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Our Story
We are a partnership of three leading corporations in different industries and countries that have joined forces to develop ground-breaking, industry-transforming technologies for a greener and better future.
We will invest 1M NIS in your startup as part of the IAA Innovation Lab track, with possible follow-up investments.
We will help you boost your innovations into a business, providing the next generation of solutions to help solve environmental challenges. Turning startups into success stories.
Who Are We?
We are the Environmental Sustainability Innovation Lab (ESIL), here to accelerate and commercialize startups.
ESIL is a dynamic ecosystem delivering economically viable technology solutions that support a socially just transition to a NetZero world.
We are a platform for establishing breakthrough sustainable innovation solutions. We connect industries looking for green technology solutions with Israeli sustainability tech entrepreneurs and startups developing innovative and disruptive solutions to environmental problems.
Our Founders
ESIL is a partnership of EDF Renewables, Bazan Group and Johnson Matthey, each an industry leader in its field.
Our team
Board of Directors
Bazan Group Shlomi Basson's LinkedIn Profile
EDF Renewables Israel Ayalon Vaniche's LinkedIn Profile
Bazan Group Dr. Gili Bittan-Banin's LinkedIn Profile
EDF Renewables Israel Shira Levy 's LinkedIn Profile
(Board Observer) Innovation Portfolio Director
Johnson Matthey Kristin Rickert
(Board Observer)'s LinkedIn Profile
Portfolio Companies
Our portfolio companies are set to change the way we treat our planet, and are aimed at a bright, sustainable future for all mankind
Eexion developed sodium-ion, metal based and aqueous-based batteries to serve the energy storage and light mobility markets.
SolOr utilizes copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) nanoparticles, fabricating innovative paint and spray techniques used on platforms such as vehicles and cladding materials for high raise building- turning them into a fully integrated solar energy harvesting platform. No high vacuum and high temperature processes are needed! enabling the producers of automotive and construction industry to coat the platform by themselves in a perfect match to their geometry, allowing better utilization of the available area with negligible addition of weight
Our Partners
Why ESIL?
We are here to help you succeed
We provide funds, knowledge, technological capabilities, laboratories, equipment, mentorship, professional consulting, international connections, and more through ESIL’s founders and strategic partners. These resources include access to worldwide infrastructure locations and experts in various fields.
You will be part of unique, open innovation processes with the chance for a practical realization of circular economy concepts while making a real impact on people’s lives.
Giving you a head start
- Up to 2,000,000 NIS Equity Investment
- Potential follow on investments
- Part of the IIA Track 29 - Innovation Labs as detailed here
- Proof of concept funding and field implementation
- Field trials, pilots
- Use of innovative and advanced laboratories
- Technological feasibility tests
- Tests and experiments
- Multi-disciplinary professional support
- Technological and professional support and assistance
- Design partner
- Product guidance and development
- Leading professional mentors
- Business experience with top tier multinational companies
- Collaborate with lab partners
- Connecting business partners in global markets
- Distribution channels to target markets
Challenges
We seek innovative startups in the fields of Clean Energy, Material Production, Pollution Reduction & Environmentally Friendly products to join us on a journey of growth, technology excellence, and business success