Where Frontline Founders Stop Asking for Access and Start Building It.
EarthScale® is a growth accelerator for frontline founders who are post-revenue, scaling fast, and ready to expand their impact globally. Built on Ubuntu, rooted in the Global Majority, launched from the San Francisco Bay Area.
The future of climate innovation is already being shaped by the Global Majority.
The systems that move capital and opportunity were not designed with them in mind.
EarthScale® exists to change that.
Six months. One cohort. The infrastructure, partnerships, and capital fluency you've been building toward are finally in one place.
What EarthScale® is, and what it is not
EarthScale® IS
EarthScale® IS NOT
A go-to-market and growth accelerator for climate tech and ocean economy entrepreneurs
An investment firm or venture fund. No equity taken, no capital deployed
A Global Majority-first pipeline, by design, not by quota
A diversity add-on or DEI checkbox layered onto a conventional accelerator
A bridge between frontline knowledge holders and climate-tech builders
A charity program for underserved founders. Frontline founders are partners, not beneficiaries
A curriculum of speakers and lectures delivered to passive attendees
A program built around cohort community, peers who activate each other
A Bay Area-rooted, globally-minded program with explicit global ambition
A San Francisco tech accelerator with a sustainability theme
A fundraising service or broker. EarthScale® helps founders understand and access capital, it does not raise for them
A blended capital navigator, connecting founders to philanthropy, aligned investment, and corporate sustainability funding
The people building the future of climate are not waiting for permission. The capital systems surrounding them often are.
When multicultural founders are fully integrated into capital and infrastructure, not segmented from it, markets expand, communities strengthen, and innovation accelerates.
EarthScale® builds the bridge.
Two Ways to Work with Us
Growth Cohort
Your time is precious as hell, so every session is packed with value and practical takeaways. Twice a month, for six months, with a cohort built to activate each other, not just sit in the same room.
Monthly cohort workshop
Monthly 1:1 strategy session
GTM positioning and narrative development
Peer founder circle
Access to the Climate Connect network
Founder x Funder Dinners
Slack community access
Scholarships are available for eligible participants.
Premier Cohort
For founders who need more than a cohort. We partner with a small number of participants in a fractional capacity to take responsibilities off your plate entirely.
Everything in the Growth Cohort, plus dedicated 1:1 support built around your specific raise.
Weekly 1:1 growth advisory
Done-with-you brand and GTM asset build
Custom deck and case study development
Investor research, 30 aligned funders identified
Direct introductions
Data room build-out
Pitch rehearsals and investor matching
The 6-Month Journey
Every cohort moves through the same arc: positioning, market fit, go-to-market, fundraise readiness, and investor access. Each month closes with a Media Day, because your growth shouldn't be the only thing compounding. Your visibility should too.
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Month 1 · Positioning & Narrative
Diagnostic assessment review and in-person collaborative analysis. Vision, category design, and competitive landscape. Messaging framework: value prop, reason to buy, proof of concept.
Deliverables: Positioning brief + messaging hierarchy
Media Day: How is the cohort going? How are you feeling? -
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Month 2 · ICP & Market Expansion
Ideal Customer Profile dossier creation. Customer journey mapping. Market expansion scoring and prioritization.
Deliverable: Global Expansion Map
Media Day: How do you talk to your customer? -
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Month 3 · Go-to-Market Strategy
Pricing and packaging. Sales process mapping. Pipeline math and forecasting.
Deliverables: GTM Blueprint + Sales Playbook
Media Day: Teams talking about each other, testimonials from the cohort -
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Month 4 · Collateral Development
Build your pitch deck and sales deck. Create one-pagers and case study templates. Website GTM audit.
Deliverables: Complete GTM Asset Suite
Media Day: Teams pitching -
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Month 5 · Data Room & Fundraise Prep
Data room build-out. Financial model coaching. Due diligence checklist.
Deliverables: Complete Data Room + DD Gap Plan
Media Day: Build your initial ad -
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Month 6 · Investor Access & Showcase
Investor positioning refinement. Pitch rehearsals. Investor matching. Curated founder/funder dinner.
Deliverables: Investor pipeline + on-track fundraise plan
Media Day: Brand soft launch / full launch
Who Gets In. How We Choose.
Our selection criteria are explicit, not implicit.
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You have a product, service, or model ready to scale — not an idea to validate. EarthScale® is not a pre-product incubator. You must demonstrate you have crossed the threshold from building to selling, even if early stage.
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Your venture is genuinely aligned with climate or ocean system health, not simply ESG-adjacent. We evaluate whether the mission is the engine of your business or the marketing layer on top of it. Founders who treat climate as the core value proposition are prioritized.
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Our model requires founders who can give and receive within a peer cohort. Founders who enter wanting to extract value from the program, rather than contribute to the collective, undermine the Ubuntu architecture that makes the model work. We look for evidence of reciprocity in how you describe your ecosystem relationships.
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Given our co-founders' network density in the ocean economy sector, EarthScale® prioritizes at least 40% of each cohort from blue economy, ocean tech, coastal community, or marine conservation sectors. Climate tech broadly is in scope, but ocean economy founders will find our network disproportionately valuable.
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This program is built for founders navigating philanthropic capital, aligned investment, or corporate sustainability funding, not traditional VC. If you require only conventional venture capital, this is not the right fit. Founders navigating complex, blended funding landscapes are the sweet spot.
The cohort is forming. The window is open.
Cohort 1 launches January 2026.
Applications open in July through September.
If the criteria fit and the timing is right, the next step is simple. Take the Assessment and let your score be your starting point.
Or book a Company Fit Call if you want to talk it through first.