WRTA Honors 12 Small Businesses as Campaign Gets Underway
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Each with a different story but a common goal of taking something they are passionate about and building a business right here in the Mahoning Valley, 12 small businesses were honored at Concept Studio on West Federal Street on Thursday morning. For a second straight year, the WRTA Give Small Business a […]
Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Announces 2023 Channel Partner Strategic Awards to Catalyze Innovation and Inclusion
$1M Allocated to Climate Tech Incubators and Accelerators Leading the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon Economy and Inclusive Energy Transition The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²), a technology incubator funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced its seventh cycle of Channel Partner Strategic Awards. This year, IN² […]
BRITE to share in award to help cleantech startups
Brite Energy Innovators, the energy tech accelerator in Warren, Ohio, will share a $220,000 award to launch a program that helps underrepresented cleantech entrepreneurs in Ohio and Michigan take their products to market faster. Brite Energy Innovators and Centrepolis Accelerator in Southfield, Michigan, won the 2023 Channel Partner Strategic award from Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator, funded by the […]
Shaping the future of energy: A look at Ohio’s renewable energy sustainability challenges
At a recent Global Shapers Cleveland Hub forum on Shaping the Future of Energy, the conversation centered around the Ohio’s renewable energy future, its innovators, challenges with carbon emissions and opportunities. The guests for the event, which was moderated by Global Shapers member Ale Watson, featured Jing Lyon, entrepreneur programs director at BRITE Energy Innovators, Nicole Stika, senior […]
Highlighting the Valley’s EV Future
In the MidMarch issue of The Business Journal, take a look at the work being done to incubate EV startups at BRITE Energy Innovators in Warren and see how Greenwood Chevrolet in Austintown is preparing for new EV models and the growing EV demand. To view the story, visit https://youtu.be/RcJaSFKVkt4.
BRITEnetwork Introduces Companies to Funding Sources
WARREN, Ohio – Rick Stockburger, president and CEO of Brite Energy Innovators, says it’s important to reach out to small- as well as medium-size companies to place them in a position to harness as much funding as possible. Such is the idea of building the Brite Network, an effort underway at the incubator to engage […]
Energy Incubator is a BRITE Spark for Voltage Valley
WARREN, Ohio – Rick Stockburger is a man constantly on the move these days. Three weeks ago he was in Washington, D.C., as a member of the board of the Clean Tech Incubator Coalition. In mid-March, he’s expected to deliver a talk at the InterBattery conference in Seoul, South Korea. Then, it’s back to Washington […]
First electric motorcycle arrives in Voltage Valley
More electric vehicles are rolling into Voltage Valley — this time, a motorcycle. Friday afternoon, LAND Energy delivered the District bike to its owner at BRITE Energy in Warren. LAND is based in Cleveland and partnered with BRITE. The bike has software and can function as an e-bike, moped and full-on motorcycle. All parts of […]
Companies Explore Benefits of Industrial ‘Internet of Things’
A sizeable number of us, whether we know it or not, has been introduced to the Internet of Things – or IoT. From using an Amazon Alexa to remotely adjusting a home thermostat from a smartphone, society and the devices that power it today are more interconnected than ever. The same goes for business and […]
Ohio counting on electric vehicles to charge economy and save auto jobs
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The shift from gasoline-fueled engines to fully electric vehicles could be an opportunity, and a threat, to Ohio’s economy. But there’s reason to believe the Buckeye State is in the driver’s seat. Automakers are spending billions of dollars to shift from gasoline. Electric vehicle manufacturing could create thousands of new jobs, but […]
