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CONNECTING INDUSTRY WITH INNOVATIVE STARTUPS
Through the TechX Accelerator, the Net Zero Technology Centre works with innovative energy technology ventures to help them access industry to validate their ideas.
Customer Discovery is core part of building a startup as founders need the opportunity to test if potential customers face the problems they are solving and if their solutions would be valuable to them. Startups need touchpoints with real stakeholders in industry to understand their pain points, technical constraints, operational challenges, processes and technology adoption requirements.
TechX would like your help in facilitating introductions to our latest cohort of startups.
Benefits for startups
- Gain industry insight to improve technologies
- Meet with potential customers or suppliers
- Identify changes required to improve the technology
- Validate market demand to support funding progress
- Secure potential letters of interest
Benefits for industry
- Discover new innovative technologies in the energy sector
- Build a pipeline of potential suppliers for future projects
- Secure opportunities for pilots or field trials of innovative solutions
- Demonstrate carbon reduction through engaging with net zero startups
- Aid the development of new companies transforming energy
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Step 1: Review Startup Profiles
Download the profile information on the startups on this year’s cohort (see top of page) and evaluate if any of them would be of interest to your organisation.
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Step 2: Complete Form
Complete the form on this page (see bottom of page) with information on yourself and the startups you would like to meet with.
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Step 3: Arrange Meetings
Coordinate with the TechX team who will be in touch over e-mail to arrange meetings with startups on the cohort. This will likely be during w/c 4th May 2026, or w/c 18th May 2026, or w/c 4th June 2026 to align with the programme schedule.
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Step 4: Attend Startup Meetings
Attend the virtual meeting with startups and be open to answering their questions, learning about their technologies, and giving them input to support their development.
Startup Selection Form
NOTES TO CONSIDER
- These meetings are not intended to be a sales pitch – they are about learning, validation and insight. Neither the startup or company should be selling during the meeting. While we hope they eventually lead to a commercial relationship if mutually beneficial, the startup should be there to learn first.
- During these introductory conversations there is no confidentiality agreement in place. Startups and companies need to be cautious about what confidential or comercially sensitive information they are sharing, while still having open discussions. We do not encourage NDAs for these initial meetings.
