Osnat Michaeli
Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer, InFarm
CDL-Oxford
Climate
For founders developing high impact and scalable solutions to help preserve and protect our planet.
The Climate Stream at CDL-Oxford will provide high impact contributions to climate challenges by unlocking the potential of cutting-edge research and accelerating its path to commercialization.
CDL startups work with these mentors to sharpen objectives, prioritize time and resources, raise capital, and engage with experts working on the frontiers of research.
The startups attend five in-person objective-setting sessions between October and June. CDL is a non-profit organization. There are no fees for participation and CDL does not take any equity. Learn more about the CDL Program.
Who Should Apply?
The Climate Stream is particularly suited to technical founders who are tackling climate, natural resource and environmental challenges predicated on novel innovations across a wide variety of enabling technology categories. This stream is tailored towards early-stage companies (early venture or pre-series A) or even projects (pre-incorporation); however, startups at all levels of maturity will be considered.
Example Innovation Areas
- Energy
- Mobility
- Future of Food
- New materials & manufacturing
- Waste & circular economy
- Buildings & cities
- Greenhouse gas removal
- Climate adaptation
- SynBio
The list above is not exhaustive. Contact cdl-oxford@creativedestructionlab.com to discuss the program and your venture with someone from the Climate Stream.
Our Mentors
CDL mentors include accomplished entrepreneurs, experienced operators, active angel and venture investors, world-leading scientists, engineers, and economists. Mentors meet every eight weeks in Oxford or virtually to help founders set objectives over the program’s nine-month duration.
Companies accepted to the CDL-Oxford Climate benefit from mentors and partners with the experience, motivation, network, and capital to navigate the complex process of developing and implementing climate-related technologies. Mentor and venture relationships are built through CDL engineered interactions and in some cases extend beyond the program through ongoing advisory roles. These experts meet with companies periodically to evaluate their technologies, suggest improvements, and to explore formal advising engagements.
See all CDL-Oxford Climate Stream mentors ▶︎
For more information or to schedule an introduction meeting with the CDL team, email cdl-oxford@creativedestructionlab.com.