Deadline: October 11, 2024
Applications are open for the Halcyon DMV Climate Innovation Fellowship 2025. The program will bring together entrepreneurs from across DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV), empowering them to address climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Founders will receive expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, and two in-person residency weeks in the DMV.
They invite 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 10 ventures based in/serving the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area
- Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market fit, investment readiness, and leadership
- The program is delivered through:
- A virtual kickoff meeting
- Two in-person residency weeks in the DMV
- Monthly meetings
Benefits
Selected fellows will receive the following:
- $10K in Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits
- $5K 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
- Monthly meetings
- A global community of 500+ impact-driven entrepreneurs
Eligibility
They are looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience across the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area.
- Location: Must have your venture based in/serving the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area
- 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.
Application
For more information, visit DMV Climate Innovation Fellowship.
