Are you an entrepreneur with technologies, fresh ideas, or experience in energy transition and the circular economy? A2A Life Ventures is looking for startup ideas and intellectual property that have the potential to enhance people’s quality of life while advancing a global shift towards sustainable energy practices and the circular economy. These could be regarding: waste collection or management; energy production, storage, or trading; water; e-mobility; utilities; smart city solutions; public lighting, district heating, or similar.
Solvers or organizations with start-up/business/non-technological ideas, intellectual property in technology or products, or the experience in developing these into ventures are asked to apply to the A2A Life Ventures program.
Solvers have the opportunity to win awards with their patented or non-patented solutions as well as being given the opportunity to take part in the corporate venture building program. This opportunity is at A2A’s discretion, and comes with financial and non-financial support during the Incubation, Acceleration, and Scale phases where A2A helps to develop world-changing ventures.
This Challenge is open to all Solver types, with distinct award categories offered alongside venture participation: participants with patented solutions could win between $30,000 to $50,000, patentable contributions could win between $20,000 to $30,000, and those with promising, non-patented concepts could win between $10,000 to $15,000!
This is a Prize Challenge which requires a written proposal to be submitted. Awards will be contingent upon the theoretical evaluation of the proposal by A2A and participation in the Investor Day competition.
To receive an award for this Prize Challenge, Solvers are required to transfer exclusive rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) in their proposed solution. Solvers will retain all rights to any proposal not Awarded, after the end of the exclusivity period. A2A is also open to non-exclusive transfer for a partial award if exclusive IP cannot be transferred by the Solver.
Awards:- $50,000
Deadline:- 15-04-2024
