India Accelerator Program
Offers India-based carbon dioxide removal startups an eight-month, two-stage accelerator that ends with a EUR 15,000 purchase agreement instead of an equity investment.
The eight-month program runs in two stages: a 10-week India-focused Foundations stage covering carbon markets, policy and MRV that ends with a Pitch Day used to select a subset of teams for the 20-week global Leap stage. Startups chosen for Leap receive a EUR 15,000 purchase agreement rather than equity investment, plus coaching and connections to CDR buyers, verification bodies and fundraising pr…
The program looks for India-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) startups building science-based, not hype-driven, solutions. Applicants must have founded, or be planning to found, a company in which the founders keep at least 70% of the shares. It wants teams working across any CDR pathway who want to become an active part of India's CDR ecosystem.
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