The Energy Accelerator

in the heart of the energy centre in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion

AXEL is the only accelerator with a 100% focus on energy.

  • Ideen<br>marktfähig<br>machen
    Accelerate
    Your
    Market Launch
  • Energie<br>start-up<br>gründen
    Start
    your energy
    business
  • Gemeinsam<br>erfolgreich<br>ankommen
    Achieve
    success as
    a team

Great offer. Great expectations.

Fast lane

Develop your product and test it directly in the grid: your quick access into the energy market.

SENIOR EXPERT COACHING

Personal feedback for all your questions: our energy network is always there for you.

Challenge yourself

You will be promoted and challenged: your mentors will help you to develop and create lasting values.

BUILD A SAFE PRODUCT

Meet safety requirements during product development: our partners will support you.

BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR

Our trainings will teach you how to think and act as an entrepreneur.

BEST WORKING CONDITIONS

Co-working spaces and modern infrastructure: you will find the suitable environment for your project.

WE INVEST IN YOU

We do not accept everyone: we fully support teams with high potential.

TRUST-BASED

We guarantee autonomy and objectivity: you decide whether to give company shares or not.

START-UP COMMUNITY

The professional environment is a key to success: benefit from the lively start-up community in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion.

100% ENERGY-ACCELERATOR



AXEL was initiated by fokus.energie e.V. to support early-stage energy start-ups in creating their business and accelerating their market launch. 

For start-ups and visionaries with pioneering energy technologies.

AXEL News

Science to Business Workshop May 17-20, 2020

InnoEnergy and AXEL - The Energy Accelerator I Location: Karlsruhe

read more...

#eehack2020 I Europe´s biggest EnergyEfficiencyHack

Location: Alte Münze I Am Krögel 2 I 10179 Berlin

read more...

We offer what you are looking for.

AXEL offers three different intensive entrepreneurship programs. 
You select the program that suits you the best.



ENERGY BOOT CAMP

2

 Days

Target group: Students, academics and energy talents who want to develop a breakthrough innovation into a product idea.

  • from research to value proposition
  • from value proposition to marketable idea
  • skillfully presenting the product idea

more informations

TEAM TRAINING

4

 weeks

Target group: Start-ups and visionaries with solutions for the energy industry.

  • business model development
  • market identification and customer needs
  • market positioning
  • Documentation
  • financial planning
  • rhetoric and presentation techniques

more informations

TEAM DEVELOPMENT

12

 months

Target group: Energy start-ups and entrepreneurs with a mature business model.

  • entrepreneurship qualification courses
  • support in business plan creation
  • access to energy plants for field tests
  • fundraising
  • security auditing
  • support in IP-management
  • working space

more informations

We look forward to hearing from you.

Contact us and get a first insight.

To be able to use the form, you would also have to agree to the "Google reCAPTCHA" category in the "Cookie notice" tab.

Cookie notice

I'm interested in:
Please fill in your first and last name
Please fill in your e-mail address
Please send us a message
Please accept our privacy notice
Fields marked with a * are mandatory. Personal data will not be passed to third parties.

AXEL
Der Energie-Accelerator
Haid-und-Neu-Straße 7
D-76131 Karlsruhe
+49/721/96492786
info@axel.energy

Build your 
start-up here.
Grow here.

AXEL offers best support
for starting and growing
your energy business.

Here you will find the best preconditions
for further growth with your start-up.

The energy accelerator is located 
in Germany´s largest start-up centre:
the Technologiefabrik Karlsruhe.

Benefit from a strong network,
which will support you
even after the end of the program.

In the heart of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion

fokus.energie e.V.
Wirtschaftsministerium BW
startup bw
CyberForum e.V.
IHK Karlsruhe
Forschungszentrum Informatik
Karlsruher Institut of Technology
Wirtschaftsförderung Karlsruhe
EnBW AG
Technologiefabrik Karlsruhe
Gründerallianz Karlsruhe
TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe
Stadtwerke Speyer GmbH

Cookie notice

We use cookies to give you the greatest possible convenience when using our website. Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of these cookies.

Services from other service providers are also integrated on this website. These are Google Maps, social media and forms. Cookies are also set for this. You have the option to decline this here. You can change this decision at any time via the "Cookie notice" tab.

For more details, please see our Data protection and our imprint

  • show details

    This group contains cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website.

    Name Cookie Dauer Zweck
    Consent Cookie eye-cookie 10 years This cookie stores information for managing your cookie settings for this website
    Security Cookie axel_energy Session This cookie is used for the protected area of ​​the website
  • show details

    A service from Google Ireland Limited to check whether the data entry is done by a human or a program. You can find more information in our [data protection declaration] (/ de / footer / datenschutz / index.php)

  • show details

    Google Maps is an online map service from the US company Google LLC. You can find more information in our [data protection declaration] (/ de / footer / datenschutz / index.php)