Seven Teams Win at Catalyst Energy Innovation Demo Day
Program is designed to accelerate solar energy and building energy efficiency technology deployment
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the seven winners of the second round of its Catalyst Energy Innovation Prize Demo Day, which were chosen out of 19 finalist startups. Each of the contestants faced a panel of judges and an audience of nearly 100 local and regional innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors as they demonstrated their energy software solutions in Philadelphia. Winners will receive up to $100,000 each to help advance their early-stage solutions toward commercialization.
The Catalyst Energy Innovation Prize program is designed to accelerate solar energy and building energy efficiency technology deployment by connecting American startups with the tools, capabilities, data sets, and resources developed by the DOE and its national laboratories. The winners of the Catalyst prize competition and the challenge each is tackling are: