Channel Partners

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center's (IEC's) Channel Partners bolster the center's mission to accelerate the market adoption of energy technologies by acting as a bridge for innovation to and from NLR.

This group of more than 60 accelerators, incubators, and universities help identify and refer startups to IEC's programs.

Contact Cat Dolezal to learn more.

Following are a list of participating Channel Partners, listed alphabetically by location.

Alaska

Launch Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska

Arizona

University of Arizona Center for Innovation
Tucson, Arizona

California

Activate
Berkeley, California

California Institute of Technology Rocket Fund
Pasadena, California

Cleantech Group
San Francisco, California

Cleantech Open
Los Angeles, California

Cleantech San Diego
San Diego, California

Larta Institute
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Los Angeles, California

New Energy Nexus
San Francisco, California

RevHub OC
Irvine, California

Stanford University TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy
Stanford, California

Canada

MaRS Discovery District
Toronto, Canada

Colorado

Colorado Cleantech
Golden, Colorado

Colorado School of Mines Beck Venture Center
Golden, Colorado

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Innosphere Ventures
Fort Collins, Colorado

Third Derivative
Boulder, Colorado

Venture Partners at University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

Connecticut

ClimateHaven
New Haven, Connecticut

Georgia

COX Cleantech Accelerator
Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Institute of Technology ScaleUp Lab
Atlanta, Georgia

Hawaii

Elemental Impact
Honolulu, Hawaii

Illinois

Evergreen Climate Innovations
Chicago, Illinois

mHUB
Chicago, Illinois

Louisiana

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Nexus Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Maryland

Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator
College Park, Maryland

Massachusetts

Alliance for Climate Transition
Boston, Massachusetts

Browning the Green Space
Boston, Massachusetts

FORGE
Somerville, Massachusetts

Greentown Labs
Somerville, Massachusetts

MassChallenge
Boston, Massachusetts

Michigan

Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan

Minnesota

Grid Catalyst
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Missouri

The Yield Lab Institute
St. Louis, Missouri

New Mexico

New Mexico State University Arrowhead Center
Las Cruces, New Mexico

New York

Columbia Technology Ventures
New York, New York

Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
Binghamton, New York

New York University Urban Future Lab
New York, New York

NextCorps
Rochester, New York

SecondMuse
New York, New York

Syracuse University Syracuse Center of Excellence
Syracuse, New York

Ohio

BRITE Energy Innovators
Warren, Ohio

Oklahoma

Rose Rock Bridge
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

VertueLab
Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Spark Innovation Center
Knoxville, Tennessee

Texas

Energytech Cypher
Houston, Texas

Rice University Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
Houston, Texas

Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Station, Clean Energy Incubator
College Station, Texas

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

Virginia

Dominion Energy Innovation Center
Ashland, Virginia

Washington

University of Washington Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
Seattle, Washington

Wisconsin

The Water Council
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wyoming

Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine
Laramie, Wyoming