Free capital-raising support for clean energy and climate tech startups
To succeed as an entrepreneur, you don't just need capital, you also need experienced partners who understand what you're trying to achieve. EnergyLab has built a unique - and completely free - process for matching founders with investors who believe in the importance and potential of clean energy and climate tech startups.
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Why raise with us
EnergyLab's angel group is uniquely positioned to help clean energy and climate tech startups succeed.
Reach funding targets
EnergyLab is attracting new investors to the climate tech sector, streamlining their investment process, increasing the chances of you reaching your fundraising targets.
Investors with experience
When our angel group invests in your business, you will receive much more than capital. You will receive values-aligned investors with relevant contacts and expertise dedicated to helping you succeed.
Success rate
Traditional investors and investment groups often shy away from climate tech startups. Our members are actively seeking climate tech startups to invest in, ensuring you receive a positive reception.
Founder-first
We've built a founder-friendly process that can give you the opportunity to pitch to investors and decide who you take investment from.
How the process works
We've streamlined the process of receiving investment from our angel investors. Here's what you need to do.
Submit an application
Step one is to create a profile and submit a deck, a recorded version of your pitch and the details of your capital raise to us. You’ll be notified if your application meets our criteria, and you may be invited to have a quick call with the angel network manager.
Feature your raise
If selected, your deal will be featured on our angel group deal platform where investors will be able to view all of the details you provided along with some AI-generated insights around your startups climate impact, other social and environmental benefits, market overview, competitors risks and comparable startups.
Engage with investors
We’ll invite select founders to a pitch day or Q&A session with our angel group. We’ll help investors share notes so you don’t have to answer the same questions too many times.
Cost
Nothing! Keep your scarce cash and equity for growing your business.
How to apply
Fill in a form and we’ll reach out to get to know you better and share how you can get the most out of the angel deal platform.
Fill in an online form
The first step is to submit an application. This will require creating a profile and uploading a pitch deck and recording of a 5-10 minute pitch, as well as answering some questions about your capital raise.
Incorporate feedback
If we think your chances of success with our angel group can be significantly improved with some changes to your application, we'll provide you with feedback and ask you to update it before passing it on to our investors.
Approve investors
After your application has been accepted, we'll let you know when investors have shown interest in investing in your startup. You have full control over who can invest in your startup.
What we're looking for
EnergyLab's angel investors back Australia and New Zealand's most promising clean energy and climate tech startups.
Impact
Your startup will have a positive environmental impact, such as by facilitating renewable energy uptake, enabling great energy efficiency or helping industry reduce carbon emissions. We’re looking for startups that contribute towards decarbonisation.
Growth
Your small business has the potential to become a very large one relatively quickly. You're not a consultancy, non-profit or local business.
Stage
You've achieved customer validation, ideally are generating revenue, and are raising $100,000 to $1,000,000 at a $1-10 million valuation.
Edge
You have intellectual property, experience, talent and/or insight that will give you an unfair advantage over the competition.
FAQs
Investors in the group will have access to all of the information you share in your application. We encourage you to share compelling information in your pitch deck and video, but withhold from sharing anything confidential.
Absolutely, we’ll share with you which investors are interested in investing. You decide which investors can invest directly, or in the case that the investors syndicate through our partner Impact Ventures.
Absolutely nothing. EnergyLab does not charge startups fees to apply or pitch to our angel group and we don't take a cut of the funds you raise.
Yes, as long as you operate in Australia or New Zealand.
Please email [email protected] if you have any other questions.