The Cox Cleantech Accelerator, a partnership between Cox Enterprises, gener8tor, and the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, today announces its inaugural cohort of cleantech startups poised to transform sustainability in the Southeast. After a highly competitive selection process, the Accelerator selected five companies tackling critical challenges across fleet electrification, financial compliance, industrial wastewater and sustainable buildings.

The 2025 Cox Cleantech Accelerator class includes:

• 4Earth builds advanced resource recovery technology for industrial and critical infrastructure applications. Utilizing materials science, innovative water treatment processes, automation, and machine learning, the technology is designed to seamlessly plug into existing factories and plants to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
• Accelerate Wind produces affordable energy for commercial buildings with a wind turbine that integrates with solar on the edges of roofs. Accelerate's patented spoiler design channels wind to the turbine more efficiently, harnessing more energy within a smaller footprint.
• Flux Hybrids designs electric powertrains that transform fleet vehicles into plug-in hybrids, maximizing efficiency and flexibility. Flux systems allow fleets to operate on electric power when charging is available and transition to gas as needed, delivering increased range, enhanced performance and reduced operational costs.
• Kara is the AI sustainability compliance platform transforming how investors and businesses manage sustainability risk. Built for asset managers, banks and companies, Kara streamlines sustainability performance, automates compliance with SFDR, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, EDCI, and SB 253 & 261, and delivers actionable insights that turn sustainability from a regulatory burden into a strategic advantage. By embedding sustainability at the core of finance, Kara empowers capital to drive both prosperity and resilience, ensuring compliance is not just a requirement but a catalyst for smarter, more sustainable growth.
• Joulea empowers building owners with highly accurate energy assessments to optimize financial performance and reduce carbon impact. Leveraging AI, drone technology and deep expertise in building energy systems, Joulea delivers data-driven insights for greater efficiency and sustainability.

"We are excited to support a new program focused on companies that are not only developing incredible cleantech innovations but also driving value for large-scale customers," said Morgan Phillips, Atlanta Ventures lead at Cox Enterprises.

"Our region is home to nearly 300 global and regional headquarters and has been one of the largest recipients of cleantech manufacturing investment over the past several years. We are excited to plug some of the country's most exciting startups into that ecosystem," said Miguel Granier, managing director of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator.

The program ends on May 16, 2025. For more information about the Cox Cleantech Accelerator or to submit an application for the Fall cohort, visit gener8tor.com/cox.

About Cox Enterprises:

Cox Enterprises is dedicated to empowering people to build a better future for the next generation. Cox is a leader in the broadband, automotive, and media industries, as well as a leading investment platform with strategic positions in emerging technologies driving the future of agriculture, renewable energy, healthtech, and public sector software. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $23 billion in annual revenues and a proud history spanning more than 125 years. To learn more about Cox and its commitment to its people, planet and communities, visit coxenterprises.com.

About Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub:

Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub is a 501c3 public-private-academic partnership that aims to make innovation a driver of a robust, inclusive cleantech economy that creates jobs in growth industries, commercializes technology that combats climate change and elevates people and communities throughout Georgia and the Southeast. By making it easier for innovators to access the talent, capital, and resources necessary to create organizations built to last, the Hub aims to make Georgia a leader in cleantech innovation and tomorrow's growth industries. For more information on how to get involved, visit gacth.org.

Source: prnewswire.com

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