- An offer from
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.
Accelerate
Your
Market Launch
Start
your energy
business
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.
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We offer what you are looking for.
AXEL offers three different intensive entrepreneurship programs.
You select the program that suits you the best. Contact us!
TEAM ASSESSMENT
1-2
DaysDoes yout team have what it takes to launch a new product in the energy market? Find out with our Team Assessment. Our offer will help you:
- monitor and improve your entrepreneurial skills
- clearly define roles within your team
- detect missing skills and recruit talented partners
TEAM TRAINING
4-6
weeksAre you just starting out with a pioneering technology but do not have a business model yet? Learn with Team Training how to shape and communicate effectively and efficiently the success factors of your business idea and get support in the following areas:
- market identification and customer needs
- business model development
- prototyping
- market positioning
- financial planning
- rhetoric and presentation techniques
TEAM
DEVELOPMENT
12
monthsBuild your energy start-up. AXEL helps you develop your product quickly and accelerate your market launch. With Team Development you benefit from a range of offerings tailored specially to your team:
- working space
- access to energy plants for field tests
- entrepreneurship qualification courses
- support in business plan creation
- fundraising
- security auditing
- support in IP-management
We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact us and get a first insight.
AXEL
Der Energie-Accelerator
Haid-und-Neu-Straße 7
D-76131 Karlsruhe
+49 721 96 49 27 86
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
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