🌍 Anyone! We are looking for the most ambitious and committed students, regardless of age, study level (undergrad/masters/PhD…), university, country, or start-up experience level.

Yes, we welcome any level of experience because this programme is the BEST WAY YOU CAN GAIN EXPERIENCE IN CLIMATE TECH 🚀! The first week is fully focused on building a team and finding an idea to work on. We will also provide plenty of resources and a personal mentor to bridge the experience gap.

The programme will provide you with:

💸 Cash Prizes (up to £2000)

👩‍🏫 Personal mentor to support you

🤑 Pitch for follow on investment

💼 Expert-led workshops

We understand that everyone is at different stages in their entrepreneurial journeys from learning if startups are for them to building their Nth startup! The two streams allow us to tailor support for you.

Ideators may not have a team or a specific idea but a deep passion to tackle climate challenges. This stream will be great for learning about climate challenges in depth, the solutions that exist and ideating solutions with scope to build going forward!

Builders may have ideas and possibly a team to work on this idea. For builders, we focus deeply on validation, MVPing and funding/pitching support for further validation and growth.

If you are already experienced and already have an idea, then this programme is the BEST WAY TO BRING THAT IDEA TO THE NEXT LEVEL🚀! Your personal mentor will guide you in developing a valuable product and raising investment. You will also meet and network with leaders in Climate coming from our pool of mentors, partners and sponsors.

Finally, you will have the chance to pitch your company to investors and receive follow on investment.

Mentors are leaders in Climate that come from companies and institutions like Imperial College, Cambridge, Google X, Entrepreneurs First and more.

Your team will be assigned a personal mentor who will support you in developing your idea until the final demo day. They will be your first point of contact and you should make full use of their experience, knowledge and network!

Also, mentors will choose the team to support during the Idea Challenge based on their interests. Therefore, make sure to reach out to them before and come up with an interesting idea to captivate your favourite mentor.

Your studies always come first and we don’t want to get in the way of them. Our strictest requirement is that you’re available for all the dates we’ve outlined. We’re happy to answer more questions you have about time, but only you’ll know how much work you can take on and fit into your schedule.

No. We’re in this to help you, and have designed this programme to give you skills and support so you can create your own company and carve out your future.

Apply!

The first week of the programme will be focused on discovering what’s out there in Climate Tech. We will also provide you with plenty of resources to read to find an area that you are passionate about. If you don’t find an idea to work on, join a team that is working on something interesting!

The biggest benefit of being in the Pre Accelerator (PA) is the community of founders and mentors.

Additionally, we offer free workshops with EF, Imperial Enterprise Lab and many more great partners.

On pitch day, teams can win the following cash prizes:
- Audience Prize (£500)
- 3rd Place (£1000)
- 2nd Place (£1500)
- 1st Place (£2000)