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Carbon13 is looking for climate startups for its accelerator the Venture Launchpad - so what counts as "climate"? It's certainly more than just carbon removal. There's the obvious: emissions reduction startups - this includes startups working on products or services which displace emitting solutions or mitigate them. E.g. zero carbon concrete, regenerative finance or supply chain optimisation There's also less obvious - startups which promote biodiversity, or the better use of natural resources e.g. water, or those which provide circularity and waste reduction. Still not sure? A good rule of thumb is... you. Why are you doing your startup? What problem is driving you to build a solution? If the answer is anything like "I want to limit global warming" or "prevent a mass extinction" or "create a healthier land", then your startup probably has potential.  And our accelerator can take that potential and help you understand how you maximise it. We help you understand how to reach millions of tonnes of emissions impact. So that when you look back after ten years of blood, sweat and tears building your startup, you'll know you made the real, measurable, difference you set out to do in the first place. Explore the Venture Launchpad:  https://lnkd.in/e8-5cjmd

Creating a guide for climate tech start-ups and scale-ups is a timely and necessary initiative, and The Climate Brick aims to fill that gap. This is a major and much-welcome resource, crafted in collaboration with venture capitalists and McKinsey, which aims to simplify the often complex journey of securing funding and scaling operations. The guide emphasises crucial insights like grasping the capital stack, prioritising non-dilutive financing, and encouraging collaboration among stakeholders. These factors are vital for thriving in the climate tech sector, where the funding landscape can be particularly complex. For many founders, this resource serves as a roadmap, helping them pinpoint critical milestones and avoid common pitfalls along their scaling journey. #ClimateTech #StartUps

Climate tech startups get $1.3 m

In more ways than one, these are truly the hottest 🌡️ 100 startups... Its great to see WindCapture featured in this year's Business Post Hot 100 Startups, however it reminds me that we've also just had the hottest June and August on record and broke 1.5C warming in both months... We are not moving fast enough. Tackling the climate crisis means deploying every solution we have—electrifying and decarbonising processes, scaling affordable removal technologies, setting forward-thinking policies, and making real commitments that drive action. To borrow from JFK: we should choose to do all of these things "not because they are easy, but because they are hard". At WindCapture, we are committed to providing one of the solutions by scaling durable carbon removal technologies that can make a real impact. Let’s make reduced and removed emissions the next big record we break. 🌍

"COME BUILD WITH US TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY" (Carbon13) In my last post, I already mentioned that I have joined the Berlin Cohort 2 of Carbon13, the venture builder for the climate emergency, where I will start as a co-founder. There was a long application process that started (for me) in October. The first part was a kind of tender (in writing), followed by personal interviews. Finally, in November, I was awarded as a co-founder. That was really great news! What does Carbon13 do? Carbon13 selects, supports and invests in determined people (around 80 people per cohort) through its business-building programmes, which focus specifically on building scalable climate businesses that will reduce and eliminate emissions on a global scale. Carbon13 has emerged from the Cambridge ecosystem of science, innovation and entrepreneurship. The growth in Berlin feeds the ecosystem with expertise, investors and partners. Cohort 6 has already started in Cambridge. In Berlin, we are part of the second cohort. My co-founders are scientists, commercial serial founders, business innovators, developers and data scientists. We will form co-founder teams and create a company that has the potential to reduce CO2e emissions at scale by 10 million tonnes per year. One of the famous founders (I think it was Guy Kawasaki) said that the worst thing about a startup is to get it started. Here the help of Carbon13 is very welcomed. They say they can speed up the process by half the time it would normally take us. There are three phases of this managed and supported process: 🌍 Phase 1 focuses on teaming. 80 co-founders and their first ideas or approaches try to find their perfect match. 🌍 Phase 2 focuses on building proof points around the venture – especially its customers, the problem we are solving, and our value proposition. 🌍 In Phase 3, if we will get there, Carbon13 will have invested in us and becomes our business partner. Of course, all stages are selective. So far, Carbon13 has invested over £7 million into 64 ventures since 2021. We will work with a promising network of enablers in Cambridge and Berlin, and with corporate and financial partners, to help us build customer traction and a momentum for our venture, including preparing a funding strategy for post-Carbon13 life and helping us bring in the next round of finance. Last week we already had a very professional online boarding and I had the chance to get to know some of the other co-founders. In two weeks we'll meet in person in Berlin. I'm very excited. Let's rock it! Many thanks to the great team: Michael Langguth Simon Dierks Marina Fontoura Sarah Dees Sara Jones and many others.

We’re really excited to share that we’ve been named the 2nd fastest growing #startup in Central Europe by Sifted 🤩 Why is this so important for us? It's as simple as: more #growth = more #climate impact. Want to see who else made the cut (great to see many more climate companies in the mix!)? 👉 Check out the leaderboard: https://loom.ly/dBzmy68

At 18yo, he started a VC firm. At 25yo, he started his first climate tech startup. Today: he’s combined both to bring fresh and clean water to those affected by climate change around the world. Meet Brian Sheng, CEO and Co-Founder of Aquaria . In the early days of his business, Brian and his Co-Founder and brother, Eric, were part of a 3-month programme for early stage startups. (it was in a monastery / mansion in San Francisco btw) They were asked to sit down with their co-founders to have the tough conversation. Reason being is that companies often fail because of the founders’ breakups. They looked at each other and went: “We have nothing to discuss here.” Perfect match. Brian’s story is also one of a kind. At 18yo he started his own VC firm (still running today). He’s invested several $ millions by himself through it practically bootstrapping Aquaria. And now they’ve developed and been selling a tech that pulls water out of thin air. Think battery packs, only for water, that range from small backpack size to bigger garage size for your entire household. Water scarcity and quality are an increasing issue. And an overlooked one. I’m just glad there’s an aqua tech brand that’s on the frontlines. Cities in the south affected by the heatwaves, coastal towns with infrastructure destroyed by natural disasters, and capitals plagued by water pollution, — all are in desperate need of this tech. … Liked this post? It’s part of my weekly #ClimateFounderSpotlight series where I highlight the coolest up-and-coming climate tech startup founders and their stories. Who should I highlight next? Tag them below 👇

Y Combinator and Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦 are looking for climate founders and climate startups to join their accelerator program. YC is typically known for software unicorns 🦄 such as Dropbox , Airbnb and Twitch but they also invested in over 100 climate startups to date. Some of those are founders building in the solar space like Govinda Upadhyay , and others in the carbon intelligence space like Roman Teslyuk from Earth AI and Diego Saez Gil with Pachama. To help founders enter and think of interesting spaces and problems in climate YC offered a list of areas : 1️⃣Electrify Buidling 2️⃣Energy Management 3️⃣Electify other vehicles 4️⃣Batteries 5️⃣LDES 6️⃣Energy production 7️⃣Critical minerals 8️⃣Renewable fuels 9️⃣Vehicle breakthroughs And more… Here is a link to the RfP: https://lnkd.in/gxiCxkmV #venturecapital #climatetech #earlystage #sustainability #startups

🚨#HardwareStartups Lead the Charge in Promising #ClimateTech Innovations🚨 A new report by Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank reveals that the most promising climate tech startups are predominantly hardware-based, with a strong focus on energy, manufacturing, and raw materials. Despite agriculture and food contributing a third of carbon emissions, they remain underrepresented among the top 50 companies, which averaged seven years old and raised $374 million. The report highlights the challenges early-stage climate tech startups face in scaling up, yet the market potential is vast, with climate tech already valued at $1 trillion, expected to double every decade. Array of Zero #Journalism #TechNews #Startups #TechTrends