The announcement was made today (25th March) as Tech Nation, powered by Founder’s Forum Group, unveiled the sixth cohort of its flagship initiative for high-potential climate and nature tech companies.
The four-month growth programme is designed to bridge the gap between climate innovation and industry, supporting founders at Seed and Series A to scale their impact by accessing the right investors and multinational customers, and providing a platform to advance climate policy and remove regulatory barriers.
Backed by founding partner HSBC Innovation Banking and Sage, the 2026 cohort has collectively raised over $250 million in funding and works with global corporates including Microsoft, Shell, Salesforce, Heathrow, SUEZ and TotalEnergies.
“Being selected for Tech Nation’s Climate Programme is a significant milestone for Allye Energy” said Jonathan Carrier, Founder and CEO, Allye Energy. “The programme gives us direct access to the investors, enterprise customers and policymakers we need to scale our technology at the pace the energy transition demands. Grid constraints are one of the most urgent infrastructure challenges the UK faces, and our distributed storage systems are built to solve exactly that problem. We’re proud to join a cohort of founders who share the same conviction: that deep tech, deployed at scale, is how we get this done.”
Allye Energy offers a range of flexible AI-powered battery energy storage systems for a range of mobile and stationary application, from the compact MAX300 (300kWh) through to the powerful MAX1500 (1.5MWh), all built around repurposed Electric Vehicle (EV) battery packs and designed to bring power to wherever it is needed, solving for an ageing infrastructure and grid constraints, to power the electrification of everything.
The company has established strong commercial traction in construction, where grid constraints and the logistics of sprawling sites make fixed charging infrastructure impractical for heavy equipment, and the film and television production sector, where productions have traditionally relied on diesel generators for basecamp and set power in remote locations. Underpinned by an AI-driven energy management platform with advanced forecasting, grid-forming capability and bi-directional power control.
Established in 2020 as part of the UK Government's Net Zero by 2050 strategy, the Tech Nation Climate Programme has supported over 165 climate tech startups to date, with alumni collectively raising over £1.7 billion and companies raising 50 percent more than the industry average since graduating. The programme's network includes leading names such as Circulor, Xampla, Olio and Electron. The four-month programme connects founders with a curated network of global sustainability leaders, operators and investors, with a focus on investment, customer acquisition and climate policy.
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