CEO & Co-Founder Energy (The Collider Programme)

The Collider Deep-Tech Venture Building Programme Energy & Smart Grids

Job Description

Are you an entrepreneur passionate about energy innovation, grid resilience or climate adaptation technologies?

The Collider MWCapital is looking for entrepreneurs with founder experience, strong business leadership, and a passion for energy transition technologies.

You will join our 3-month business validation phase, working closely with leading researchers to assess the feasibility, market fit and business potential of breakthrough solutions in the energy sector.

Once the projects are confirmed and the team validated, you may become the CEO & Co-Founder of a new clean-energy deep-tech venture.

About the Energy Opportunity

Technologies in our pipeline address:

• Predictive monitoring for electricity grids

• Climate risk mitigation tools

• Failure prediction and reliability analytics

• Grid optimization and operational decision support

• Smart grid infrastructure and digital twins

• B2B SaaS for utilities and municipalities

These projects require founders capable of navigating utility partnerships, industrial pilots, regulatory environments, and long sales cycles.

Your Challenges as Entrepreneur

• Leading customer discovery with utilities and grid operators

• Defining commercialization strategy and partnerships

• Planning and executing pilots at industrial or city scale

• Building regulatory and market access strategy

• Raising early public and private funding

• Leading the operational setup of the spin-off

The Offer

• Relevant equity as CEO & Co-Founder

• 6,000 stipend during the validation phase (2,000 p/month)

• Up to 50K participative loan

• Access to energy mentors, experts, corporates and investors

• International exposure (MWC, 4YFN, DeepTech Alliance)

• Coworking at Tech Barcelona Pier 01

This Opportunity Is for You If:

• You are an entrepreneur with experience in energy systems, smart grids, climate risk tools or industrial SaaS

• Experienced in public and private fundraising

• Comfortable in B2B industrial sales, partnerships and pilots

• Skilled in strategy, leadership and technical-commercial execution

• Eligible to work in Spain

• Fluent in English