The Event
Zpryme’s Start@ETS is a pitch competition where innovative technologies are proposed to key decision makers and experts in the fields of energy, smart cities, transportation, mobility, electric vehicles, and/or energy storage solutions in order to create touchpoints for the partnerships that will define the modern grid.
Applicants
Phases acceptable to apply – Ideation, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
The competition is open and free for all to apply!
This year’s event applicants will fall into one of five categories: S.C.O.R.E.
Sustainability, Customer Experience, Optimization, Resilience & Electrification
Fall into more than one category?! That’s great! You’ll select all that apply or choose the one you mostly fall into
Timeline
Monday, July 21 – Applications Open
Friday, August 29 – Applications Close
Saturday, September 2 – Semi Finalist Selections
1st Week September – Virtual Pitches
Tuesday, September 30 – Finalists pitch in person at Geekdom in San Antonio, TX
Winners
The winning pitch will be featured across Zpryme’s social media, promoted via press release, and gain the opportunity to have private meetings with judges within the utility and innovator spaces.
1st Place – ETS26 Talk and Booth Space at ETS26
2nd & 3rd Place – Booth space at ETS26 or Post Event Podcast
Start Judges
Evan O’Mahoney
CIO
CPS Energy
Kim Getgen
CEO and Founder,
Innovation Force
Vanessa Edmonds
CEO & Founder,
Utility 2030 Collaborative
Josh Gould
Director, Advanced Grid Solutions and Strategic Planning,
Duquesne Light Company
Jeremy Adelman
Manager, Emerging Technology and Innovation,
Tucson Electric Power
Joyce Deuley
Strategic Project & Communications Specialist,
Team b. Strategy
Hammad Chaudhry
Director, Customer Energy Solutions,
Austin Energy
Alysse Swientek
Civic Partnership Manager,
CPS Energy
Jim Ingraham
VP, Strategic Research
EPB
Cengizhan Yenerim
Head of Risk & Strategy
ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales
Richard Amato
Executive Director, Austin Technology Incubator
The University of Texas at Austin
Cameron Freburg
Emerging Technologies and EV Manager
Austin Energy
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