2025 EnergyLab cohort released

EnergyLab has revealed the 10 startups selected for its 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator, bringing together a new wave of innovations addressing the most urgent challenges in the global race to net zero.

In 2024, EnergyLab alumni in Australia raised $147 million in private capital, representing one in every four dollars invested in Australian clean energy and climate tech startups, according to the ‘Cut Through Venture State of Startup Funding’ report.

Now in its 12th cohort, the program has supported successful clean energy and climate tech startups — from breakthroughs in energy storage, grid optimisation and dynamic retail, to solutions in critical minerals recovery, carbon utilisation and circular manufacturing.

Alumni include Infravision, whose drone-enabled line-stringing systems are now being deployed by major network operators worldwide to accelerate grid upgrades, and Allegro Energy, which raised $17.5 million in Series A funding to commercialise its recyclable, water-based battery chemistry and recently unveiled a 100 kW/800 kWh battery at Origin’s Eraring Power Station. 

“For almost 10 years now we have focused on helping world-class solutions get out of the lab and into the real world,” said Megan Fisher, CEO & Director of EnergyLab. “The last two to three years have been a turning point for the climate tech innovation ecosystem in Australia with the sector now consistently sitting towards the very top of the investment table for venture capital.”

The 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator cohort includes experienced climate entrepreneurs, including Nick Hazell, former founder and CEO of V2 Foods, and Warwick Johnston, CEO of solar analytics firm SunWiz.

They join teams working on urgent decarbonisation challenges spanning food waste reduction, energy efficiency, carbon markets, methane abatement and industrial emissions — sectors where cost-effective, real-world deployment is critical to impact at scale.

Image caption: 2025 cohort member Nick Hazell, former founder and CEO of V2 Foods and founder and CEO of Algenie, which is building an algae production platform, combining low-cost, scalable photobioreactors with AI-powered strain optimisation. Image: Supplied.