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Application deadline for the REACH Energy Accelerator is November 18.

Congratulations – you’ve taken a big step for the future of your company, and we want to thank you for completing and submitting this application.

Directions:

Complete this application to the best of your ability. This isn’t intended to consume a lot of time, and typically takes around 60-90 minutes or less to complete.
If you have additional documents such as an investor pitch deck or business plan, you may attach those to your submission as well. Please limit your additional attachments to only two extra documents max.
You will be contacted for a screening interview. The REACH team will then let companies know by December 16th of their acceptance into the REACH program.

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Your Information:

Name

First Last

Your position in this company (founder/co-founder, CEO, etc.)

LinkedIn profile

Phone

Company Information:

Company name (exact spelling). If no name, please list name of technology.

Website (if no website, link to an article that mentions your work, if appliable)

Headquartered/Physical Address

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code

How did you hear about the REACH Energy Accelerator? (e.g. university referral, mentor, online, etc.)

If your company or technology has a University affiliation, please briefly describe that university or licensing relationship:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Information:

Does your team/founder(s) include Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)?

Yes

Decline

Members of the company’s executive leadership team identify as:

Asian

Black

Hispanic / Latino

Indigenous / Native American / Alaska Native

Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

Middle Eastern / North African

Two or more races

Decline

Founder(s) or members of your executive leadership team include:

a woman/women

veteran(s), active military or reserve

person/people with disabilities

a non-binary, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person/people

have been adversely affected by low socioeconomic status

Rural:

The technology being developed is targeted at a population which is adversely affected by low socioeconomic status or inequality. A technology with a “significant impact on disadvantaged communities” is defined as a service or product that benefits accrue to disadvantaged communities at a greater rate than to the population at large.

Startup is based/headquartered in a rural area

REACH Energy Accelerator: Application Questions

Brief technology description: What technology are you focused on bringing to market?

Is this a DOE‐funded technology? This includes receiving funds from a DOE applied program office or support from the national labs.(Required)

Yes

Describe your business and the problem(s) that your product/solution solves.

Describe the market you are targeting and your initial target customers. How many of them have you interviewed about the problem you’re solving and the need for your solution? What is your estimate of the total addressable market?

How does your product or service address environmental challenges, climate change and/or energy production, distribution and/or end-use?

What is the value proposition to your target customer?

Describe your business model – how do you generate sales and ultimately make a profit.

How is the problem you’re solving, solved today? Who are your competitors and how will you differentiate your solution?

Describe your initial go-to-market plan. Include information on your sale strategies including channel partners.

Describe your current traction with customers (users, customers, pilots, revenue) and the development stage of your product/solution.

How much capital (grants, friends and family, outside investors) have you currently raised and from what sources?

How much funding do you anticipate needing in the next 12 months? What funding sources will you pursue? What business milestones does this funding help you achieve? If your company goal is to exit, what is the anticipated total funding needed to reach an exit?

What are your specific goals for the business over the next 12 months?

What challenges will you face over the next 12 months?

13. Describe your founding team and/or your team’s current gaps:

If available, provide a URL where we can access your company Demo.

What are the top three things the REACH Energy Accelerator and mentors can help you accomplish?

You're done!

Optional: If you have additional documents such as an investor pitch deck or business plan, you may attach those below; however, please limit your additional attachments to only two extra documents. On behalf of the REACH Energy Accelerator team, thank you for submitting this application! You will hear back from us soon!. Thank you, Mark Gorham

If you have additional documents such as an investor pitch deck or business plan, you may attach those to your submission as well. Please limit your additional attachments to only two extra documents max.
You will be contacted for a screening interview. The REACH team will then let companies know by January 1st of their acceptance into the REACH program.

For more information on this unique accelerator for entrepreneurs building high-tech companies in the energy industry, please visit www.REACHenergyaccelerator.org.

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