The Venture Launchpad
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The Carbon13 Venture Launchpad accelerates founders working on the solutions to the climate emergency.
This 20 week programme is about highly bespoke, one-on-one support to make your startup investable and investment ready, and to maximise its potential for emissions reduction and climate impact. You’ll also pitch for investment from Carbon13 of £200,000.
The Venture Launchpad plugs you into an unrivalled ecosystem for climate entrepreneurship that’s already worked with over 650 founders and invested in 71 startups, creating a future decarbonisation potential of 500 million tonnes of CO2e per year.
This is doing, not talking.
The Venture Launchpad supports founding teams of early stage software or deeptech/science-based startups.
To be eligible for the Launchpad, your startup should:
What we look for in a startup team differs depending on whether it's a software or a deeptech/science-based venture. Likewise, our support adapts to the very different challenges faced by those founders.
Our ecosystem is one of the strongest and richest support systems in climate tech entrepreneurship today. Think of us as one giant brains trust focused on entrepreneurship and carbon reduction.
over 350 with sector specific, entrepreneurial, and technical expertise, mission driven for the climate
such as EY, Arm, and Barclays Eagle Labs, eager to work with startups
who embed into your startup. All are successful founders themselves.
support you on your investment readiness and your long term fundraising strategy.
Across two Phases of ten weeks, founders will rapidly develop their venture.
Puja Balachander walks with Venture Launchpad alumna Amy Ma of Danu Robotics
Book a short call with Carbon13’s Director of Venture, Puja Balachander. She can answer questions on eligibility, how to make a good application, or whether the programme is right for your startup.
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We’re proud to partner with Barclays Eagle Labs for the Venture Launchpad, this next cohort will be our third together. Carbon13 and Barclays Eagle Labs share the mission of supporting the UK’s entrepreneurial community to scale and succeed.
Barclays Eagle Labs provides a wealth of support to the Venture Launchpad, including expertise, events, access to mentors, and opportunities for alumni.
The result is an even stronger ecosystem for founders: the pooled knowledge, networks and resources create opportunities for our startups not just for the duration of the programmes, but for the whole scaling journey.
