Climate Tech grants in Norway

Between cycles

Backs first-of-a-kind clean energy projects in hydrogen, storage, aviation fuel, and direct air capture.

Between cycles

Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

Pays student teams up to €6,000 to design a locally-buildable clean energy solution that solves a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem.

Pays $10,000 to $15,000 for promising non-patented clean-tech startup ideas in energy transition and the circular economy, with a chance to join A2A's venture-building program.

Pays $20,000 to $30,000 for patentable clean-tech products or processes in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the exclusive right once filed.

Pays $30,000 to $50,000 for already-patented clean-tech products or technologies in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the IP.

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

Awards $100,000 cash plus up to $200,000 in piloting to mature desalination tech.

Closed

Connects climate innovators to partner programs delivering climate, AI, energy, and built-environment acceleration.

Awards $25,000 each to eight winners tackling methane emissions from food and waste systems.

Closed

Supports early-stage climate ventures through global competition, coaching, and investment readiness across all sectors.

Awards equity-free cash prizes and strategic investment access to ConTech startups pitching to a consortium of ten construction-industry corporate venture arms.

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Supports climate leadership travel and networking opportunities for entrepreneurs across regions.

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Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

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Funds researchers at companies including startups doing R&D aimed at commercialization under JST's Global Startup Campus initiative.

Backs youth-led renewable energy and climate ventures with a four-month acceleration programme.

Awards two $75,000 lump-sum prizes for water/sanitation or ocean environmental innovation.

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Funds student-led startup teams competing for investment, non-dilutive cash, and in-kind prizes at Rice University.

Awards early-stage climate tech and energy start-ups an equity-free cash prize, a fully-covered trip to Berlin, and investor exposure at the SET Tech Festival.

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Funds feasibility studies and pilots for satellite-enabled water infrastructure.

Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.

Awards the winning startup 10 million yen after a pitch contest at SusHi Tech Tokyo.

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Pays 50-80% for satellite services protecting Arctic ecosystems and fisheries.

Recognizes agrifood startups across four themes, with XTC layering a special AI award on top of the UN's global awards.