Social Alpha launches third edition of âEnergy Challengeâ prog Social Alpha launches third edition of âEnergy Challengeâ prog New Delhi, Feb 16: Social Alpha, a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform for science and technology start-ups, has kicked off its third edition of the ‘Energy Challenge’, a comprehensive venture development programme for clean energy start-ups in India. Various incubators, accelerators and investors participating in the programme are expected to deploy collectively more than Rs 20 crore over a period of 24 months to support winning entries in the challenge. Christened as the ‘Techtonic â Innovations in Clean Energy’, the platform is inviting innovators and entrepreneurs with transformative technologies that have the potential to create deep and irreversible social, economic and climate impact.