GTA Global Stars is our latest initiative as an associated organisation of Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour.
As the Tour comes to a close this year, GTA is launching a worldwide search to spotlight young founders building real, scalable solutions for energy transition and a sustainable future.
These innovators – our Global Stars – will be nominated by GTA’s global network of geographical and working groups, and showcased on our Tech for Net Zero Resource Hub.
Each featured Global Star will have a dedicated profile sharing their mission, their progress, and what support they need to accelerate their impact—whether that’s funding, partnerships, mentorship, or exposure.
Who are the Global Stars?
- Seed to Series A founders leading active, operational ventures
- Developing or building a product, pilot, or service advancing the global energy transition
Essential Criteria
Founder role: Must be a founder or co-founder of a startup or initiative actively working on an energy transition solution
Stage: Open to companies at Seed, Series A
Active status: The business must be operational with a product, pilot, or service in development or deployment. Closed a round with at least 6-12 months runway remaining and/or revenue. Must be VC backed.
Focus: The solution must directly address energy transition, with examples including:
- Clean energy generation: solar and agrisolar, wind, geothermal, tidal, hydro, bioenergy
- Energy storage: batteries and battery management systems, thermal, hydrogen, or other long-duration storage
- Grid innovation: smart grids, grid decentralisation, virtual power plants, grid resilience
- Energy access: off-grid tech, mini-grids, rural electrification, inclusive energy solutions
- Demand management: energy efficiency, optimisation, smart appliances, behavioural tech, trading
- Green mobility: EVs, electric transport systems, electric transport systems, battery swapping, low-carbon logistics
- Hydrogen economy: green hydrogen production, infrastructure, applications
- Industrial decarbonisation: clean heat, electrification, carbon capture for energy-intensive sectors
- Circular systems: tech that supports the circularity of energy systems or infrastructure
- Climate financing platforms: tools that enable investment into energy transition solutions, especially in underserved regions
Selection Considerations
- Innovation: Originality and strength of the tech or approach
- Impact: Potential for emissions reduction or system-level transformation
- Scalability: Market fit, ambition, and potential to scale across geographies
- Traction: Evidence of pilots, customers, investment, or partnerships
- Visionary leadership: The founder’s clarity of mission, resilience, and leadership capacity
- Equity & inclusion: Chapters are encouraged to nominate founders who reflect the diversity of their region, especially those creating solutions that benefit underrepresented communities or populations most affected by the energy transition
- Support ask: Clear articulation of what support is most needed (funding, mentorship, partnerships, etc.)
Ineligible
- Founders not active in energy transition or related climate tech sectors
- Projects still in concept stage with no operational development
- Individuals not in a founding or leadership role of the initiative
Meet your Global Stars
Tech London Advocates
Henrik Bache – Esmart Systems
Eduard Schlutius – reev
Jurgen Mayherhofer – enspired
Marvin Gabler – Jua AI
Darren Crowder – Enbodie
Vanessa Barzasi – BioBright
Carlos Monroy Sampieri – BiomiTech
Joe Darwen – CircKit
Isabel Mintus – Forma
Tech Nordic Advocates
Margarita Poderytė – BÆTA Carbon Solutions
Sonja Sirviö – ECOCAN
Elahe Doroudchi – FlexiPower
Ninja Fedy – Zipli
Saara Suurla – SpringDNA
Prajeen Kunawong – Moom Studio
Suvi Ferraz – learnsy FI
Nilufer Alakas – Lotus Sirius
Isra Imtiaz Aliv – PoroPick
Lisa Therman – Lensor
Veronica Sobejano Paz – Aerial Tools
Josefine L. S. Bonde – Insutex
Line Kloster Pedersen – Visibuilt
Gina Perier – Lapee
Sofie Winge-Petersen – Paint’R
Ditte Højland – Dissolva
Tech Brazil Advocates
Charles Filho Coriolano – BRESC (Brazilian Energy Supply Company)
Rodrigo Machado – Seno Energia
Luciano Pereira – Lemon Energia
Joao Arruda – Liconic
Sandra Sinicco – Sol Facil
Tech Türkiye Advocates
Ahmet Özçelik – Devamapp
Balca Yilmaz – Werover
Tech Eurasia Advocates
Maria Alipatova – Tova Industries
Tech Saudi Advocates
Sarah Ghaleb – Keyss
Tech Scotland Advocates
Markus Ronde – Exergy3
Tech Italy Advocates
Stefano Cappello – Limenet
Tech West England Advocates
Kai-Tse Lin – Bellwether Industries
Tech Singapore Advocates
Siddarth Jadhav – polybee
Tech Argentina Advocates
Tomas Gutierrez – Nideport
Tech Arizona Advocates
Tofazzel Hossain – InfiniCell
GTA FoodTech
Pierre Paslier – Notpla
TLA RetailTech
Daisy Harvey – Loom
Verena Judmayer – MATR
Michaela Stephen – MATR
Xinai “Becca” Liu – HappyPower