VIA Accepted into Top European Accelerator Program, Accelerace
Somerville, MA – June 12, 2018 – VIA, a leader in solving energy industry problems using artificial intelligence and blockchain, has been accepted into Accelerace, one of Europe’s top seed accelerators, as part of their Cleantech program.
“I was excited to be in Denmark a couple weeks ago to kick-off our participation in the Accelerace program. Accelerace is a well-respected and very well-connected clean energy program that is already helping us expand our presence with energy companies throughout Europe,” said Jeremy Taylor, Chief Scientific Officer at VIA.
Accelerace is a Danish accelerator that offers five unique programs tailored to the needs of startups. VIA will participate in the Cleantech program for six to eight months. Through this program, Accelerace will provide assistance in establishing a corporate presence in Denmark, introductions to leading European utilities (such as Enel), and mentorship from experienced Danish entrepreneurs, cleantech executives, and industry experts.
“The European energy industry is going through one of the biggest transformations in history. We are rapidly moving from fossil fuels and nuclear to renewable energy sources. At the same time, the recent implementation of GDPR in Europe is requiring both privacy and transparency of personal information,” said Jes Nordentoft, Business Accelerator and Investor at Accelerace. He continued “VIA’s new blockchain application, Trusted Analytics Chain, is the only solution we’ve seen to help the industry securely collaborate on critical analytics problems. This is exactly what the energy industry needs during this transformative time.”
About VIA
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, VIA is a mission-critical software company that enables organizations to share and analyze sensitive, distributed data at speed without compromising security or control. VIA’s decentralized architecture keeps data sovereign, while its agentic AI helps organizations solve critical challenges, and its military-grade security governs access. Designed for simplicity, rapid deployment, and disconnected, contested environments, VIA makes sensitive data usable wherever the mission happens, even offline. The Department of War, federal and state law enforcement, Fortune 50, and critical infrastructure companies around the globe trust VIA to help them solve their toughest analytics and digital security challenges.
About Accelerace
Accelerace is one of the world’s top 10 seed accelerators. Since 2008 Accelerace has spotted, trained and invested in more than 500 of the most promising Danish and international startups and growth companies. 88% of the companies are still on the market today. As part of the national Scale-up Denmark initiative Accelerace is scaling up startups within tech, foodtech, cleantech, life sciences & biotech and medtech & health care technologies through guidance and mentoring from skilled serial entrepreneurs, camps and network. Accelerace has invested in more than 69 promising startups, who have been through the Accelerace program and have started partnerships with Maersk, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Arla, Foss, NRGI, Business Lolland-Falster, Bang & Olufsen, SE, Endesa & Enel. Accelerace is also organizing the Nordic NOME (Nordic Mentor Network for Entrepreneurship) mentor network for life science startups.
