Navigate
NECEC’s Navigate program leverages the power of NECEC's networks to provide cleantech startups access to resources and business support to grow and scale.
Working with dozens of partner organizations (the Navigate Innovation Partners) including incubators, accelerators, and associations, Navigate helps partners and their portfolio startups get to the next stage of their growth through its unique services and events.
We understand that the path from startup to early stage and to growth is different for every entrepreneur, so we collaborate with leaders from the cleantech industry and investor community to provide tailored support to entrepreneurs. Our team works to understand each startup's needs in order to identify, vet, and connect them to the most valuable experts, investors, corporates, and customers from across the Northeast based on their stage. Navigate provides a variety of resources including:
- Connections - Virtual connections throughout the year, as well as highly-vetted connections at our Investor Corporate Customer Connect events in Boston and New York City.
- Visibility - At Navigate events that are exclusive to Navigate Partners’ portfolio companies.
- Regional reach - Through "regional pitch sessions" Navigate takes investors and corporates to visit innovation partners outside of major hubs like Boston and New York to showcase local startups, and promote cross-collaboration between the most mature and earlier stage cleantech ecosystems.
Navigate also provides its partners with a number of additional resources to help them develop and succeed in supporting their startups, including monthly Navigate Connectors calls and our annual Navigate Partner Summit, to share best practices and network.
NECEC’s Navigate program is made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors:
