Climate entrepreneurship

The open innovation platform

What we do Climate entrepreneurship The open innovation platform

A bridge for climate collaboration.

Most innovation matchmaking ends at the introduction. Ours starts there. Climate KIC works as a neutral ecosystem orchestrator, connecting challenge owners, innovators, public-sector actors, entrepreneurship support organisations, funders, and technical experts so collaboration can move from interest to implementation.

Connecting challenge owners and innovators

6000+ climate-positive ventures supported
100+ organisations and corporate value chains engaged

Who is this for

For organisations with a sustainability goal

Corporates with net zero targets. Cities cutting emissions and adapting to a changing climate. Public agencies and infrastructure operators making their systems more resilient. Foundations and large NGOs putting capital and influence behind transition. Universities and research institutions translating insight into action.

Bring us a priority, a value-chain challenge or a resilience problem. We help translate it into a clear innovation challenge, map the relevant market and identify partners with the credibility and readiness to respond.

For innovators with a climate solution

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Entrepreneurs, start-ups, scale-ups, and research spin-offs with technology, services, or models that move the climate agenda forward. Whether you’re cutting emissions, helping communities adapt, building circular systems, or making industries more resilient, your work belongs in front of the organisations ready to pilot it.

Our platform puts you in front of the right buyers, partners, and funders at the right moment. Your profile shows where your solution fits, the climate impact it creates, how ready it is to deploy, and the kind of partnership that would help it scale.

Join the Open Innovation Platform

You have a problem to solve

You're a corporate, city, or public agency with a sustainability problem you can't solve alone. Start by sharing the challenge. We can help scope it, map the market and identify a vetted shortlist of relevant solutions.

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You have a climate solution to scale

You're an entrepreneur, start-up, scale-up, or innovator with something the market needs. We help position your solution for the right challenges, strengthen your pitch and prepare you for credible pilot conversations.

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How the platform works

Curated support

From open access to long-term partnership

Open matching

Curated matching

Validation and piloting

Strategic partnerships

Success Story

Climate KIC x Salesforce

In 2025 we co-designed a one-year programme with Salesforce that brought together 29 organisations across London and Ireland to explore innovation at the intersection of AI and climate change. The programme created a practical collaboration environment, bringing start-ups, entrepreneurship support organisations and ecosystem partners together through workshops and challenge definition.

 

The challenge: Farmers, policymakers, and investors across Ireland’s agri-food system were working from fragmented data, making climate decisions without a shared view of what’s happening on the ground.

 

The solution: A data dashboard, scoped and co-designed by the cohort, that pulls multiple sources into one clear picture. An early-stage pilot today, with the structure to scale.

 

20 start-ups & ESOs

 

8 workshops offered

 

3 challenges defined