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The pioneering climate tech accelerator platform for the Global South

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Steering towards a sustainable future... together

Since 2016, Climate Collective, the largest private climate tech startup support organisation in India and the Global South, has built in India an integrated set of startup platforms for early stage climate tech startups that has accelerated 862 climate tech startups. We are now extending this platform set to countries across the Global South which, unlike India, do not have the scale to build such on their own.

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Focus Areas

Two broad areas of sustainability

Focus Areas

Two broad areas of sustainability

Climate Tech Startup Journey

The support your startup needs at every stage of growth

Minimum Viable Product

Product Market Fit

Ready

For Women and Student Founders

Business Literacy and pitch confidence 

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Launch

For Early-Stage Startup Founders

MVP validation and
early-sales support

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Runway

For Early-Stage Startup
Founders

Strengthen sales and
Investment

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Climate Tech Startup Journey

The support your startup needs at every stage of growth

Minimum Viable Product

Product Market Fit

Ready

For Women and Student Founders

Business Literacy and pitch confidence 

Read more

Launch

For Early-Stage Startup Founders

MVP validation and
early-sales support

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Runway

For Early-Stage Startup
Founders

Strengthen sales and
Investment

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Product Launch

Applications Open for South Asia

Join our community of climate tech startups
who have collectively raised $160+ million

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6k - 30k

30k - 180k

200k - 1.5m

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Applications are open for Climate Ready and Climate Launch

Testimonials

What our founders say about us

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I am so happy to have been a part of the Climate Ready for women cohort of entrepreneurs, all united in their passion to combat climate change. A kick-off bootcamp, weekly calls with experts, camaraderie of like-minded professionals - the learnings were manifold during this beautiful 3-month journey with Climate Collective

Anju Bisht

Managing Director, Saukhyam Pads

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Climate Collective is a capsule powerhouse for Climate-Tech and NatureTech ventures who understand the multitude of issues in this theme and the kind and need of solutions required to tackle them. With the world-best impact space leaders as mentors, coaches, and resources support, it has created a unique ecosystem for supporting the needs and dreams of the entrepreneurs working in this space.

Snehal Verma

Co founder, NatureDots

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Programs at Climate Collective like ElectronVibe was a great opportunity to hear directly from Indian Discoms about their challenges and have a no holds barred feedback about the criticality of the problem we are solving for the grid and the scaling opportunity it presents.

Meenakshi Vashist

Founder and CEO, TekUncorked

Where We Are

Launching in South Asia and Gulf, the Climate Accelerator will grow across the Global South over the next two years, accelerating 1,400 climate tech startups each year by 2025

  • South Asia
  • South East Asia
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Latin America

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    FAQs

    No, the Climate Accelerator program does not charge any fees or require any payment from selected participants. However, participants are expected to have access to a reliable internet connection and a laptop to attend virtual sessions.
    No, you do not require to give up any equity to participate in the Climate Accelerator program.
    The length of the Climate Accelerator varies depending on the specific program. The Climate Ready program spans for 6 weeks and Climate Launch program usually spans over 3 months.
    The Climate Accelerator (tCA) is a program for early-stage startups focused on developing climate solutions. Teams of entrepreneurs who started their venture after 2016 — regardless of whether they are incorporated or not — are eligible to apply for Climate Launch.
    For Climate Ready (for women and students), the additional condition is that the venture must be led by either women founders or student founders.
    The criteria for selection in the Climate Accelerator program includes: Team strength, expertise and experiences, Idea (innovation) , traction achieved, fitness for the program.
    Our pre-accelerator, Climate Ready, are specifically tailored to support student-entrepreneurs and women-led startups.
    Our two-stage accelerators, Climate Launch and Climate Runway are designed to help startups validate their market fit, and strengthen their go-to-market strategies and their access to funds.
     
    To determine which program is best suited for your startup, we recommend reviewing the eligibility criteria for each program, along with what each program offers. Alternatively, you can try out our chat feature to determine which program is best for you.
    Climate Collective Foundation (CCF) is an India-based non-profit that empowers entrepreneurs focused on climate change and circular economy throughout the Global South. Its goal is to build and strengthen local climate startup ecosystems by bridging the gap between the development and private sectors. CCF is an ecosystem enabler and is the knowledge partner for the Climate Accelerator with PR Clean Energy Pvt. Ltd.
    The Climate Accelerator (tCA) is an integrated set of accelerator programmes dedicated to helping early-stage climate tech startups from the Global South enter the market, grow, and succeed.
     
    It is a multi-stage integrated accelerator programme that has emerged from our leading accelerator programmes that we have been running since 2017 in the climate tech space. tCA has three programmes:
    (a) Climate Ready is a pre-accelerator for women and students (for South Asia only).
    (b) Climate Launch is the accelerator programme (for South Asia and the Gulf region).
    (c) Climate Runway is an advanced stage of the accelerator programme.
     
    We have since accelerated 862 startups that have raised over $160 million.
    The accelerator program requires a commitment of approximately 3–5 hours per week from each cohort member, which includes one or two hours of sessions during our 12-week program duration (or the updated duration of the program).
    Currently, the Climate Launch is accepting applications from only one of these 12 countries: (2 regions : South Asia and the Gulf)
    South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates for the year 2023.
     
    However, we plan to accept applications from Global South next year. Stay tuned for updates on our website and social media channels.   
    Selected startups in the accelerator program will receive access to grants via "Climate Pitch" (primarily for the Launch cohort), and equity via our funding platform "Climate Seeders Club" (primarily for the Runway cohort).
    The primary language used in the program is English. It is expected that participants have a basic level of proficiency in the language.
    After completing the program, participants become part of the Climate Collective community. There are many opportunities for startups that arise as a result, including piloting opportunities, access to funders (both grants and equity), and a global network of climate stakeholders.
    The program is delivered online, with weekly virtual sessions and events.
    Please try our chat feature for more details, or write to us directly at info@climateaccelerator.org.
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