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Be part of a transformative movement shaping the future of energy.
The Avatar Program
Avatar Innovations is a venture platform purpose-built for the energy industry—developing both the breakthrough technologies and the leadership talent required to deploy them.
Through a unique blend of experiential learning, industry collaboration, and real-world commercialization pathways, Avatar helps energy companies solve their most pressing challenges while creating unique real-world, collaborative experiences and opportunities that better equip their people to lead.
With a proven track record across global markets, Avatar delivers measurable impact to companies and the industry — faster, smarter, and at lower cost than traditional innovation or leadership programs.
How it works:
The Avatar program has 3 interconnected stages to empower your organization:
Building the Leaders
Avatar Forge - Discover : A leadership development program that engages industry professionals in the future of energy by putting them to work on real-world energy technology challenges.
Building the Technologies
Avatar Forge - Build: A technology development studio that advances industry-validated concepts and IP, turning them into real-world value for the industry.
Building the Future
Avatar Ventures: A venture fund focused on financing the future of energy by providing early-stage risk capital to bring industry led technologies to market.
Avatar Forge - Discover
Discover: a 10-week immersive process exploring current energy transition technologies and market dynamics while developing the skills of future energy leaders. Teams pitch their energy transition solution to senior executives (“The Foundry”) and top projects proceed to Studio to emerge as fundable businesses.
To date:
1400+ Energy Professionals Engaged
Over 100 Energy Technology Concepts Developed
7 Funded New Companies
~$25M in Capital Mobilized
Avatar Forge - Build
Build: Takes the most promising solutions emerging from Discover and collaborates with customers and industry experts to prepare investor-ready business opportunities. Teams get capital, develop prototypes and business models then pitch at the Forge Investment Summit.
Fall 2026:
11 teams sponsored by partners currently bringing technology to life.
Avatar Ventures
Avatar Ventures: Works with top Studio graduates to prepare companies for both dilutive and non-dilutive funding. Avatar Leadership Fund I (anchored by Cenovus Energy) provides early-stage capital to scale vetted ventures.
Teams form their own venture, 'NewCo', and own the IP.