Colombian Firm Joins Second Cox Cleantech Cohort in Georgia

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Among five companies selected for the second cleantech accelerator cohort in Georgia is a Colombia-based firm that uses data to improve the efficiency of industrial equipment, boosting reliability while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Uptime Analytics, based in Bogota, “helps technicians and engineers boost industrial asset performance with AI-driven applications that optimize energy use, reduce emissions and mitigate risk,” according to an announcement from Atlanta’s Cox Cleantech Accelerator.

The 12-week accelerator program, enacted in partnership with gener8tor, was launched in 2024 as part of Cox Enterprises’ commitment to invest $2 billion in sustainable businesses and technologies.

The first cohort included two companies that launched pilot projects with the communications and automotive giant.

“With nearly 300 global and regional headquarters and a surge in cleantech manufacturing investment, our region is rapidly becoming a national hub for sustainable innovation,” said Miguel Granier, managing director of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator. “We’re excited to help emerging cleantech startups tap into this momentum and become part of a thriving, solutions-driven ecosystem.”

Along with Uptime, which serves water utilities as well as producers of steel, oil and cement, among other sectors, the cohort includes four other innovators, as outlined in a news release:

• FNN is transforming utility and wildlife response with AI-powered lightning detection that pinpoints damage and ignitions in real time. Its High-Risk-Lightning™ (HRL™) solution uses proprietary edge-computing sensors to track lightning strikes and environmental conditions, reducing costly investigations, downtime and emergency response times.
• Prezerv maps underground utilities using AI to prevent costly delays and safety risks in urban construction. Its automated 3D mapping platform eliminates guesswork in civic and energy projects, streamlining operations, reducing emissions and accelerating in-service timelines.
• Stak Mobility reclaims urban space with automated vertical parking towers that integrate EV charging and mobile self-service. Designed for developers, fleets and city drivers, Stak enables the transition to electric while solving a persistent urban challenge: space.
• WhyGrene optimizes distributed energy systems with an all-in-one platform that helps utilities, businesses and microgrids plan, manage and coordinate clean energy assets. Using digital models and AI forecasting, WhyGrene simulates energy flows, predicts costs and enables virtual power plant operations to boost efficiency and unlock new revenue streams.

Each company receives a $100,000 investment along with mentorship and hands-on support during a program that is designed to help companies find their first large-scale customers. Learn more about the program here.

Uptime Analytics, founded in 2018, is no stranger to such programs, having won multiple competitions and being named to various cleantech innovator lists In 2019, Uptime participated in the first cycle of Medellin-based utility EPM’s venture accelerator and later gained an investment from the Ventures EPM arm along with Axon Partners, helping “ratify our technology and business model, brings benefits to our customers and market,” CEO Oscar Hoyos said at the time.