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Energy tech

Energy tech

Energy tech

Dutch energy-tech is building the hardware the transition needs. Techleap exists to make sure it doesn’t stall before it scales.

Dutch energy-tech is building the hardware the transition needs. Techleap exists to make sure it doesn’t stall before it scales.

Dutch energy-tech is building the hardware the transition needs. Techleap exists to make sure it doesn’t stall before it scales.

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OUR STANCE

THE TRANSITION WE CAN’T AFFORD TO miss

THE TRANSITION WE CAN’T AFFORD TO miss

THE TRANSITION WE CAN’T AFFORD TO miss

THE TRANSITION WE CAN’T AFFORD TO miss

Energy hardware doesn’t scale like software. It takes years to prove at industrial scale, serious capital, and deals with utilities, grid operators, and regulators most accelerators aren’t built to navigate.

Energy hardware doesn’t scale like software. It takes years to prove at industrial scale, serious capital, and deals with utilities, grid operators, and regulators most accelerators aren’t built to navigate.

Energy hardware doesn’t scale like software. It takes years to prove at industrial scale, serious capital, and deals with utilities, grid operators, and regulators most accelerators aren’t built to navigate.

Energy hardware doesn’t scale like software. It takes years to prove at industrial scale, serious capital, and deals with utilities, grid operators, and regulators most accelerators aren’t built to navigate.

Energy hardware doesn’t scale like software. It takes years to prove at industrial scale, serious capital, and deals with utilities, grid operators, and regulators most accelerators aren’t built to navigate.

Without dedicated support, promising Dutch energy tech stalls in the gap between working prototype and bankable, scaled business - right as the National Technology Strategy names energy a strategic sector and the window to build real scaleups is open.

Without dedicated support, promising Dutch energy tech stalls in the gap between working prototype and bankable, scaled business - right as the National Technology Strategy names energy a strategic sector and the window to build real scaleups is open.

Without dedicated support, promising Dutch energy tech stalls in the gap between working prototype and bankable, scaled business - right as the National Technology Strategy names energy a strategic sector and the window to build real scaleups is open.

Without dedicated support, promising Dutch energy tech stalls in the gap between working prototype and bankable, scaled business - right as the National Technology Strategy names energy a strategic sector and the window to build real scaleups is open.

Without dedicated support, promising Dutch energy tech stalls in the gap between working prototype and bankable, scaled business - right as the National Technology Strategy names energy a strategic sector and the window to build real scaleups is open.

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How we help

We work directly with founders building next-generation generation, storage, and grid technology on:

We work directly with founders building next-generation generation, storage, and grid technology on:

We work directly with founders building next-generation generation, storage, and grid technology on:

We work directly with founders building next-generation generation, storage, and grid technology on:

We work directly with founders building next-generation generation, storage, and grid technology on:

Capital

Investor connections and funding strategy

Investor connections and funding strategy

Policy

Engage policy makers on grid access, permitting, and energy regulation

Engage policy makers on grid access, permitting, and energy regulation

Talent

Executive recruitment and leadership network support

Executive recruitment and leadership network support

Market access

Pilot and partner introductions via TNO, Invest-NL, and industry players

Pilot and partner introductions via TNO, Invest-NL, and industry players

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The opportunity

Electricity is becoming the dominant energy carrier, and the scale of the transition is opening real deep tech opportunity in grid, storage, and generation technology - an area the Netherlands’ engineering base is well placed to capture.

The goal: turn that engineering strength into globally competitive Dutch energy scaleups, not just infrastructure for someone else’s.

Electricity is becoming the dominant energy carrier, and the scale of the transition is opening real deep tech opportunity in grid, storage, and generation technology - an area the Netherlands’ engineering base is well placed to capture.

The goal: turn that engineering strength into globally competitive Dutch energy scaleups, not just infrastructure for someone else’s.

Electricity is becoming the dominant energy carrier, and the scale of the transition is opening real deep tech opportunity in grid, storage, and generation technology - an area the Netherlands’ engineering base is well placed to capture.

The goal: turn that engineering strength into globally competitive Dutch energy scaleups, not just infrastructure for someone else’s.

we bring all this together through
our flagship programme

we bring all this together through
our flagship programme

we bring all this together through
our flagship programme

we bring all this together through
our flagship programme

we bring all this together through
our flagship programme

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our Flagship Programme

pole position

pole position

pole position

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Pole Position is Techleap’s cohort programme for the Netherlands’ most promising Energy Tech founders.

A focused group given direct access to the capital, policy, and industry connections above, over a fixed programme period.

Pole Position is Techleap’s cohort programme for the Netherlands’ most promising Energy Tech founders.


A focused group given direct access to the capital, policy, and industry connections above, over a fixed programme period.

Pole Position is Techleap’s cohort programme for the Netherlands’ most promising Energy Tech founders.

A focused group given direct access to the capital, policy, and industry connections above, over a fixed programme period.

How could pole position help you

How could pole position
help you

How could pole position
help you

How could pole position help you

How could pole position help you

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