Connecting Minds. Powering Change.
About WEnnovate
WEnnovate is on a mission to drive change in the face of today's energy challenges. Recognising the critical link between the energy and digital sectors, we work towards fair, affordable, and decentralised energy systems.
Who should apply?
We are aiming to revolutionise the energy landscape by leveraging the powerful synergy between digital and deep-tech solutions. Diving deep into our target ecosystems in Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Ukraine helps us:
Through collaborative efforts, we are crafting EU-level action plans that turbocharge the role of digital and deep-tech innovations in driving the energy transition forward.
What is our challenge?
We aim to accelerate the energy transition by enhancing the role of digital and deep-tech innovations.
What do we do?
We are developing an EU-level action plan designed to accelerate deep-tech and digital innovators.
How to get involved?
We value your opinion. Join ur stakeholder dialogue both on national and EU level.
So, what's your role?
We want to hear from you! Join our stakeholder dialogue on both national and EU levels and lend your voice to shaping the future of energy innovation. We are looking for innovators, experts and other stakeholders who would like to shape the future of energy transition.
Together, let's make a lasting impact on the world's energy landscape.
Timeline
2024
February
Exploratory analysis
March - June
Stakeholder workshops
1st round
July
Draft action plan
August - October
Stakeholder workshops 2nd round and validation
November
Final action plan
About consortium partners
Design Terminal
Design Terminal is an international innovation agency focusing on entrepreneurial development. Creates value for different kinds of partners in the same way: identifying innovation challenges and look for the best people to solve them. Design Terminal looks for innovative solutions lying in optimistic communities. The programs leverage the power in personal connections and networks. In Womenture project takes a coordinator role.
Key Innovation programs
International
V4 Startup Force, Mentoring Program, CASSINILocal
ESA BIC Hungary, ESA Technology Broker, ESERO, NAK TechLabEU projects
AD4GD, X-Europe
KPIs
12 countries20+ corporations
100+ mentors
2000+ startups
Sustainable Scale-up Foundation
The Sustainable Scale-up Foundation (SSF) is a social broker that builds communities where social entrepreneurs can scale up their innovations and positively impact the world together. SSF works with the quadruple helix stakeholders within the Netherlands and beyond to change policies on access to markets and regulatory frameworks. SSF builds bridges between the different stakeholders on complex issues where rules and authorities do not yet exist.
Key Innovation programs
EU projects
Ideas From Europe (business platform for impact entrepreneurs and their innovations)Nature FIRST (developing innovative tools for biodiversity conservation)
Local
Energy Scale-up (energy transition facilitator)
KPIs
5+ SDG projects5000+ innovative European entrepreneurs
G-Force
G-Force is a pre-seed/seed fund and investment program for green-tech startups with innovative climate change solutions, advising and mentoring mission-driven climate startups on fundraising, strategy, business foundations and more.
Key Innovation programs
International
G-Force Accelerator ProgrammeEU projects
SynergistEIC, SEEDplus, BOOSTalent, CloudEarthi, Inspiring the Minds, CapTTict
Unify.energy
Power to the people by building the Internet of Energy
Unify.energy was founded to facilitate the establishment of the Internet of Energy. We envision that our energy demands will be fulfilled from user-owned, locally generated sources. On the IoE energy is exchanged peer-to-peer over self-balancing, semi-autonomous, multi-carrier systems. The IoE enables access to renewable energy for all. At the heart of the IoE lies the facilitation of local, integrated, interconnected, and self- balancing energy communities. Through the integration of renewable energy assets, coupled with digital services, we aim to facilitate self-regulating local energy communities and empower users to actively participate in and take ownership of their own energy systems.
Key Innovation programs
International
G-Force Accelerator ProgrammeEU projects
Key Opinion Leader (IEA, EU commission, COP22 a.o.)Local
Synergy – HackathonsKPIs
22 partners in 8 EU countries Synergy Hackathons with 170+ participants
Kyiv Academic University
The State Research Institution «Kyiv Academic University» (KAU) is affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and the Ministry of Education and Science. KAU's main units include NASU departments and research centres. Students engage in Ukrainian scientific programs, collaborate with local scientists, and develop deep tech projects. KAU leads the Association for Academic Cooperation "Academ.City," aiming to establish a deep tech science park and enhance market readiness of scientific innovations. Over four years, KAU, alongside stakeholders, has developed innovation infrastructure, including networking activities, incubation programs, mentoring, and educational initiatives on startup creation and technology transfer.
Key Innovation programs
EU Projects
4innopipe, SEEDplus, BOOSTalent, CADS, Trust Food, DIHWorld, i4TrustLocal
BOOSTer, DIH NOSC-UA DIHScience and Technology Center KAY (STC KAU)
KPIs
200 partners in 29 countries40+ events
10 supported startups
The Ukrainian Startup Fund
The Ukrainian Startup Fund is a state institution that helps innovative projects and technological startups to attract funds at the early stages and launch their own projects. The fund is a driver of the development of the startup ecosystem, provides conditions for the growth of the field, forms a positive investment image of the tech industry of Ukraine abroad, and represents Ukrainian innovative solutions around the world.
Key Innovation programs
Local
Acceleration and grant funding Innovation Vouchers, Wnisef grant funding for pre-seed stage, GIZ funding for SMEsKPIs
$8.7 million funded in grants for 380+ startups360+ events
72 cooperation with universities signed
Provincie of Utrecht
Provincie of Utrecht is an associated partner of WEnnovate. While being the oldest and smallest province in the Netherlands, PU is also one of the most densely populated. PU is a leading international region, able to claim the highest gross domestic product per capita and the highest-educated population in the Netherlands, earning the name of Europe's most competitive regions by the European Commission.
Key Innovation programs
EU projects
IEE - V2G-QUESTS (PEDs)Local
Regional energy alliance (innovation and energy transition)