>SMART> GREEN: The Green Tech Accelerator

Our focus areas

With our support offer we focus on Green Tech startups from a wide range of industries. It is important that both technology and sustainability play a role. Focus areas are e.g.

Green Energy
Green Industry
Green Mobility
Green Building
Green Packaging

Our Startup programs

Our specific support programs focus on different startup phases

EXI.green

You want to found a (green tech) startup in Baden-Württemberg and are in the very early stage? Then register here for a free startup consultation!

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Ein Team aus jungen Gründerinnen und Gründern unterhält sich im Rahmen des SEED-Programms im Kreativpark Lokhalle in Freiburg

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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Zwei Männer im Beratungsgespräch zur Startup-Finanzierung Pre-Seed im Kreativpark Lokhalle Freiburg

PRE-SEED FUNDING

With our PRE-SEED FUNDING program (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 guardrails for follow-up financing rounds.

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GROW

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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MakeItMatter

The Startup Award for climate protection startups: Together with our innovation partner, EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau, we are looking for innovative startup pioneers who contribute to climate protection with their technological solutions. The EWS donates 40.000€ with the MakeItMatter-Award and we reveal the winners at our >SMART> GREEN Startup Night.

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Startup Highlights of the >SMART> GREEN programs

Here is a small overview of our Green Tech startups out of different programs.

You can find all our startup highlights with a short profile in our startup section.

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OUR SERVICES

CASE MANAGEMENT

You're not doing it on your own: An individual case manager supports you, but also challenges you within the framework of the program. In concrete terms, this means that we help you as initiators, consultants and project managers at the same time to advance your business and possible collaborations.

EXPERT NETWORK

We connect you with investors, lawyers, financial experts, successful founders, friends accelerators from Germany, Israel and Switzerland as well as decision makers of a huge Green Tech network. Within our event formats you will receive honest feedback and lots of insights.

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

You cooperate with our innovation partners right from the start and work together on concrete milestones!

NO EQUITY

We don't want your shares. So: Keep calm & keep your money! ;-)