Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus — Third Derivative is a global climate technology startup accelerator with the mission of building an inclusive ecosystem that rapidly finds, funds, and scales climate tech innovation.
Tackling the climate crisis is a once-in-a-generation, trillion-dollar economic opportunity and the world needs an equitable and global climate innovation engine to identify and massively scale new climate technology solutions that will accelerate the clean energy transition. We built Third Derivative to rise to this opportunity.
If we're going to achieve the speed and scale of change that the world needs to tackle the climate crisis, we have to take startups with the most-promising no-carbon solutions—and then immerse them in a new kind of innovation ecosystem that gives them their best shot at succeeding. That's what Third Derivative will do for dozens of companies at a time. It's a thrill to be building it.
Danny Kennedy, CEO, New Energy Nexus
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We focus on advancements across hard science, hardware, digital / software solutions, and novel business models.
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