The partnership will focus on ESB’s three strategic pillars, decarbonising the electricity system, building resilient infrastructure and empowering customers.
UK Global accelerator and corporate innovation specialist IoT Tribe has announced a three-year partnership with Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB), that will focus on X_Potential, ESB’s flagship innovation incubator.
IoT Tribe accelerates growth for corporations, government agencies, investors, startups, SMEs and other ecosystem players. As part of the collaboration, the organisation will strengthen and scale X_Potential, empowering ESB to identify, develop and deploy future‑facing ventures.
“We’re incredibly excited to be working with ESB on the next phase of X_Potential,” said Tanya Suarez, the CEO and founder of IoT Tribe. “What makes this collaboration so powerful is the combination of ESB’s ambition and IoT Tribe’s experience in building programmes that turn strong ideas into real ventures, leveraging cutting-edge research and external investors.”
X_Potential has operated as an internal innovation platform enabling ESB employees to propose new ideas that advance the organisation’s Net Zero 2040 ambition and early cohorts have already delivered significant progress. The new team will be located at Trinity’s innovation hub, which opened in November last year and the partnership will focus on ESB’s three strategic pillars, decarbonising the electricity system, building resilient infrastructure and empowering customers.
