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FSC FIRST PRINCE GEORGE’S CLIMATE TECH PRE-ACCelerator

Winter 2025 (February 11th to March 25th)

The Maryland Climate Tech Pre-Accelerator is a unique opportunity to test your climate-tech research, invention, and ideas to have commercial viability. The Maryland Innovation Energy Accelerator (MEIA) implements the program with the NSF Mid-Atlantic Hub I-Corps team at the University of Maryland.    


The exciting agenda of the Pre-Accelerator will have you work on the following elements for your potential venture: 

  • Understand if you are personally ready for the startup journey 
  • Learn the customer discovery and opportunities to learn more at the NSF Mid-Atlantic Hub I-Corp programs at the University of Maryland  
  • How to develop a viable business model  
  • Provide a commercialization path that includes potential funding sources, such as grants, equity, bank financing, or sweat equity.  

Meet the Instructors

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Edmund Pendleton

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Founder & CEO Pirl Technology

Advisory Board D+R International 

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Mike Ducker

Edmund Pendleton

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Ecosystem Manager , MEIA

Former Advisor to Valhalla Private Capital

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Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton

Assistant Director M-Tech

I-Corp Lead-Instructor

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Dea Pratt

Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton

 Marketing leader, startup mentor, and climate tech growth expert 

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These experienced startup coaches, Kobby Osei-Kusi, Edmund Pendleton, Dea Pratt and Mike Ducker, will facilitate the pre-accelerator. They have experience with climate tech, startups, customer discovery, facilitating investment, finding federal grants, and product development.  


The pre-accelerator will run with weekly mentor sessions or workshops between February  and March. The workshop will be primarily virtual, with an in-person graduation. Pre-accelerator graduates who want to continue the startup journey will be welcomed into MEIA's  Launchpad or Accelerator programs, where MEIA will recruit an executive and support team for you.   

past pre-accelerator alumni

Sustainabli

Sustainabli

Sustainabli

Fume hood energy waste is estimated to cost the US $1.5 billion annually. Current solutions are hard to deploy, expensive, and even unsafe. Sustainabli has created a "Fitbit for labs", allowing facility and sustainability managers to monitor and incentivize safer and more energy-efficient fume hood use.  

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Venki Energy

Sustainabli

Sustainabli

 Venki Energy is developing technical solutions to residential solar’s biggest barriers, with the goal of connecting all households to solar energy and its benefits. Venki Energy is first tackling the top two reasons that customers who want solar don’t get it- the high upfront costs and long length of financing options.

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Redhelm Labs

Sustainabli

Redhelm Labs

 Redhelm Labs is revolutionizing the drone industry with its innovative wireless long-range in-flight recharging technology powered by laser. This groundbreaking solution eliminates the need for risky manual battery swaps during flights and significantly reduces dependence on gas-powered drones 

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