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Meet LACI's Incubation and Innovators
Cohort 8 Program Participants
Connect with regional players and unlock partnerships at LACI Power Day
Startups, policymakers, industry leaders, investors, and advocates connect and explore the opportunities and barriers for action and growth in the clean energy sector. Today's entrepreneurs highlight their contributions to clean technology solutions and pilots providing social, economic and environmental benefits to the Greater Los Angeles Region.
Our programs are equity-focused
and founder-friendly.
Innovators & Incubation
Your dedicated LACI Cohort team will support and empower you on your journey to raise capital, secure partnerships, acquire customers, develop, test, fund and deploy your pilot, and gain valuable media exposure.
Founders Business Accelerator
A free 6-month virtual program to develop a powerful strategy to grow in today’s rapidly changing business landscape.
Market Access
18 month pilot- and investor-focused program supported by a full menu of advanced incubation services aimed at cleantech startups that are ready for commercial growth through large scale pilots.
Incubation Program Cohort 8 Participants
BASEstud.io
(Los Angeles, CA)
Clean Energy, Renewable Generation
Heidi Adams, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
Accolades and Awards
- 4 patents
- 2 DOE prizes
- Pilot with SCE and CalTrans
Carvajal Motorsports
(Los Angeles & Palm Springs, CA)
Zero Emissions Transportation, Shared & Personal Electric Transit
Antonio Carvajal, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
Accolades and Awards
- Amazon currently piloting a last mile delivery vehicle
ChargeWheel
(Los Angeles, CA)
Battery Energy Storage System, Energy Storage: EV Charging & Data Center
Huzaifa Muhammad, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Currently raising a Pre-Series A round
Accolades and Awards
- Amazon & Porsche Customers
Emissionless
(New York, NY)
Zero Emissions Transportation, Shipping & Logistics
Max Yergan, Founder
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded, Friends & Family
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Launched operations in NYC as first and only long-haul electric trucking company (250+ mile trips), serving 20+ customers across the northeast, midwest, and mid-atlantic ($10k MRR).
- Newlab / NYCEDC Founder Fellowship, BNYEDC Pilot:NYC / Yard Labs pilot program, JFF / Ares CREST Entrepreneur-in-residence, Startup:NYC founding member.
- Expanding operations across key freight corridors in the west, southwest, and pacific northwest.
Eorte Brand
(Los Angeles, CA)
Circular Economy, Textiles
Joey Pham, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded, Friends & Family
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- JP Morgan Entrepreneur of The Year
- Green Key Global Sustainability Award
- ROMBA Entrepreneur of 2024
FabricFeed (Ouros Industries)
(Sacramento, CA)
Circular Economy, Textiles
Jae Allen, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- 8 verbal agreements to pilot since joining LACI
- MVP deployed with 2 beta accounts
Hamilton Perkins Collection
(Los Angeles, CA)
Circular Economy, Textiles
Hamilton Perkins, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Raised over $700K to date
Accolades and Awards
- 50,000+ units sold, generating $1.4 million in revenue
- Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Prize Winner
- Techstars Atlanta New Orleans
Moon Five Technologies
(Berkeley, CA)
Zero Emissions Transportation, EV Charging: Infrastructure
Stephan Ng, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Gabriel Dover, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded, Friends & Family
- Currently raising a Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- 11 letters of intent for installation
- Skydeck + Creative Destruction Labs Startup and EPRI Incubatenergy finalist
- Scoping pilots at several locations in Northern California and Southern California
Nice
(Los Angeles, CA)
Zero Emissions Transportation, Resource Efficiency
Lauryn Morris, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- R&D vehicle awarded Best SUV at Electrify Expo July 2024
- First partner customer signed Summer 2024
- Feature in EV Builder’s Guide coming Nov. 2024
OOM Earth
(Los Angeles, CA)
Circular Economy, Waste Management
Amy Lee, Co-Founder & CEO
Emily Chae, Co-Founder & COO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed ($1M) round
Accolades and Awards
- Trade secret proprietary sanitization process capable of any size & bottle form
- 13 clients onboarded onto OOM’s reuse platform (most recent partnership with Erewhon), 21 brands on a waitlist
- Featured in Men’s Journal, SevenFifty Daily, Organic Wine Podcast and GuildSomm
Pure Energy Stream
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alternative Energy Sector, Energy Efficiency
Santiago Flores, Co-Founder & CEO
Mark Ware, Co-Founder & CTO
Juan Ortiz, Co-Founder & CFO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Two Paid Pilots
- Graduated from Peachscore Accelerator Program 9/13/2024
Rechargify
(San Diego, CA)
Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Mobility
Sami Kibria, Co-Founder & CEO
Kyle Sullivan, Co-Founder & COO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded, Angel Round
- Currently raising a Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Signed first SOW with a successful hotel developer
- Designed and manufactured 6 working prototype units
- SCEIN member
Reverse Energy Solutions
(Chicago, IL)
Circular Economy, Waste Management
Vickie Wen, Co-Founder & CFO
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Funding Stage
- Raised over $17M through Angel and Pre-Series A Rounds
Accolades and Awards
- 13 Million Pre-A Round Closed
- One of 25 Climate Tech Startups for VERGE 24
- Most Fundable Companies 2024 list winner
Innovators Program Cohort 8 Participants
CHRGsystem
(Los Angeles, CA)
Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency
Wendy Mullin, Founder
Michael Krantz, Founder
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Funding Stage
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed, Friends & Family round
Accolades and Awards
- Panel speaker on sustainability at the Hollywood Climate Summit
- Letters of support and membership to the top sustainability in film advocacy organizations
- Letters of Intent from the top production companies in NY and LA
Expand Power
(Berkeley, CA)
Zero Emissions Transportation, Grid Tech
Carla Pinzón, Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- 2024 Activate Berkeley and Cyclotron Road Fellow
- 3rd place winner of DOE EPIC DC Pitch Competition
- Accepted to Dominion Energy Innovation Center’s HyperScaled Program and URBAN-X Cohort 15
High Note Technologies
(Manhattan Beach, CA)
Clean Energy, Renewable Energy & Clean Technology; Electrical Contracting & Energy Infrastructure
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Funding Stage
- Self-Funded
Accolades and Awards
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Awarded first $1 million construction contract
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Secured partnership with two additional companies for maintenance and installation of EV chargers in Southern California
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Established partnership with a multi billion dollar EAAS company as a DEI partner
Looks for Lease
(Los Angeles, CA)
Circular Economy, Wardrobe Circularity
Nyleve Henry , Co-Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Unlock Capital Accelerator Program Acceptance
- AfroTech Exclusive Founders Circle Acceptance
- 1871 Supply Chain Accelerator Program Acceptance
Owlet Bikes
(Los Angeles, CA)
Zero Emissions Transportation, Shared & Personal Electric Transit
Anastasiia Yanovych, Co-Founder & CMO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Press Recognition: Featured in over 50 press mentions, gaining visibility in the market
- Growing Customer Base: Over 1,000 customers have joined our waiting list, and the sales stage has officially begun
- Industry Accolades: Active participant at Electrify Expo 2023/2024 and selected to pitch at the Move America Startup Contest.
Pencil Energy
(Los Angeles, CA)
Clean Energy, Building Electrification
Kyle Brauer, Co-Founder & CEO
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Funding Stage
- Self-funded
Accolades and Awards
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In-market delivering custom research and incentives services for commercial and industrial clients
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Experience analyzing and navigating hundreds of programs in California and across 28 other states
Thermal Smart Aerogel
(Irvine, CA)
Clean Energy, Efficiency, Battery Fire Safety
Kris Wang, CEO
Ruoqi Liao, COO
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Funding Stage
- Bootstrapped, Self-Funded
Accolades and Awards
- Completed LACI Innovator Program, UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator, Sodexo Live! Accelerator
- Developed our original AeroShield Crate prototype to address battery thermal-runaway safety issues during transportation and emergency response; rigorously tested it in the lab setting, and submitted it for provisional patent approval
- Developed a customized thermal-insulated product for Sodexo Live!’s daily operations to better comply with the FDA food safety standards and reduce food waste
Venaera
(Los Angeles, CA)
Clean Energy, Building Electrification
Jordan M. Sotudeh, CEO & CoFounder
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Funding Stage
- Currently raising a Pre-Seed round
Accolades and Awards
- Signed 9 LoI/Ss (including LADWP, with pilot opportunities), with follow-on development into deeper partnership agreements
- In due diligence with investors
- Won pitch competition at joint FounderBoost LA & Alliance for SoCal Innovation Demo Day held at Google Venice HQ, 5/4/2024
