Join CO.LAB. Accelerate your idea.
Who Should Apply
For those making an impact.
Whether you’re building better ways to charge EVs, using AI to make freight move smarter, or solving last mile deliveries this accelerator is about giving you a real opportunity to test, grow, and move faster. We’re looking for startups with real traction who are post revenue or are in market pilots.
Connected & Autonomous Vehicles
Supply Chain, Logistics & Freight Tech
EVs, Charging, Battery Tech & Grid Optimization
Energy Innovation & Grid Tech
Predictive Analytics & Mobility Data Platforms
Smart Infrastructure, Sensors & Urban Systems
Quantum Applications for Mobility, Energy, or Infrastructure
Join our Accelerator and shape the future.
Why Co.Lab?
Access. Execution. Partnerships.
Startups are driving the future of how people, goods, energy, and data move. Scaling in these industries takes more than capital. It takes access. It takes execution. And it takes the right partners behind you.
This program is built to make that happen. We connect you directly with the people, infrastructure, and opportunities that turn early traction into real scale.
First Customers, Not Just Mentors
We connect you with potential customers, not just mentors. You’ll get access to our corporate partners, public agencies, and infrastructure providers who are looking to pilot, buy, or scale what you’re building.
Post revenue focus
We meet you where you are: building, growing, and ready to scale.
Infrastructure you can build on
A foundation of industry leading partners, a city positioned for the future, and the acceleration you need to launch.
Showcase & Exposure
End the program by pitching to a curated audience of investors, customers, and innovation leaders. It’s designed to get you in front of the people who can fund you, partner with you, or become your next customer.
Why Chattanooga?
It’s where we are building the future of movement in a vibrant, tech leading environment.
With the nation’s first quantum computing network and gig internet system, Chattanooga continues to be a premier startup ecosystem for movement innovators.
Location
Nation’s largest urban testbed for connected and autonomous vehicles
Gig City
Powered by EPB’s gig speed, quantum enabled smart grid
Partners
A partner network including TVA, VW, EPB, Oak Ridge National Lab, and more
Future Forward
Deep roots in freight, energy, EVs, and infrastructure innovation for the future
