Accelerator — 2050accelerator

Ireland‘s National Sustainability Accelerator

Connecting startups, industry and national assets to accelerate towards Net Zero

Is your startup focused on changing the world?

Join the 2050 Accelerator, Ireland’s national sustainability accelerator that is built for impact, with a focus on decarbonisation in various industries.

Through the 6-month programme, startups have access to national assets and an opportunity for route to market with a potential pilot.

In Partnership with Leading Companies

Our 2050 industry partners provide opportunities for funding, access to expertise, routes to market and access to national assets that can help startups move the needle on climate

Kerry Group is a global leader in sustainable nutrition. Over 1bn people eat food with Kerry ingredients every single day. Kerry is deeply committed to helping decarbonise agriculture and lead a just transition to net zero.

Ireland’s national energy supplier, ESB is focused on leading Ireland’s transition to net zero energy production, building some of the largest wind farms in Europe, and championing a hydrogen economy.

Coillte is proud to be the custodian of 440,000 hectares, equalling 7% of Irish land. This is primarily forested space and makes Coillte Ireland's largest forest manager and provider of outdoor recreation.

Our 2050 industry partners provide opportunities for funding, access to expertise, routes to market and access to national assets that can help startups move the needle on climate.

Water & Soil Management

Technologies that identify, monitor, and measure nutrients in water and soil

Animal Health

Improvement of animal health with a focus on the collection and analysis of data on the cow

Systematic Data Management

Technologies that can help farmers to conduct best practices, and to also incentivise improvements

Decarbonisation of Energy

Providing sustainable energy solutions for consumers through decarbonization efforts in built environments and rural communities

Mobility

Providing comprehensive zero-carbon transport solutions for public, private, and industrial sectors

Carbon Measurement

Efficient and auditable models to accurately measure, track, and verify carbon sequestration for secure carbon credit trading

People in Nature

Connecting people with nature through interactive experiences

Innovative Wood Construction

Innovative wood products and systems driving sustainable timber construction

Carbon Dioxide Removal

Exploring cutting-edge carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions to mitigate effects of climate change

Is the 2050 Accelerator for you?

Industry

We invest in teams and companies, not industries. If you have a globally scalable tech solution, get in touch!

Investment Stage

This is a late-stage accelerator, for startups that are post-seed and pre-Series A. You are looking for new market opportunities in adjacent domains.

Product Stage

We are looking for startups with products who are pilot-ready, who demonstrate product-distribution fit, and are looking for market acceleration.

Team

You’re a team with unique insight or competency in your domain, who demonstrate passion in making an impact in sustainability innovation.

"ESB is looking to achieve zero carbon net emissions by the year 2040, and that means that we're going to have to do things that are quite different. And to do things different, you have to find people who think differently and work closely with them. Working with startup companies helps us to see things, to see the same problems through different eyes, through fresh eyes. And we bring our expertise to work with that."

Donal Phelan

Head of Innovation

An Accelerator with Unique Benefits, Built for Impact

Focus on partnerships + pilots

Work with leading companies at the forefront of decarbonisation. Potential PoC’s.

Access to Ireland as a Testbed

Access the largest aggregation of national sustainability assets & supports in the world.

Equity Free

€10,000 stipend to cover accelerator cost, €500,000+ in perks, and insight and access to leading sustainability and climate tech investors around the world.

Work with leading industry experts and top entrepreneurs

Jim McBride

Co-Founder, OtherLab.
MIT PhD Physics.
Otherlab is the largest recipient of ARPAe funding in the US. Clients include NASA and Google.
Nevcan Guncor

Chief Investment Officer, Shwe Taung Group
Focused on low carbon infrastructure investment. MBA Columbia. Masters HES, Harvard.
Donal O’Flynn

Founder, Open-hydro.
Serial Entrepreneur. Founder of Open-Hydro tidal energy, Node-i novel wind turbine blades and custom crop harvesting company AgFleet.
Ross Hunt

Director, Comex McKinnon
Founder of AgTech startup Cainthus, acquired by Ever.Ag. Founder of Outmin. Columnist for The Currency and member of Singularity University.