About the project
ClimAccelerator is a global program by EIT Climate-KIC for startups to innovate, catalyze, and expand the potential of their climate solutions.
In Central America and the Caribbean, the project is executed by Alterna, aiming to deepen business models, addressing financial topics to prepare companies for financing and investment access. Additionally, it seeks to optimize the management and measurement of impact purpose. This initiative also aims to connect with new markets and impact investment spaces in the region, allowing participating companies to scale their impact.
What profile is the project looking for?
We are looking for companies located in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, in sectors related to climate and within the following industries:
Food Systems
Food Systems
Businesses in the food value chain, from inputs (organic fertilizers); sustainable agriculture and livestock; fishing and aquaculture, and sustainable livestock.
Textiles
Textile
Sustainable fabrics and plant-based fibers.
Renewable energy
Energy
Renewable energy, sustainable cooking (energy-saving stoves), battery storage, transmission and distribution, marine, coastal, and offshore energy.
Technology
IT
Software, applications, and greentech and agtech businesses.
Tourism Value Chain
Sustainable Tourism
Value chain businesses such as sustainable and circular hotels and restaurants.
Transport and Logistics
Transport
Logistics, export services, maritime transport, micromobility, and biodiesel.
Construction
Construction
Sustainable materials, sustainable housing, initiatives for sustainable cities.
Water and Sanitation
WASH
Smart water systems, wastewater treatment.
Waste Treatment
Waste Management
Collection, recycling, upcycling.
Why participate?
Deep business strengthening in finance and impact
Delve into the finances of your business model in preparation for financing, as well as in the measurement and management of generated impact.
Individual impact forecast coaching
Individual coaching sessions with the global EIT Climate-KIC team to improve your company’s impact.
Market access assessment with LUUM
Outstanding companies will develop a strategy to conquer new e-commerce markets with experts’ guidance.
Connection with impact investment spaces
Participation in curated spaces of the Latin American Impact Investment Forum, Central America, and the Caribbean, connecting regional companies with impact investors.
Global EIT Climate-KIC network
+400 organizations worldwide working to drive a net-zero carbon transition.
Key process dates
01.
Call for applications
From July 5 to August 11.
02.
Selection
Announcement of selected companies between August 5 and 23, 2024.
03.
Cultivation development
The program will be held virtually for 8 weeks from September 2 to October 31, 2024.
04.
Connections and capital delivery process
Between November 2024 and March 2025.
Aliados de difusión
ClimAccelerator is a global initiative of EIT Climate-KIC that implements its programs with local partners. Alterna executes the ClimAccelerator initiative for Central America and the Caribbean.
Alterna es una plataforma de innovación social que promueve el desarrollo del sector de negocios e inversión de impacto como ruta hacia una región sostenible.
In over a decade: