdSolve is designed to ‘pre-incubate’ and amplify new solutions for climate adaptation by connecting early-stage ideas to tools, mentoring, and funding |
| CrunchBase | Crunchbase is the leading destination for millions of users to discover industry trends, investments, and news about global companies—from startups to the Fortune 1000. |
| CTVC | This website provides insights, news, and a weekly newsletter focused on the energy economy and technology. |
| Empower Innovation | Funded by the California Energy Commission, Empower Innovation – has a comprehensive listing of funding opportunities and other resources for the energy community. |
| Heartland | This resource collaboratively advances the commercialization of innovative energy businesses across the Greater Midwest Region. Check out their website for: |
| • A wide range of resources such as accelerators/incubators, coworking spaces, lab spaces, and more | |
| • Events in the Midwest region | |
| Manufacturing Extension Partnership | The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a national network with hundreds of specialists who understand the needs of America's small manufacturers. Their national network consists of manufacturing extension partnership centers located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. MEP provides companies with services and access to public and private resources to enhance growth, improve productivity, reduce costs, and expand capacity. |
| Resource Opensource | Developed by the Resnick Sustainability Institute , Resource OpenSource offers information and guidance for cleantech and sustainability venturing, organized into the four stages |
| SBIR Partnering Platform | Innovators and search for funding and engage with partners. |
| Sightline - Climate Capital Stack | Explore a full list of investors working in advanced energy space. |
| Signal | This website provides a comprehensive collection of financial resources and funding opportunities for first-time entrepreneurs, including databases, tutorials, and tools to support startup success. |
| Tough Tech Fundamentals | The Engine and Activate Global have compiled Tough Tech Fundamentals: a collection of resources introducing critical competencies and mindsets required to effectively launch a Tough Tech startup. We hope that these resources will help you begin to answer the question: is launching or joining a Tough Tech startup right for me? |