Accelerators
Accelerating Climate Tech Accelerators are a key component of the innovative Silicon Valley ecosystem, known for its ability to spin out ground-breaking technologies, transformative business models, and unicorns. Decarbonizing the global economy requires new green solutions to scale – fast. So are Silicon Valley accelerators taking on the climate challenge? And how is this relevant for Danish climate tech entrepreneurs?
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ilicon Valley is known for its thriving ecosystem of research institutions, corporates, start-ups, investors, and accelerators. This ecosystem has created the most unicorns in the world and some of the world’s most valuable and innovative companies. A key component of this ecosystem is the accelerators, helping start-ups develop their initial products and business model, identify customer segments, secure resources, and offer networking oppor-
“Accelerators are the spiders in the web of start-up ecosystems”. Ryan Kushner, New Energy Nexus, Accelerate This!
tunities. Renowned US accelerators like Y Combinator and Techstars have assisted in the successes of tech companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe.
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