Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

🙌 As our 8th annual LACItizen Awards approaches, we want to extend our gratitude to our generous sponsors and supporters. With their backing, we will continue to build an inclusive green economy for all Angelenos and advance progress toward our 2028 goals! Presenting Sponsor: Annenberg Foundation Event Sponsors: Bank of America, Edison International, & U.S. Bank Supporters: Athens Services, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, LA Sanitation & Environment, & Los Angeles Metro

For 8 years, LACItizen Awards has honored influential individuals in the cleantech industry. This year, we are proud to recognize Amber D. Miller, president of William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. LACI President and CEO Matt Petersen says, "As Dean of Dornsife at USC, Amber Miller left an indelible mark on Los Angeles. Through her creation of Public Exchange, the university engaged with local leaders and institutions by providing research, data, and analysis to solve critical challenges. The result was environmental research and partnerships that have begun to reshape Los Angeles, including LACI's partnership with USC Dornsife for the Pump to Plug design competition that examined the urban planning and architecture needed help deliver EV charging where it is needed most to reduce life threatening air and climate pollution." We look forward to celebrating Amber Miller at our 8th annual LACItizen Awards on December 5!

🔋 Reaching our ambitious 2028 goals won't be easy, but thanks to the leadership of our unprecedented public-private Transportation Electrification Partnership, we are moving forward on our bold regional targets and celebrating statewide milestones along the way. And just this week the State of California reached a major milestone: the number of EVs sold in CA has hit 2 million. This marks a shared commitment by millions of Californians toward a clean air future powered by EVs. It is also a major step in the right direction as we work toward our TEP goals--like ensuring 80% of light duty private vehicle sales are EVs by the time of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. To keep this momentum going, we need US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant California's clean vehicle waivers now! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g4hV2NJU

👏 We’re thrilled to share that Diallo Powell of LACI portfolio company Stak | Mobility & Energy has been named in the inaugural #SEEN50 list by Tech:NYC and Visible Hands! 🚀 This list celebrates 50 underrepresented founders in NYC who are not just leading innovative startups but also driving change toward a more inclusive and dynamic tech ecosystem.

📝🔋 The Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office recently released its 2024 annual report reflecting on the County's sustainability accomplishments over the past five years.The County is a founding member of our Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) and Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), which are accelerating zero emission goals by the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are excited to continue to work with LA County on the road to 2028. Click the link to see more info: https://lnkd.in/gn7EnxQg

🎉 Through a referral from LACI, we're excited to share that Blip Energy has been selected as 1 of 3 companies for the upcoming Cohort 14 of The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a clean technology program funded by Wells Fargo and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)! Co-Founders Sophia Wennstedt and Chance Cobb will receive $250,000 to work with NREL on validating & refining their technology. Blip Energy previously participated in the LACI Incubation Program, Cohort 7. Read more about Cohort 14 of The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2): https://lnkd.in/eT545NdZ

🤔 What happens when #innovative founders like YOU join our Incubation startup program? Don't just take our word for it! Hear directly from #founders just like you about how our Incubation program has supported their startup company! We guide founders along the road to market traction, uplifting innovators with the tools needed to unlock their potential and scale their clean technologies. Apply to Incubation Cohort 10 and let us help you become the best founder you can be! 🔗 laci.la/i10-apply Thanks for sharing Joey Pham Founder of Eorte Brand, Jae Allen Founder of fabricfeed, and Heidi Adams Founder and CEO of BASEstud.io!

"How does LA create a LEGACY with hosting the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games?" ^^This was the theme I heard throughout many conversations last week while attending CoMotion and Green Tech Festival. We have such an incredible opportunity with the games coming to LA in less than 4 years and I'm excited to witness how Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and our portfolio companies will play a role! In building on the theme of legacy, it was so fun seeing so many LACI companies across several cohorts out and about last week! Saad Youssefi of Batteryze, Tiya Gordon of itselectric, Tim Huntzinger and Diego Cardenas, MSTM, BSBA of XOTO inc., Armelle Coutant of Kit Switch, Anurag Kamal of ElectricFish, Casey Castor of Mack Research, James Werbe of Wayside Energy, Emily Dinino of ThermoShade, Santiago Flores of Pure Energy Stream, Inc., Joey Pham of Eorte Brand! Finally, to wrap up this theme of legacy, I am so proud of Saad Youssefi of Batteryze for winning CoMotion's 2024 New Mobility Challenge! Taking the baton from another LACI port co Tiya Gordon of itselectric who won last year and represented on the judges panel this year.

💡 Have an innovative idea that you'd like to pilot in the Los Angeles community? We have supported nearly 500 startups scale their technologies, leading to more than 250 pilots deployed across the Greater Los Angeles area. Over the past 9 cohorts, Incubation companies have received $1.4 million dollars in pilot funding. From transportation electrification efforts through e-bike lending libraries in South Los Angeles to sustainable city efforts toward off-grid agricultural sites, LACI portfolio companies are leading the charge toward a more inclusive green economy. Join them by applying to our Incubation startup program today: laci.la/i10-apply

🎊 Congrats to 3 LACI active and alumni portfolio companies, Emissionless Mobility, ElectricFish, and Automotus for being selected as 3 of the 10 semi-finalists for the #TMFSustainableCities Detroit Challenge: Transforming freight! Each team will now receive a $50,000 implementation grant to develop, test and demonstrate their solutions! Excited to see what's to come!