The Tech Deployment Track is an eight-month accelerator program that compresses the time, proximity, and attention required to forge partnerships, identify projects, and move promising climate tech companies toward deployment of their products or services in Alaska.
Donor Name: Launch Alaska
State: Alaska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 05/01/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The Tech Deployment Track brings a cohort of companies to work with a panel of market experts in Alaska to set ambitious goals and aggressively move toward securing and deploying projects. The volunteer advisory panel include Alaska utilities, investors, researchers, local and state energy professionals, and asset owners. The Tech Deployment Track is a phased program with several evaluation points; companies remain in the program as long as they demonstrate continued progress towards a project in Alaska.
The focus is companies having a real impact on climate change who work on solutions in energy, transportation, or industry. However, It is open to any climate tech company who feels they have a market in Alaska.
Eligibility Criteria
- Alaska fit
- Companies must demonstrate a compelling reason to deploy or test their product in Alaska. They must demonstrate readiness to engage on the ground in Alaska with community partners and customers, doing the long work of relationship building and responsible deployment.
- Company executive participation
- An executive from your company (ideally CEO) must attend all Tech Deployment Track sessions—both in-person and virtual. Additional team members are welcome to attend any and all sessions.
- For-profit
- They work exclusively with scalable, for-profit companies.
- English language
- Strong command of English (spoken, written and read) is critical to success in this program.
- Familiarity or willingness to learn virtual collaboration technologies
- This program uses Zoom and Google Suite.
- Time zone
- If accepted to the program, you must commit to attending virtual Tech Deployment Track and customer meetings, which will be held during Alaska working hours (GMT-9 time zone).
For more information, visit Launch Alaska.
