Accelerate Your Startup Success

IGF connects innovative energy startups with the investors, corporates, and ecosystem partners ready to help them grow.  

The IGF 2026 theme, All Systems Go, highlights the rise of connected, integrated solutions across the full energy system.  

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The Right Fit for IGF

Whether you’re raising your first Seed round, accelerating toward Series A, B, or beyond, IGF offers structured opportunities to raise funds, refine your strategy, and get in front of the right people. 

Startups across all energy-related technologies and business models are welcome, including: 

• Electricity (generation, use, and management)
• Materials and industrial manufacturing
• Fuels and chemicals
• Built environment
• Resource management
• Transportation and mobility
• Enabling technologies
• Agriculture and food.  

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How Your Startup Benefits from IGF

Investor and Industry Partner Access: Meet 200+ active aligned investors and industry partners. In 2025, IGF investors collectively represented more than $3.4B in deployable capital over the following 12 months.

Structured 1:1 Networking: Each year IGF hosts more than 3,600+ targeted 1:1 meetings between startups, investors, corporates, labs, accelerators, and ecosystem partners through our mobile app.

Pitch Competition: Discover the key elements of a successful pitch by observing startup peers present to a panel of investors and industry experts. Find out which pitches were chosen by the investors and gain insights from their questions.

Market Relevant Speakers: Hear from industry thought leaders and experts about where the market is going in 2026 and beyond.  Jumpstart your IGF experience with immersive pre-conference technical workshops designed to give you a 360° deep-dive into the most important technical topics shaping the future of energy. 

National Lab Technical Expertise: Explore the technologies and trends shaping the next generation of energy innovation, backed by the National Laboratory of the Rockies’ deep technical expertise and decades of leadership in energy systems integration. 

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Strong Alignment Between Attending IGF Investors and Startups

Each year, IGF’s attending investors represent a wide cross-section of venture, growth equity, family offices, corporate strategic investors, and project finance groups with strong alignment to IGF startup technologies and investment stages.

Alignment Between Investor and Startup Focus

IGF Startups Match Investor Demand Across Stages

2025 IGF INvestors
 

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Pitch Competition Showcase: Real Signals from the Market

Experience one of IGF’s signature moments as investor-selected startups take the stage to pitch their technologies to a panel of investors, corporates, and technical experts. The Pitch Competition offers a fast-paced look at emerging innovations, market signals, and the companies shaping the future of energy. 

Whether you’re a founder, investor, or ecosystem partner, the Pitch Competition provides insight into where the industry is headed and sparks conversations that continue throughout IGF. 

Explore the 2025 Pitch Competition winners and check back in February 2026 for the announcement of IGF 2026 presenters.