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EnergyLab has announced ten leading clean energy start-ups selected to collaborate with Australian energy companies to explore partnerships that will help decarbonise the grid.

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Update: The 2024 Scaleup Showcase will be held on Oct 9th at 3pm AEST.

The event is free to attend and you can register here.

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This marks the fifth consecutive year of EnergyLab’s industry-led Scaleup Program, which partners with innovative energy companies including Endeavour Energy, Powerlink & Ausgrid to identify their key strategic needs and then carry out a global search to find leading startups offering relevant solutions.

The 2024 Scaleup Program cohort consists of 5 startups from Australia, 4 from Europe, and 1 from the US, with technologies spanning grid digitisation, advanced analytics, social licence and community engagement, commercial and industrial decarbonisation, distributed energy resource management and on-demand satellite imaging. These startups represent the best in innovative technologies across the energy sector and have been selected in consultation with energy industry partners.

“We’re supercharging the transition to a brighter energy future in partnership with Australia's largest climate tech accelerator and innovation network, EnergyLab,” said Endeavour Energy’s Chief Customer and Strategy Officer Leanne Pickering. 

“This is our fourth year partnering with EnergyLab for the Scaleup Program to identify innovative late-stage start-ups to help us deliver new systems and technology for smarter, cleaner energy, today. 



In addition to offering startups the opportunity to meet, and collaborate with Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative energy companies, the scaleup program introduces startups to some of Australia’s most active climate tech investors, relevant government organisations, and experts from EnergyLab’s 400-strong mentor network.

EnergyLab’s CEO, Megan Fisher, said EnergyLab’s Scaleup Program is bridging the gap between global startups and Australian energy companies.

“The Scaleup Program helps to connect startups working on breakthrough energy technologies from anywhere in the world with Aussie energy companies and supports them to explore pilots & partnerships opportunities.

This not only helps startups to unlock their next wave of commercial opportunities, but also helps industry partners explore emerging tech to decarbonise the grid”.

EnergyLab's commitment to fostering collaboration within the energy sector continues to play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to renewable energy solutions. This year’s selected startups, both local and global, are poised to make significant contributions to Australia’s net zero ambitions.”



The Energy Scaleup Program will run over the next 3 months culminating with a virtual public showcase to be held w/c Oct 7th. Expressions of interest from startups for the 2025 cohort are now open at the scaleup website. Prospective industry partners are also invited to reach out to Scaleup Program lead Tim Bray.





EnergyLab’s 2024 Scaleup Program cohort

Accure Battery Intelligence - ACCURE utilises cloud computing and advanced analytics to maximise battery safety, performance, and lifetime.

“As storage systems become a cornerstone of our energy systems, battery safety and performance become ever more important. We are thrilled to partner with EnergyLab Scaleup to accelerate the deployment of our predictive analytics platform in Australia. Their expertise and network are invaluable in scaling our proven solution in a new market.”

Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO Accure Battery Intelligence

Kraftblock - Innovative energy storage solutions enabling the seamless integration of renewable energy sources into high-temperature industrial processes, paving the way for a more sustainable future.

“Kraftblock’s unique thermal storage system is set to revolutionize energy storage, enhancing sustainability and efficiency. This program will be a catalyst for our growth, helping us bring our transformative technology to the Australian market and make a significant impact on the energy landscape.”

Martin Schichtel, Founder & CEO, Kraftblock.

Reswitch - Reswitch is a community benefit sharing and communication platform that simplifies the disbursement of benefits and facilitates real-time, two-way communication between residents living near renewable energy infrastructure projects and developers. By ensuring transparency, equitable economic benefits, and community participation, Reswitch equips developers with the essential tools needed to effectively earn, maintain and monitor social licence.

“Participating in the EnergyLab ScaleUp program is a strategic step for us. It offers access to a vital network within the Australian utility sector, essential as we prepare to deploy and scale our innovative community benefit sharing and communication platform. With EnergyLab’s support, we are poised to accelerate our pilot projects and provide renewable energy developers with effective tools to enhance their efforts to earn, retain and monitor social licence."

Kate Osaze, CEO & Co-Founder, Reswitch

Safegrid - Safegrid is a simplified and scalable fault monitoring solution for electric transmission and distribution grids.

"With 55 utility customers globally but none in Australia so far, Safegrid is eager to learn through the program how to best enter the Australian market. We are confident that our 3-in-1 fault location, prediction & wildfire mitigation solution is an interesting and competitive offer for the Australian market."

Paula Laine, CEO, Safegrid



Sentrisense - Sentrisense digitises and optimises the grid via real-time incident detection, predictive maintenance, and power grid efficiency optimisation.

“I'm excited to join EnergyLab's program to advance Sentrisense's goal of empowering decision makers with the tools for a successful energy transition. Since we focus on creating smart, efficient, and reliable power grids, EnergyLab provides a unique platform to push the boundaries of our technology and contribute to the sector's transformation. By taking part, we aim to enhance grid efficiency, resilience, and sustainability through our Grid Enhancing Technologies. This collaboration will help us refine our solutions and share our expertise.”

Sebastian Cerone, CEO & Co-Founder, Sentrisense

SkyFi - SkyFi is the geospatial data marketplace empowering enterprise and government clients with efficient access to analytics, imagery, and datasets.

"As the CEO of SkyFi, I am thrilled to join EnergyLab's Scaleup Program. This platform provides invaluable connections and exposure, aligning perfectly with our mission to revolutionize the energy sector through advanced analytics and satellite imagery. We look forward to collaborating with innovative startups and leading energy companies to drive significant progress in decarbonizing our industry."

Luke Fischer, Co-Founder & CEO, SkyFi

SNAPI - SNAPI unlocks energy data at scale for analysis and action with our AI-powered IoT digital meter reader.

“It’s incredibly special to be part of a program like EnergyLabs, where startups like SNAPI have the support of a well-connected network of advisors, mentors, sources of capital and industry partners.

EnergyLab’s support bridging the gap between startups like SNAPI and big industry is incredibly valuable for everyone, simply because both the need and the potential for innovation’s contributions to near and long-term decarbonisation programs is massive.”

Mark Hartmann, CEO, SNAPI

Techko - Techko provides flexible, device-agnostic energy management solutions for distributed energy resources (DER).

“Techko is excited to join the EnergyLab Scaleup program. This initiative will help us accelerate our growth, expand into overseas markets, and build strategic partnerships. We strongly believe the support and network offered by EnergyLab will be key to achieving these goals and taking Techko to new heights.”

David Barshevski, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Techko

VizAR - VizAR is a mixed reality infrastructure visualisation platform designed to transform community consultation and stakeholder engagement practices for energy and infrastructure projects by providing location-based, data driven transparency in planning and consultation.

“We see participation in the 2024 EnergyLab Accelerator Program as an opportunity to significantly impact Vizspatial’s short-term growth and long-term success. We’ll be looking to leverage all the offered program components and assigned partners and mentors to make the most of the guidance, advice, networking expansion, increased product visibility and subject matter expertise to refine our Go-to-Market plan and near-term capital raising opportunities.”

Tristan Place & Wing Cheung, Co-Founders, VizSpatial

Diagno Energy - Diagno interfaces with smart energy devices (solar inverters, battery systems, smart meters, etc) to analyse the health of these assets and present concise and actionable diagnostic and investment information

“Diagno Energy, a renewable asset health and risk management platform that helps owners and managers of renewable asset portfolios maximise the revenue from their renewable investments, is thrilled to be a part of the EnergyLab Scaleup Program. Through this program, we are excited to benefit from mentorship provided by successful energy sector entrepreneurs as well as to be introduced to key industry decision-makers and investors in the energy sector.”

Earl Duran, Co-Founder, Diagno Energy




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