New Energy New York’s (NENY) accelerator program ChargeUp has opened applications for its second cohort! If your startup is working on battery innovation—anywhere across the value chain—this opportunity could help change the trajectory of your business. The hybrid program, which runs from April through Oct. 2025, provides an expert-driven, industry-specific curriculum, along with connections to vast resources within a federally designated Battery Tech Hub to advance your technology development, business, and investor readiness. ChargeUp participants will receive $25,000 to use throughout the program, as well as follow-on investment opportunities, including up to $100,000 for technical development.
For more information, visit the NENY ChargeUp website or join one of our virtual info sessions:
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ChargeUp Accelerator Program Information Session (Nov. 13, 11 a.m. EST)
→ Register for the ChargeUp Accelerator Program Webinar -
Tips for Applying to ChargeUp (Dec. 10, 11 a.m. EST)
→ Register for Tips for Applying to ChargeUp Accelerator Program -
ChargeUp Accelerator Program Information Session 3 (Jan. 8, 2025, 11 a.m. EST)
→ Register for ChargeUp Accelerator Program Information Session 3
Applications for the second cohort of ChargeUp are due by 11:59 p.m. Jan. 15, 2025.
Apply for the second cohort of ChargeUp.
The ChargeUp program is based on the methodology and curriculum of NextCorps Luminate and NextCorps Manufacturing Accelerator, and is being offered through funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award ITE-2334103.
Submitted by: Kari Bayait
