Climate Fellowship (2025)

The program will bring together entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and the globe, empowering them to address climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Founders will receive expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, and an 8-week in-person residency at Halcyon in Washington, DC.

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Sectors

Solutions addressing climate mitigation, adaption, and resilience, including but not limited to:

  • Renewable energy generation and storage
  • Green building technologies
  • Climate data and analytics
  • Climate-smart agriculture and food systems
  • WaterTech
  • Blue economy

Program Structure

  • The cohort is selected of up to 8 ventures from across the U.S. and the globe
  • Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market fit, investment readiness, and leadership  
  • The program is delivered through:
    • A virtual kickoff meeting
    • An 8-week, in-person residency week at Halcyon in Washington, DC

Benefits

  • $10K in Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits
  • $10K equity-free stipend per venture
  • Professional advisors
  • Workshops with experts in leadership development, investment readiness, and product-market fit
  • Networking with investors and varied stakeholders in climate
  • Pro bono legal support
  • A global community of nearly 600 impact-driven entrepreneurs
  • And more

Timeline

  • Jan. 7, 2025: Applications open
  • Feb. 16, 2025: Applications close
  • March-April 2025: Finalists invited to a virtual pitch
  • April-May 2025: Selected fellows will be notified
  • June 6, 2025: Virtual program kickoff
  • June 23-Aug. 15 2025: Residency in Washington, DC

Eligibility

We’re looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.

  • Location: Global
  • Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that has the potential to scale. Must be working on your venture full-time. 
  • Team: 
    • May apply with up to one co-founder
    • Applicant must be the CEO and/or hold primary decision-making power
    • Must be fluent in English
    • Must be at least 21 years of age by the start of the program
  • Program Engagement: Must be able to participate in all activities and programming sessions
  • Impact: Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards 1 or more of the UN’s 17 SDGs

In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores each application based on 4 criteria: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.

Selection Criteria

Impact

To what extent will the solution, if scaled, have a meaningful impact on society and/or the environment?

Scalability

Could this venture scale to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of users in a 5-10 year time horizon?

Innovation

Is the solution a novel approach to tackling the issue in their context?

Talent

Is the team uniquely qualified to tackle the challenges they’ve identified?

Ready to accelerate your impact with Halcyon?

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