Carbon13 Venture Builder - Cambridge
Carbon13 Venture Builder for the Climate Emergency (Cambridge)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Eight-month venture builder for a cohort of around 80 individuals. Carbon13 has historically invested a pre-seed cheque in the ventures formed during the programme in exchange for equity; current terms are not published on the homepage.
Carbon13
private · national
Deadline: cutoff — Cohorts recruited via 'Apply Now' rounds; specific deadlines are published on the application portal rather than the homepage.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: climate, energy, deeptech
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
For individuals from the UK and beyond who do not yet have a startup but want to find a co-founder and build a climate-tech company. Average cohort age 37; a third hold PhDs.
Source. https://carbonthirteen.com/ — checked 2026-08-14
"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."