Giving clean energy companies the power to succeed

The ATI Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) gives young clean energy companies the resources they need to succeed and grow into self-sustaining entities that contribute jobs to Austin and intellectual capital to the world. Located in Austin, Texas, CEI provides the resources and facilities necessary for start-ups to attract funding, aggressively compete in the free market, and turn ideas into reality.

Clean Energy Incubator Mission Statement

CEI expects to turn companies into leading ventures in the marketplace with sufficient funding and resources to stand on their own by providing infrastructure and building public policy that support their growth.
- Taking innovation out of labs
- Building world-class management teams
- Attracting companies to become members of Austin’s urban technology community

The resources and the knowledge to commercialize clean energy business ideas

The Clean Energy Incubator works with new companies to fill knowledge gaps, build stronger business propositions, accelerate into the market, and increase their chance for success. CEI provides a wide array of services that give startups key competitive advantages, including:

- Leading Companies
- Strategy development and management consulting
- Mentoring and introductions to key personnel in the industry
- Access to key finance resources
- Public relations and marketing services
- Access to a wide array of supporting organizations.

Startups get credibility

In March 2007, SustainLane Government, an online resource center that offers sustainability tips to state and local government, ranked Austin as the number one U.S. city for cleantech incubation due to Austin's influx of cleantech capital, deep R&D and real-world opportunities for field testing and prototyping, and the Clean Energy Incubator.  Through our R&D partnership with the University of Texas and an active collaboration with forward-looking Austin Energy, the city-owned utility provider, CEI-sponsored companies get real-world for testing of new clean technologies. We were the first clean energy incubator in the nation, and have a rich history of experiences, networks, and successes to help the best clean tech companies become even better.

The ability to breed success

Clean Energy Incubator members and alums include ventures focusing on the development or commercialization of proprietary technology in areas including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy management, distributed resources, energy storage, fuel cells, microturbines, power quality, alternative fuels, and transportation.

CEI can serve as a talent pipeline for its member companies.  Helping them:

- Form boards
- Recruit board members who can make valuable contributions

The ATI Clean Energy Incubator is generously supported by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) and has previously received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In 2006, CEI secured funding from a collaborative effort with the City of Austin and Austin Energy. The partnership not only explores opportunities in clean energy but supports the annual production of our national Clean Energy Venture Summit.

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