This episode is all about the ocean and the technology revolution taking place far beyond the landlubber’s horizon. The fact that our guest’s venture is backed by the European Space Agency tells you how we should be thinking of mankind’s next frontiers.
Carbon13 selects, supports and invests in determined people through our venture building programmes, focused specifically on building scalable climate ventures that will reduce and remove emissions on a global scale.
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.
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.
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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.
Deep Blue BioTech Secures 800k to Advance Cyanobacteria-Based Biomanufacturing
Deep Blue BioTech, a leader in cyanobacteria-based biomanufacturing, has closed its pre-seed funding round led by Sustainable Ventures, with contributions from SFC Capital, One Planet Capital, PCS International Limited, and Carbon13. This funding, along with two Innovate UK grants, will help accelerate their mission to create regenerative ingredients using their advanced Cyanobacterial Technology Platform.
Spotlight on The Female Equity Scholarship in partnership with Siemens Energy Ventures
The Female Equity Scholarship in partnership with Siemens Energy Ventures is awarded to women in our Venture Builder Programme who need support in overcoming obstacles that are often a product of being female. With this measure, we want to ensure that more women...
Podcast – Climate Takes – Concrete
In this episode we welcome Eliot Brooks, CEO and Co-Founder of Cocoon Carbon, the concrete decarbonisation company that went from a standing start to $5million raise in 18 months.
Carbon13 has won ‘Investing in Women: Team of the Year’ award
Wow, we are the winners of the ‘Investing in Women: Team of the Year’ award at the Growth Investor Awards in partnership with British Business Bank. We feel honoured and are all the more motivated to continue on our path.A big congratulations also to the fantastic...
MannyAI closes €1.53M pre-seed round
Big news for MannyAI! They’ve closed their €1.53M pre-seed funding round, led by Dreamcraft Ventures, with the support of visionary investors Alante Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, Carbon13, Ventures Together, and PDS Limited Ventures.
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.