Will Goetzman has been working at Carbon13 as a visiting intern from the University of Pittsburgh, where he's studying PPE. He's spent two months getting to know the UK, and the world of early stage climatetech. Here he gives his view as a Gen Z, the next generation...
Carbon13 builds and backs ventures addressing Earth’s critical life support systems. Initially this means addressing the most urgent problem of our time – climate change.
Determined People
The climate crisis needs determined founders committed to this challenge, including scientists, engineers, and serial entrepreneurs. The average age of our cohorts is 37, and a quarter hold PhDs.
CARBON AT OUR CORE
Every startup we build has the potential to reduce or remove CO₂e emissions by net 10 million tonnes per year when at scale.
OUR MISSION IS CLIMATE
Our community is rooted in our mission to fight the climate emergency, and driven by our scalability ethos. This is where climate tech startups will succeed on a global scale.
FROM CAMBRIDGE TO BERLIN
Our Cambridge origins have taught us the importance of commercial, carbon and scientific understanding. Our growth to Berlin fuels our ecosystem of domain expertise, investors, and partners.
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The Venture Builder programme Cambridge / UK
The Venture Builder programme Berlin / EU
OUR APPROACH TO CARBON STARTS WITH PEOPLE
Million tonnes (net) of CO2e – the potential annual mitigation of each Carbon13 venture
Number of invested ventures built through our programmes since 2021
Number of founders developed through our programmes
Number of Domain Experts working with our ventures and Carbon13
Our Mission
We will select and support thousands of entrepreneurs to build ventures with the potential to mitigate over 400 million tonnes of CO2e per annum by 2040. We have set this target because humanity has just a few years to reduce our emissions and slow the pace of global warming, and the innovation delivered by entrepreneurs can play a significant role within this fight.
We simply don’t have time for founders to waste on dead ends or incremental solutions, or to build companies which don’t make a true impact on emissions. The future is Net Zero. Our startups are already building it.
listen to our podcast
Welcome to Carbon13’s podcast “Climate Takes” where we ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?
Our Programmes
Whether you’re already a founder or ready to become one, explore our programmes to see how we’ll work with you to innovate on solutions for the climate emergency.
Venture Builder Cambridge
An eight-month programme for a cohort of 80 determined individuals from the UK and beyond, who don’t have a startup yet but want to find a co-founder and build a climate-tech startup.
Venture Builder Berlin
For founders resident in the EU, our Berlin Venture Builder combines the entrepreneurial and academic spirit of Cambridge with the DACH climate tech scene.
Venture Launchpad
The Venture Launchpad is a fully remote startup accelerator where teams work on their Carbon Case, their growth strategies, and their investment readiness for pre-seed and beyond.
News, raises & milestones
Learn more about Carbon13’s progress and community. Here we share fundraising news from our ventures, collaborations with our partners, and our own news, opinion, and milestones.
We are looking for you
Apply for our next cohorts from Cambridge and Berlin. There’s no time for false starts. Join us—find your dream co-founder in just 8 weeks, define your problem space, and tap into the expertise of 400+ domain specialists, carbon experts, and our sharp-eyed entrepreneurs in residence.
Carbon13 launches eighth SEIS Fund
Together with our Fund Manager Syndicate Room, Carbon13 is raising our next SEIS Fund to fuel more high potential climatetech ventures across energy, materials, food systems, and more.Carbon13 is delighted to announce that we're opening our second fund with Syndicate...
Climate Innovation Showcase Week
We celebrate the final day of our Venture Builder and Venture Launchpad programmes with a pitch event, the Climate Innovation Showcase Day. The event aims to build bridges, recognise the teams and initiate follow-up investment with pitches in front of an investor audience. In July, we bid farewell to Cambridge Cohort 7, Berlin Cohort 3 of our Venture Builder programmes and the Venture Launchpad Cohort 4 with showcase events at Google HQ in London and the Siemens Energy Innovation Centre in Berlin, welcoming them into our alumni community.
Nium’s First-of-a-Kind Catalyst production facility
It's wonderful to see deeptech becoming a growing reality. Nium, the next-generation-ammonia venture from Cambridge Cohort 3 of our Venture Builder Programme, has successfully designed, built and delivered their long-anticipated First-of-a-Kind Catalyst production...
Anzen Secures £1.1M Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionise Home Heating
We are pleased to share that Anzen, pioneers in the home energy space, has successfully raised £1.1 million in pre-seed funding. This marks a significant step forward in the development of its solid-state heat pump technology. Anzen was part of the third cohort of our...
Our Upcoming Events & Webinars
Whether investor, partner or participant. We show you how Carbon13 is organised and look forward to your questions and ideas. Our regular webinars and in-person events offer a great opportunity to get to know us better.