CDL-Vancouver Climate

Overview of the CDL-Vancouver Climate program:

The CDL Climate Stream 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 CDL mentors to sharpen objectives, prioritize time and resources, raise capital, and engage with experts working on the frontiers of climate research. With the CDL process and structure, we will help founders accelerate the commercialization trajectory of novel innovations to become massively scalable ventures that have substantial positive climate and societal impacts.

Benefits of the CDL-Vancouver Climate program:

• 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.
• Example Innovation Areas:
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Carbon Sequestration and Removal
• Infrastructure, Mobility, and Transportation
• Future of Food Systems
• Renewable & Alternative Energy Transition
• Risk Analysis & Management
• Circular Economy
• Resource Extraction & Processing
• Resource Preservation and Optimization

Eligibility criteria of the CDL-Vancouver Climate program:

• 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 growth) or even projects (pre-incorporation); however, startups at all levels of maturity will be considered.