2024 Wind-Win Startup Showdown
Step into the Innovative Future of Offshore Wind: A Celebratory Evening with the Finalists for the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Accelerator!
Do you want to connect with the next wave of emerging offshore wind innovations? Take part in the Wind-Win Startup Showdown pitch event presented by the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub and hosted at the Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm — a sustainable urban farm in Sunset Park that provides unique opportunities for open-air networking and breathtaking skyline views.
An unparalleled opportunity to engage with the leading offshore wind innovators who are propelling the industry forward with novel tech solutions.
Innovation in Focus
The event will showcase interactive lightning pitches from our selected accelerator finalists from around the globe, presented live in front of you and to our esteemed jury of industry experts. This will act as part of the final evaluation process for the 2024 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Accelerator cohort.
This festive evening will offer you the opportunity to engage directly with the finalists and gain insights into the next wave of cutting-edge ideas shaping the future of offshore wind.
Agenda
Drinks & Welcome Remarks
Jury Introduction
Keynote Speech
Startup Lightning Pitches
Networking & Refreshments
Meet our Finalists
Boxkite Software (Bristol, UK) - Accurate energy yield analysis in minutes to assess site feasibility and design
Claviate (Aarhus, DK) - Visual data platform enabled by AI cameras for process optimization of management, construction, and reporting
Indeximate (Hinckley, UK) - Fibre optic sensing for predictive maintenance of subsea power cables by remotely profiling integrity and condition
MESPAC (Turin, IT) - Intelligence platform delivering accurate, continuous, and spatially-refined metocean data powered by satellites and AI
Pict Offshore (Inverkeithing, UK) - Integrated heave compensated personnel and cargo transfer solution for safer access from crew transfer vessel
Pliant Energy Systems (Brooklyn, US) - Autonomous underwater vehicle with robotic propulsion technology enabling new seafloor surveying capabilities
ReynKo (Brooklyn, US) - Predictive software solutions for turbulent fluid flows to optimize farm design and layout
Sensatek (Daytona Beach, US) - Structural health monitoring by using video images where every pixel is a vibration sensor
Terra Watts (Brooklyn, US) - Long-distance subsurface wireless power and communication transmission technology
Triton Anchor (Boston, US) - Modular fabrication and high-uplift capacity floating wind anchor allowing for any mooring configuration
Meet our Jury
Each of our Offshore Wind Innovation Hub partners has sent their most experienced innovation experts to help us evaluate the pitches.
Melissa Román Burch, Chief Operating Officer, NYC Economic Development Corporation
Stuart Nachmias, President and CEO, Con Edison Transmission Inc. & Member National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium Board and Executive Committee
Scott Lundin, VP Permitting, Community and Environmental Affairs, Equinor Renewables Americas
Stephanie Forde, Investment Manager, Equinor Ventures
Craig Wilson, Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Also on Stage:
Tom Cunningham, Senior Advisor for Strategy, Community Affairs, Equinor Renewables Americas
Tone Søndergaard, Director, Offshore Wind Innovation Hub with Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Accelerator
A world-class accelerator program open to global offshore wind innovators. Building on a successful inaugural cohort, this six-month intensive program provides unparalleled support for innovators looking to develop novel technology and advance commercialization in the New York offshore wind market. The 2024 cohort will focus on novel technologies that can improve project economics of US offshore wind.
The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub is an initiative, led by Equinor in collaboration with Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium - supported by New York City Economic Development Corporation.