Powered by The Earthshot Prize and Undaunted at Imperial College London
Global network of accelerators
Help us to create a better future for everyone
Our global network of accelerators has a vision
- Create visibility across the global climate innovation ecosystem
- Transform global access to resources, markets and capital, and build capacity, particularly in emerging markets
- Free support from local silos
- Provide essential local context
Get involved
There are different ways to get involved. You might be an accelerator, incubator or other organisation supporting green innovators at different stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Or an innovator looking for support in your local area. Or you might be a policymaker, philanthropist, funder or corporate who wants to stay in-the-loop on the network’s future news and opportunities.
Whoever and wherever you are, register your interest via the form below.
Launched in Cape Town during Earthshot Week 2024!
On Monday 4 November, Undaunted and The Earthshot Prize announced a global network to foster collaboration between accelerators, incubators and other organisations around the world, supporting climate start-ups to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
The 17 initial members operate on five continents, including in all four Earthshot Prize host cities to date – London, Boston, Singapore and Cape Town. Scroll down to find out who our initial members are…
Initial members
ASBhive at the Asia School of Business
Breakthrough Energy
Canopy at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Climate Collective
Climate Ventures
Hatch Blue
Impact Hub Accra
Kinjani
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Leading Cities
The Mills Fabrica
Ninety One
Sustainable Ventures
Tech Nation
Third Derivative
TUM Venture Labs
Undaunted
And you?
“Like The Earthshot Prize, accelerators exist to speed solutions to scale. Scaling enough climate solutions across the world will require entrepreneurs to successfully take their solutions from one market to the next. This network offers new hope that we can collectively increase the speed and likelihood of startups achieving scale and global positive impact.”
Hannah Jones, CEO of The Earthshot Prize
“It’s brilliant to see that the number organisations dedicated to supporting green innovators globally is flourishing – we are seeing the emergence of a thriving world-wide web of action to create a sustainable and just future. This kind of tailor-made support for green founders is vital in our efforts to tackle the world’s climate and environmental challenges in intelligent ways, at pace, at scale, and taking all of the world’s citizens with us on this journey.
What’s missing is a way to harness the power of these hubs across countries and continents. We need to work together to more equitably distribute opportunities and resources; to channel the vital expertise and infrastructure, funders and markets, that these accelerators offer towards the right founders at the right time, to maximise our collective impact.
The new network brings together world-leaders in climate innovation support to make this happen. Join us!”
Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Innovation at Imperial Grantham Institute and Director of Undaunted
Founding partners
The global network of accelerators is powered by The Earthshot Prize and Undaunted. Undaunted is a partnership between Imperial College London and The Royal Institution.
The Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Prize is on a mission to search for and scale the most innovative solutions to the world’s greatest environmental challenges. We are optimists. We see genuine pathways to an era of regeneration and abundance. We want to unleash the urgent optimism required to accelerate and scale the environmental innovations that will repair and regenerate our planet.
Undaunted
Undaunted is a hub for the UK’s climate innovation community, creating new routes into green entrepreneurship and supporting the acceleration of startups and SMEs tackling climate change. Its mission? To nurture a climate innovation ecosystem that enables the creation of scalable innovative solutions to the climate challenge at pace. In the face of climate change, we are Undaunted.
Undaunted is a partnership
Undaunted is a partnership between Imperial College London, Imperial Grantham Institute, and The Royal Institution.
Imperial College London
Imperial is global top ten university with world-changing impact. Recognised as the UK’s most innovative university by Reuters, the best university in Europe for student entrepreneurs by Forbes, and ranked the top university for research in the UK – learn more.
Over the past decade it has produced more climate change innovation startups than any other UK university, creating an entire ecosystem to support startups at its campus in White City, one of London’s thriving innovation districts.
Imperial Grantham Institute
Imperial’s Grantham Institute envisions a sustainable, resilient, zero-carbon future through world-class research and training, and benefits from Imperial’s expert knowledge across technology development and its application to climate change and environmental challenges.
Imperial also has a track record of success in supporting climate change entrepreneurs, and its Enterprise teams support staff so their research can be translated into applications that solve real-world challenges.
The Royal Institution
Since 1799, The Royal Institution’s many eminent scientists, whose discoveries helped to shape the modern world, recognised the importance of sharing their work with the wider public.
Today, the Ri’s vision is that science is for everyone. And as an independent charity, the Ri is dedicated to bringing the public and scientists together to share their interest and passion for science, empowering people to explore and get involved. The Ri is a home for science and everyone is welcome.