Climate Collective

? Climate Collective welcomes new advisors! We're strengthening our expertise in #AI, #Finance, #Nature, and #Climate Diplomacy with Hiba Larsson (Naia Trust), Andrew Means, M.P.P. (Good Tech Fest), Eric Wilburn (Bezos Earth Fund), and Nathalie Flores (StoneX Group Inc.). Climate Collective is an ecosystem of technology innovators and sustainability leaders accelerating the transition to a more livable planet. We build accelerators and other programs to drive technology innovation towards these challenges. Our new advisors bring decades worth of experience in the intersection or technology, climate and nature. We're honored that they are joining us to help accelerate our reach and impact. Anna Lerner Nesbitt Jack Policar Samhir Vasdev

AI x Climate Accelerator – Application Review Update! ?? 400 applications! ? We received way more high quality applications than we expected - You're all doing incredible work! ?? Every single one was a testament to the incredible work happening at the intersection of AI, climate, nature, and biodiversity. ?? Our review committee has been hard at work evaluating these applications. After an intense review process, we’ve now whittled it down to a shortlist of ~20 startups who are moving forward to interviews. ?? We know many of you are eager to hear back, and we appreciate your patience. Given the overwhelming response, we’ve had to extend our timeline a bit—all applicants will receive their status by around March 10. ? To everyone who applied: Thank you. The sheer volume and quality of applications prove that the AI x Climate ecosystem is thriving, and we’re beyond excited to support this momentum. More updates coming soon. Stay tuned! ?? ? To our partners and friends - we so appreciate your trust in us and our growing ecosystem of technology innovators and sustainability leaders. Arm UNDP Crusoe Andrew Means, M.P.P. Peter Nocchiero Jack Policar Samhir Vasdev Priyanka P Jack Fritzinger

?? Our friends at the Climate Robotics Network - Patrick Meier, PhD and team - just released a 'Top 25' of Climate Robotics companies. ?? A handful of robotics companies applied to our AI x Climate Accelerator - we are learning a lot going through their tech and elevator pitches. ?? If you're interested in the intersection of robotics and climate -- check out some of these innovators, or attend the Climate Robotics Summit in May. ? ? Rotate8 - Agriculture ?? https://www.rotate8.org Neptune Robotics - Transportation ?? https://lnkd.in/eShnmMH9 REBLADE - Wind Energy ?? https://reblade.com Borobotics AG - Geothermal Energy ?? https://www.borobotics.ch Outreach Robotics - Biodiversity ?? https://www.borobotics.ch Revise Robotics (YC W25) - Waste Management ?? https://lnkd.in/ebJW9kAh Pave Robotics - Transportation ?? https://pave-robotics.com Luminous - Solar Energy ?? https://lnkd.in/e99ueSRy Glacier - Recycling ?? https://endwaste.io Inverto Earth - Mangroves ?? https://www.inverto.earth Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering Inc. - Seagrass ?? https://www.ulysses.eco Kitekraft - Wind Energy ?? https://www.kitekraft.de BladeBUG - Wind Energy ?? https://bladebug.co.uk EarthSense, Inc. - Agriculture ?? https://www.earthsense.co SamudraOceans - Carbon ?? https://lnkd.in/du46mqSP WindBorne Systems - Weather ?? https://lnkd.in/edD3kDVf Renovate Robotics - Roofing ?? https://lnkd.in/e7qfqyaM arculus – a Jungheinrich company - Energy Transition ?? https://lnkd.in/e8unbuWh Gather Agriculture - Agriculture ?? https://www.gather.ag ReMatter - Construction ?? https://rematter.earth Molg - Manufacturing ?? https://www.molg.ai ACWA Robotics - Water ?? https://lnkd.in/e6ibyFT4 IADYS - Waste ?? https://www.iadys.com Q-Bot Ltd - Insulation ?? https://q-bot.co unspun? - Clothing ?? https://www.unspun.io 200+ more startups listed on the Climate Robotics Global Map! ?? https://lnkd.in/em3Mk5cq Join the 2025 Climate Robotics Summit! ?? https://lnkd.in/exgSCjpH

?? Crusoe is joining existing partners The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Arm and UNDP to support the AI x Climate Accelerator! ? We're so excited to partner with a pioneering player in the intersection of AI and Sustainability - a role model for many founding teams and entrepreneurs we will support over the coming months. ? Crusoe advances sustainable computing by harnessing otherwise wasted energy to power high-performance cloud infrastructure. The hashtag #CrusoeCloud platform provides hashtag #AI companies with access to energy-efficient compute resources, aligning technology with sustainability. ?? Startups at the intersection of AI x Sustainability need access to powerful, cost-effective, and low-carbon compute to drive innovation. Through this partnership, Crusoe is bringing $100,000 worth of cloud compute credits, hands-on expertise, and ecosystem support—giving our Accelerator teams a major boost in scaling impactful climate solutions. Let's go!

Friends, look at this great opportunity for those of you building, deploying or researching #robots for Agriculture, Climate Adaptation or Waste Management? Several high-quality proposal were submitted on this theme for our AI x Climate Accelerator. Flagging the opportunity below to make sure teams have the chance to apply here as well! Thanks Patrick Meier, PhD for sharing!

? Climate Collective is welcoming Arm as its most recent partner - joining UNDP and The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to level up our AI x Climate Accelerator. Arm is building the future of computing with its high-performance, power-efficient compute platform that securely powers billions of devices from the sensor to the smartphone. Startups building in the intersection of AI x Sustainability need access to powerful yet energy-efficient?technology solutions, technical expertise, and a strong ecosystem to succeed.?Arm's support of our Accelerator can provide all of this, giving the startups a significant boost in their journey to create impactful solutions. ?

? We're blown away by the response to our AI x Climate Accelerator. Couldn't have hoped for more impressive ideas and global distribution of solutions. ? We are reviewing proposals as we speak and will get back to all teams with some feedback as soon as we can.

???? Hot off the press - Climate Collective and UNDP partner for an "UNDP Intelligence for Climate & Nature Prize" ?? United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has identified the need for more robust monitoring and granular visualization of climate and biodiversity benefits in nature-based solutions and agriculture projects combining satellite imagery or remote sensing with bottom-up community reporting. ???? Technology + people! ?? Together we are creating a specific prize category within our AI for Climate Accelerator with an additional $10k cash prize for teams combining technology and community involvement. If you work in the intersection of big and small data, use analytics in service of positive climate and nature outcomes, and you are passionate about socially-inclusive solutions - this opportunity is for you. ?? Only two weeks left to apply for the Climate Collective Accelerator and UNDP Intelligence for Climate and Nature Prize with your solution! Apply now: ?? ???? Ping: MORFO Earthshot Earthly Rhett Ayers Butler Drea Burbank Quentin Franque Pascal Asselin Adrien Pages Oliver Bolton Dan Hammer Avery Cohn Colin Averill David Dao Kristy Deiner Thomas W. Crowther Jen Stebbing Kanika Chandaria Nkwi Flores Marc Ballandras Rudo Kemper Silverstrand Capital Tom Quigley Susanne Fromm Timothy Rann Aaron C. L. Lucian Tarnowski Dr. Philipp Staudacher Claudia Ortiz Leticia Guimaraes Reina Otsuka

?? We've refined our Accelerator playbook over the last three years. One of the major lessons from the 3 cohorts we've supported so far: ?? Product Market Fit isn't the same as vanity metrics and positive sentiments from climate conferences. What do we mean? The metrics that matter most for a startup are: ARR retention customer satisfaction usage. Those KPIs are all lagging - that is they take time to understand. Some up to 12 months. Startups often don’t have that kind of time.? The curve ball here is that more instant and 'loud' metrics are unhelpful vanity metrics - social likes, email opens, praise from industry, etc. There’s low correlation of those and the above. Often times they are misleading. ?? This and a whole lot more we have unpacked with PMF-guru Peter Nocchiero of Alternate Future who is coming in to run part of our AI x Climate Accelerator. A better world won't build itself — why wait? Applications are open until February 3rd. ?? Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dhiKf8Xx

Thrilled to be able to announce our partnership with UNDP one of the worlds leading nature and climate champions. Flagging for our wider community - particularly those working on technology solutions that aligns with UNDPs portfolio: Ludovic Chatoux, Sarah Flipo Jér?me Cance Florian Geiser David Schmider David Fortson Vivian Bertseka Alexander Argyros, Saif Bhatti Elias Ayrey (PhD) Frederic Fournier Martin Wainstein Nadine Wilke Claudio Parrinello Josh Knauer zak zaidman Vasco van Roosmalen Kristy Deiner David Dao Helena Merk Susanne Fromm Timothy Rann Tom Quigley Drea Burbank Fernando Lezama Mariana Sarmiento Aleksandra Holmlund Simas Gradeckas Will Sheldon Christian Dietrich Quentin Franque Rory Oxenham Anja Rundquist John Rogers Marcia Dantas de Lima Oliver Bolton James Clifton Priscille Raynaud Doga Makiura