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Techstars Sustainability Accelerator

Techstars Sustainability Accelerator © The Nature Conservancy

Techstars & The Nature Conservancy are seeking for-profit entrepreneurs with commercially viable technologies to rapidly solve conservation challenges globally.

Applications for round three are open now through May 12th, 2021. The program then kicks off on September 13th, 2021 and caps off with Demo Day on December 9th, 2021. The program is based in Boulder, CO but encourages diverse applicants from all across the globe.

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The Time is Now to Build Tech For Nature The Sustainability Accelerator will ensure that we innovate to make the world a better place for both people and nature.

The Techstars Sustainability Accelerator, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, will ensure that we innovate to make the world a better place to live.

The mentorship-driven accelerator program based in Denver, Colorado connects entrepreneurs, conservationists, corporate partners, and investors to deliver products that can put the world on a path to sustainability. In addition, conservationists will learn from entrepreneurs how to quickly innovate and scale commercially viable businesses.

This Fish Techstars at Demo Day 2018
This Fish Techstars This Fish Techstars at Demo Day 2018 © BIll Marr

Solving Problems That Matter

Our Techstars Sustainability Accelerator aims to find world-class entrepreneurs who are building tech solutions that help us solve our food, water, and climate challenges.

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Group shot of all ten startups at the Techstars and TNC Sustainability Accelerator demo day 2019

Now, More Than Ever: We Need Technology to Help Solve Our Food, Water, and Climate Challenges

By Niraj Swami

Techstars Startup Checks Water Meter

Meet the Pioneers of the "Tech for Good" Revolution

By August Ritter

Cover crops like the ones growing on this Texas farm help ensure healthy soil that captures and stores carbon.

Tech Startups Feed Growing Population

By Michael Doane

TNC scientist Lauren Alleman, in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Reserve, New York, USA.

Smart Solutions for Sustainability

Sustainability Accelerator

Start-ups Driving Innovation for the Planet

Watch the 2019 start-ups pitch their ideas To take on the world's biggest challenges facing humanity today, the Nature Conservancy and Techstars have launched the Sustainability Accelerator. Watch the CEOs of the 2019 cohort present how they are speeding up the pace of innovation to solve conservation challenges on a global scale.