success with building innovation across a range of business sizes and sectors. However, energy acceleration has a unique set of challenges that require specialized pathways to growth, especially recognizing the rate of new product and market development occurring in this sector. Grid Catalyst will address common hurdles to market introduction for businesses with a great idea, but faced with these barriers: -Lack of demonstration project partners to prove out solution performance and attract investors -Identifying investors looking for longer time horizons and interested in more capital-intensive ventures, like manufacturing -Players and institutions that haven’t yet adapted to new regulatory and business model dynamics that are more responsive to emerging tech