Binghamton University, the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator and New Energy New York have selected 10 companies for the 2026 cohort of the ChargeUp Accelerator, a startup program focused on battery and energy storage technologies.
The group says this is the biggest ChargeUp cohort yet and the third year of the accelerator. The selected companies span a pretty wide slice of the battery and energy storage stack, from mineral extraction and cathode materials to thermal batteries, mobile storage systems and battery manufacturing software. The 2026 cohort includes:
- BUCKSTOP: An urban mining platform using proprietary datasets and machine learning models to transform how companies approach their assets and financial decisions.
- EELI Technology, Inc.: Electrochemical technology that could transform mining by tapping into the billions of tons of lithium trapped in sources once considered impossible to mine, with a process that reduces carbon emissions, water use, time and cost.
- MicroEra Power: First-generation thermal battery product architecture that will enable greater control over heating and cooling at lower costs and carbon footprints.
- Molhill, Inc.: Specialty biochemicals that improve mineral separation and processing while reducing ecological footprints, with applications in synthesized or regenerative active cathode materials
- NDB, Inc.: A novel nuclear diamond battery that converts recycled nuclear waste into clean energy with a lifetime of decades, allowing medical, defense and aerospace industries, as well as Internet of Things applications, to eliminate battery replacement.
- Power 3D: 3D-printed battery technology with ultra-thick electrodes that maximize the amount of potential energy storing material in a battery, enabling higher energy density with applications in wearables, the Internet of Things and medical devices.
- Power Up Connect: Mobile, self-rechargeable trailer-mounted battery energy storage systems that can be integrated with existing infrastructures, with a variety of potential use-cases — including construction sites, microgrids and emergency shelters.
- QOR Technologies, Inc.: An artificial intelligence platform that can correct issues on the factory floor, from the beginning of the manufacturing process to the end, reducing human error while taking measures to prevent future anomalies.
- Ranial Systems, Inc.: A unique computing platform that integrates artificial intelligence to offer predictive and real-time operation monitoring across multiple energy storage applications, improving the safety and resiliency of microgrids and renewable energy infrastructure.
- WattUP Energy: A high-performance battery offering two times the energy density and three times the power density of conventional lithium-ion batteries, using earth-abundant materials to transform transportation in the land, sea and sky.
Artemis Technologies is participating as an honorary company. Its advanced zero-emission hydrofoil propulsion platform uses high-power electric drivetrains and hydrodynamic lift to elevate vessels above the water’s surface, significantly reducing drag, improving energy efficiency, and redefining performance benchmarks for commercial maritime transport.
ChargeUp says the program runs for seven months, from April through October, and combines curriculum, investor access, mentoring and technical-development support. Company leaders will receive more than 200 hours of curriculum, $25,000 in funding, and up to $100,000 for technical development. The accelerator is run through Binghamton University’s Koffman Southern Tier Incubator and draws on methods used in two other NextCorps programs: Luminate and the Manufacturing Accelerator.
The bigger story here is regional cluster-building. New Energy New York has been trying to turn Upstate New York into a real battery innovation hub, and programs like ChargeUp are one of the mechanisms for doing that. Earlier cohort companies include Ateios Systems, Amel Energy and Fermi Energy.
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