Encubator

Run by PoliHub.

Encubator is PoliHub's four-month in-person acceleration programme in Milan for climate and energy startups. It provides an equity-free cash grant worth EUR 40,000, split between money to spend on developing the project and money covering access to the programme itself, and takes no equity.

Investment

€40,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

17 weeks (Shorter than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Milan, Italy

Sectors

• Climate
• Energy

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://polihub.it/en/programmi-en/encubator-we-hatch-climate-tech-startups/ read 2026-09-07 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, format, sectors, application url, status

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Last verified 2026-09-07.