Atlanta’s New Cox Cleantech Accelerator Welcomes Five Trailblazing Startups

ATLANTA – February 20, 2025 – The Cox Cleantech Accelerator, a partnership between Cox Enterprises, gener8tor and the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, today announces its inaugural cohort of cleantech startups poised to transform sustainability in the Southeast. After a highly competitive selection process, the Accelerator selected five companies tackling critical challenges across fleet electrification, financial compliance, industrial wastewater and sustainable buildings.  

The 2025 Cox Cleantech Accelerator class includes: 

• 4Earth builds advanced resource recovery technology for industrial and critical infrastructure applications. Utilizing materials science, innovative water treatment processes, automation and machine learning, the technology is designed to seamlessly plug into existing factories and plants to enhance efficiency and sustainability. 

• Accelerate Wind produces affordable energy for commercial buildings with a wind turbine that integrates with solar on the edges of roofs. Accelerate’s patented spoiler design channels wind to the turbine more efficiently, harnessing more energy within a smaller footprint. 

• Flux Hybrids designs electric powertrains that transform fleet vehicles into plug-in hybrids, maximizing efficiency and flexibility. Flux systems allow fleets to operate on electric power when charging is available and transition to gas as needed, delivering increased range, enhanced performance and reduced operational costs.  

• Kara is the AI sustainability compliance platform transforming how investors and businesses manage sustainability risk. Built for asset managers, banks and companies, Kara streamlines sustainability performance, automates compliance with SFDR, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, EDCI and SB 253 & 261, delivering actionable insights that turn sustainability from a regulatory burden into a strategic advantage. By embedding sustainability at the core of finance, Kara empowers capital to drive both prosperity and resilience, ensuring compliance is not just a requirement but a catalyst for smarter, more sustainable growth.  

• Joulea empowers building owners with highly accurate energy assessments to optimize financial performance and reduce carbon impact. Leveraging AI, drone technology and deep expertise in building energy systems, Joulea delivers data-driven insights for greater efficiency and sustainability. 

“We are excited to support a new program focused on companies that are not only developing incredible cleantech innovations but also driving value for large-scale customers,” said Morgan Phillips, Atlanta Ventures lead at Cox Enterprises.

The Cox Cleantech Accelerator is a 12-week program offering a $100,000 investment to five startups per cohort twice yearly. Participating companies will receive investment, mentorship from Cox business leaders, access to industry leaders and support with landing pilots or commercial agreements.

“Our region is home to nearly 300 global and regional headquarters and has been one of the largest recipients of cleantech manufacturing investment over the past several years," said Miguel Granier, managing director of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator. "We are excited to plug some of the country's most exciting startups into that ecosystem."

The program ends on May 16, 2025. For more information about the Cox Cleantech Accelerator or to submit an application for the Fall cohort, visit gener8tor.com/cox. 

About gener8tor 
gener8tor is a global venture firm and accelerator network that supports startups, workers, employers, artists and musicians across race, place and gender. gener8tor partners with companies, governments, universities and nonprofits to operate accelerator programs and conferences in more than 45 communities across 25 states and three countries. Fast Company named gener8tor one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021 and 2022. The International Trade Council recognized gener8tor as the Global Venture Capital Firm of the Year in 2022. 

About Cox Enterprises 
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to empowering people to build a better future for the next generation. Cox is a leader in the broadband, automotive and media industries, as well as a leading investment platform with strategic positions in emerging technologies driving the future of agriculture, renewable energy, healthtech and public sector software. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with $23 billion in annual revenues and a proud history spanning more than 125 years. To learn more about Cox and its commitment to its people, planet and communities, visit CoxEnterprises.com.  

 About Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub 
Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub is a 501c3 public-private-academic partnership that aims to make innovation a driver of a robust, inclusive cleantech economy that creates jobs in growth industries, commercializes technology that combats climate change and elevates people and communities throughout Georgia and the Southeast. By making it easier for innovators to access the talent, capital and resources necessary to create organizations built to last, the Hub aims to make Georgia a leader in cleantech innovation and tomorrow’s growth industries. For more information on how to get involved, visit gacth.org.