Welcome to Carbon13's podcast "Climate Takes" where we ask founders, investors and builders 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? In this episode, we’re...
About us
Building the future together
Image Nium‘s novel nanotechnology is replacing Haber-Bosch, the most polluting industrial process on the planet to enable the synthesis of truly green ammonia for fertilisers and fuel.
Carbon13 is not just about investing in a few startups, it is about harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit. That means engaging with academia, business, policy makers, NGOs, consumers, new standards and finance. We need pioneers across the spectrum and that is where our community is critical to the success of our ventures and the transformation we need to see.
Get to know us
Meet Our Team
With origins across the Cambridge University ecosystem, world leading multinationals and successfully exited starts-ups, this team has deep experience in supporting founders, partners and investors.
Our Community
Carbon13’s community of climatetech founders, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Experts, Investors and our Industry Partners all contribute to tackle the climate emergency.
Develop a strategic partnership
Corporate partners work with us because they want to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions, drive innovation, engage staff and identify investment opportunities.
Attend an event
The latest events for potential founders, investors and corporate partners.
Leadership Team

Dr Nicky Dee
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Langguth
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Carbon13 Impact report
Carbon13’s first impact report highlights our 2021-2022 efforts to support and invest in 32 climatetech ventures making significant strides in decarbonizing our world. The report emphasizes the creation of a collaborative ecosystem to drive substantial carbon emission reductions and foster sustainable innovation. We acknowledge that this is an ongoing journey, and we are committed to continuously providing transparency on our activities.
Our Community
Carbon13’s community of climatetech founders, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Experts, Investors and our Industry Partners all contribute to tackle the climate emergency. Find out more about the roles across Carbon13 and the impact they have.
Entrepreneur in Residence

Image Stephanie Alys, Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Carbon13
Carbon Expert / Domain Expert

Image James Tabor, BCG Digital Ventures and domain expert at Carbon13
Our Beliefs
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.
Differential Bio Secures €2M Pre-Seed to Transform Biomanufacturing
Differential Bio, an AI biotech startup from Berlin Cohort, emerged from stealth with €2 million pre-seed round to redefine biomanufacturing.
Climate Takes Corporate VCs
Welcome to Carbon13's podcast "Climate Takes" where we ask founders, investors and builders 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? In this episode we’re...
Podcast – Climate Takes Synthetic Biology
Welcome to Carbon13's podcast "Climate Takes" where we ask founders, investors and builders 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? On Climate Takes...
Spotlight On Geovation
Spotlight on Geovation and their Proptech/Geotech Accelerator Geovation is a celebrated Innovation Hub powered by the Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry. It's celebrating 15 years of supporting founders working on solutions in proptech or geospatial data - its...
Matnex builds the world’s largest materials science supercomputer
Matnex from our very first Cambridge Cohort has announceed a partnership to build the world’s largest materials science supercomputer.
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.