Year 2 Cohort
Yeast-centered water treatment. Vertical-axis offshore wind turbines. Algae- and cellulose-based fashion beads. These are just some of the groundbreaking climatetech solutions being developed by the Year 2 ACCEL cohort.
Learn about the startups below and check out their success during the program!
AtmoSpark Technologies
AtmoSpark Technologies (Houston, Texas) is an atmospheric water generation company with a patented electro-condensation technology, which has a lower energy footprint than that of current water-generation methods. Its co-founders are Tejus Mane and Aniket Khade.
Aquasaic
Aquasaic (Cambridge, Mass.) is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. Its co-founders are Shalmalee Pandit and Nikita Patil.
Axis Sky Renewables
Axis Sky Renewables (Houston, Texas) creates innovative wind solutions, specializing in vertical-axis wind turbines that are less expensive to produce, deploy, and maintain than traditional wind turbines. Its founder is Andre Gafford.
Carbon Negative Solutions
Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its founder is Keith Crossland.
Cellsense
Cellsense (Somerville, Mass.) develops interactive bio-embellishments that create new possibilities for designers while eliminating microplastics and replacing fossil-fuel-based material at scale. Its founder is Aradhita Parasrampuria.
EcoForge
EcoForge (Providence, R.I.) is a building-material technology company developing affordable, high-performance building materials from local agricultural residues, replacing energy-intensive, fossil-based materials. Its co-founders are Rongyu Na, Myung Bender, and Kaixi Yang.
Sankofa Dynamics
Sankofa Dynamics (Boston, Mass.) creates low-cost, eco-friendly solutions for water, air, and energy problems. Its founder is Chauncy L. Spencer.
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