Background to the GE Carbon Trust partnership Since February 2012, the Carbon Trust has been working with GE to identify and evaluate early stage companies. The initial 18 month phase consists of a $5 million fund targeted at new low carbon technologies in the area of infrastructure applications. The most promising companies will receive incubation support and investment. This partnership is part of the $200 million GE ecomagination Challenge, a global open innovation initiative with venture capital partners that launched in 2010 to find and fund the best ideas around clean tech technology. According to GE's recent Innovation Barometer, which polled 2,800 businesses across 22 markets globally, the majority of UK companies surveyed saw innovation as fundamental to the future health of the UK - both economically and socially - but that sufficient triggers are not in place to stimulate and encourage it. Corporations If you are a corporation interested in accelerating your cleantech activities in a similar way you can get in touch by completing the form below: Start-ups Please note that we are not seeking applications from start-ups for support through this partnership. We may be sending out occasional updates. If you want to register to hear about them please fill in the form below: