Two weeks left to apply to our accelerator the Venture Launchpad ⏱ We're looking for startups working in climatetech, or the Net Zero transition, which avoid or remove GHG emissions, or which tackle other challenges for Earth's life support systems, e.g. biodiversity. https://lnkd.in/e8-5cjmd Eligible startups are: Teams of 2+ founders 👩🔧 👨🔧 UK registered company or intending to, asap. Have not raised equity funding yet (or only a small amount) 💰 Software or deeptech, hardtech, science-based 🔬 And why join the Venture Launchpad? 1. Impact 2. Investability 3. Traction Let's break that down. *Impact* Carbon13's the Venture Builder for the climate emergency. With us you'll understand and maximise your value proposition's potential to reduce emissions - and communicate this to investors, stakeholders and customers. Carbon13's already built a portfolio with a current collective potential to reduce emissions by 500 million tonnes per year. We have the expertise, the tools and the resources to make sure your startup makes a world changing impact. We don't work on anything less. *Investability* There's an investment opportunity on the accelerator of £200,000 (non-SEIS), but whether we invest or not, our aim is to make your startup investment ready. Pitches, strategies, proof points, data rooms, and confidence. We've invested in 72 startups since 2021, now collectively worth £190 million. *Traction* What does traction mean for your startup specifically. What's your commercial roadmap, what's your technical roadmap. At pre-seed you have tonnes more questions than answers for where to progress your product, our ecosystem becomes your brains trust to solve just that. Our ecosystem of hundreds of domain experts, investor partners, and your own entrepreneur in residence, drawn from a diverse pool of exited founders. Plus the alumni community from those 72 invested ventures. *Key details* The Venture Launchpad starts 14th October, deadline for applications is 10th September, programme is 99% remote. Find out more and apply right here: https://lnkd.in/e8-5cjmd #climatetech #accelerator #venturecapital #netzero #sustainability #CCUS #renewables #foodtech #energy #agritech #builtenvironment
Carbon13
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
The venture builder for the climate emergency.
About us
We are Carbon13, the venture builder for the climate emergency. We will select and support thousands of entrepreneurs to build ventures each with the potential to reduce or remove at least 10 million tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale. We have invested in 64 innovative carbon emissions-mitigating startups since 2021, which have a current market value of £140 million, and are collectively working towards 500 million tonnes of emissions reduction by 2040. Our ventures are working across sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, the built environment, food, and materials. Notable alumni include Kita, Biozeroc, Infyos, Nium, Bluemethane, Samudra Oceans, Cocoon Carbon, Tierra Foods, AED Energy, Preoptima and Kestrix. Register your interest for our next cohorts on carbonthirteen.com.
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External link for Carbon13
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge
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- Privately Held
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- 2019
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- startups, climate change, green technology, venture builder, sustainability, clean tech, climate tech, climate action, entrepreneurship, carbon emissions reduction, and net zero startups
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Huge congratulations to PuriFire Energy for their seed raise 👏
We are excited to announce PuriFire’s £2.7 (US$3.5) million seed round led by HICO Investment Group, with participation from R&R Investments, Bulnes Capital and Desai Ventures. The investment will enable PuriFire to advance its transformative technology for sustainable fuel production. PuriFire's innovative approach streamlines the production of green hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide, generated in situ from wastewater and wet carbon feedstocks for the conversion of green methanol and other sustainable fuels. We want to express our sincere appreciation to Chris Hartnoll for believing in our vision and technology, and we are pleased to welcome him to our Board. PuriFire is also grateful for the support of various mentors, advisors and investors who have been instrumental in our journey so far, including Kevin Clarke, Erol iren, Robert Wright, Stuart R Broadley HonFEI, Helen Tveitan de Jong, Jake Wombwell-Povey, Michael Langguth, Stuart Allinson, Ananda Subbiah, Kamal Hassan, Michael Kosic, Mark Anderson, Edward Pollock, Carbon13. A special shout-out as well to PuriFire Founder, Matt Pearce. His remarkable resilience and unwavering determination over the past few years have brought us to this inflection point—a genuine testament to his entrepreneurial spirit. More details here:
PURIFIRE ENERGY COMPLETES £2.7 MILLION SEED ROUND FUNDING
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We're holding a special Tea Break AMA next week, with guest Dylan Doran Kennett, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. We'll be looking at startups from a lawyer's point of 👀
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Does this resonate with you? "I wasn't focused on doing a "start-up." I just wanted to devote the rest of my career to fighting the climate crisis“ Natalia Dorfman, an alumna of Carbon13's Venture Builder, now CEO of Kita Or how about: “I decided I wanted to use my skills to solve climate change.” Sioned Owen, alumna and founder of Unbound Energy Or: I didn't think "I want to be an entrepreneur"; I thought "I want to be my own boss" and "I want to solve problems that aren't currently being solved" Elinor Wakefield OBE, CEO of Climate-i They're all women who Carbon13 has invested in via our Venture Builder programmes, and if you want to know more about how you could fight the climate crisis through entrepreneurship then join our webinar specially for aspiring female founders, tomorrow at 3:30pm. You can sign up right here: https://lnkd.in/eUysAhgm #femalefounders #venturecapital #climatecrisis #netzero #greentech #sustainability #diversity
AMA With Female Founder Stephanie Alys
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#Biochar is an important source for high quality carbon sequestration, but it is also so much more as it can be used for building materials, packaging, fertiliser and many more… we’re proud to have invested in several companies in the space: - Point2Hectare are optimising Biochar for their two fertiliser products both focused on creating the best crop outcomes for formers. - Carbon Cell are on a mission to make polystyrene waste a thing of the past by replacing it with their proprietary biochar alternative. - Reaforma are making building materials out of biochar. If you want to learn more about the space Kita is sharing some great resources and an upcoming webinar below 👇
◾ Biochar ◾ There are some amazing companies and initiatives working to unlock the tremendous potential of biochar as a durable, impactful carbon solution. But like any innovative technology, there are risks and challenges related to biochar that need to be addressed, explored and managed. Kita provides insurance products that can be applied to transactions involving biochar carbon credits and we are delighted to be part of the infrastructure that underpins a high-quality biochar market. Want to find out more? 📖 READ - this blog all about biochar: https://lnkd.in/eke9_V4c 📺 WATCH - this recording of our recently co-hosted webinar with International Biochar Initiative. Featuring Kita's Head of Insurance, James Kench, CFA, alongside Jan Cihlar of Pyreg GmbH, Will Higbee of Flowcarbon, Jason E. Dodier of Grain Ecosystem and Hannah Calloway of IBI, the discussion aimed to contextualise the current biochar market and identify what is needed to support a significant scale-up: https://lnkd.in/e45edbzj 🕵♀️ LEARN MORE - Kita is co-hosting an upcoming webinar with GECA Environnement about risk management for biochar project development. Register now for the event: https://lnkd.in/edVpbbA5 #biochar #carboninsurance #carbonmarkets
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𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. Only two days left to start (and complete) your application and have the chance to be one of 80 participants in the next cohort of our Venture Builder programme. Benefit from a programme that is already in its tenth round and yet is constantly evolving. Benefit from a world-class support system and 79 fantastic co-founders from tech, science and business who are all committed to changing the trajectory of climate change. You can find a quick link to start your application in the comments 👇
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Webinar next Wednesday for aspiring female founders: https://lnkd.in/eUysAhgm This one's an Ask Me Anything with 👩🔬 Stephanie Alys, she's an award winning entrepreneur and Director of Entrepreneurship at Carbon13. So if you've got questions on: - Whether you should become a founder - Whether you should do Carbon13's Venture Builder - How can entrepreneurship make a difference to the climate - What you need to be ready to build a startup - What counts as a good "idea" for a startup Or anything else, you're very welcome to join our informal webinar. And in the mean time, get some inspo from some of the startups Carbon13's invested in, who are led by female founders: Tierra-Foods (Earthshot nominated) Bluemethane (just won Innovate UK and DEFRA grant) Biozeroc (invested by Zero Carbon Capital) Kestrix Natural Building Systems Climalyst Climate-i Preoptima SamudraOceans MapMortar Eslando Circular Fashion VoltVogel Pattern Project And loads more. And not to mention Carbon13 itself, our CEO and cofounder is Nicky Dee ❤️
AMA With Female Founder Stephanie Alys
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Congratulations to Bluemethane on their Innovate UK and DEFRA grant 👏 Some stats for you: Bluemethane can capture methane from water and waste water and while methane is - 34 times more potent at capturing heat than CO2 - accounts for half of global warming to date And methane from water is - 6% of anthropogenic methane emissions - which rivals the oil and gas industry's emissions Finance for methane emissions reduction accounts for less than 2% of international climate finance. This makes Bluemethane's grant even more valuable and crucial.
We are thrilled to share that Bluemethane and Cranfield University have been awarded the Innovate UK and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Environmental Monitoring Innovation grant. This incredible £419,000 grant marks a huge step forward for our work and collaboration with Cranfield University. This award will be used to develop the first-ever system to accurately measure methane in complex waste streams, a groundbreaking innovation in environmental monitoring. By accurately measuring methane production, we open the door to more effective mitigation strategies, helping to combat climate change at its source. #InnovationJourney #MethaneMitigation #Methane Louise, Nestor, Adam, Nicky, Michael, Judith, Tom, Tom, Tony, Amanda, Lisa, Kieran, Ben, Timothy, Phil, Chris, Peter, Bruce
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Just love this heartfelt message from Ranjeet Bhalerao this morning, "Dedicating my life to making real estate more sustainable, such that buildings are not just buildings but beings that are actually beneficial for people, business and the planet". This is the energy our founders bring to the Net Zero transition.
Since moving to London in 2014, running through Regent’s Park and taking a short break at the top of Primrose Hill has been a routine. The amazing view and the surroundings really inspire me, help me calm down and refocus. And every time I look at this city, it screams opportunity for me, to make an impact by making real estate sustainable; sustainable such that buildings are not just buildings but beings that benefit people and the planet. Infact Primrose Hill was where the fledgling idea behind MapMortar came about and then it was only a matter of meeting Josephine Bromley and Ruggiero Guida. So, I'll keep visiting Primrose Hill for inspiration, reminding myself how much work lies ahead in fighting climate change and securing the future for upcoming generations. #retrofit #decarbonisation #realestate #sustainabilty #netzero2050