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Building is hard

2022-2024

In 2022, a group of leaders from Connecticut’s innovation community recognized the challenge facing climate technology entrepreneurs as they aimed to take technologies from the world class labs of Connecticut’s universities to market. They saw an opportunity to create a community for entrepreneurs – to bring folks together and make the entrepreneurial journey less hard.

2023-2024

Enter ClimateHaven, which launched in 2023 in New Haven, Connecticut at 770 Chapel Street. Planting our flag in New Haven was an easy choice. Situated in between Boston and New York on the Acela line, we found ourselves right off of New Haven’s historictown green, just a few blocks from Yale University.

The doors to ClimateHaven opened in fall 2023, with the Connecticut governor, New Haven mayor and Yale leaders in attendance. Throughout that first fall, we brought together founders from around the region and built a vibrant community of startups deeply committed to scaling their climate technologies.

2024-2025

In 2024 and 2025, our community grew, our network of partners grew, and our library of resources multiplied. Through our work with founders, we were constantly reminded of one very valuable lesson: Building is hard.

We realized the best way to support the builders in our community is to begin that work at the earliest stages of an entrepreneur’s journey.

We know our location meant that the journey often started on campus. We committed to helping founders prior to incorporation – as they are mapping their way off campus and into the market. By helping founders at this formative stage, we provide them a home and a community from the beginning of their journey and put our might behind helping them achieve their firsts – first capital, first hires, and first customers.

Today, we’re proud to be an amazing resource for Yale founders and brilliant first-time founders emerging from the Northeast’s most innovative schools. We know we can’t make building a startup easy, but we’re confident the community we’ve built can make it less hard.

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ClimateHaven is a nonprofit organization who believes a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future lies in the hands of visionary entrepreneurs who are committed to building it. We generate the majority of our revenue through donations from passionate supporters like you. Join our community of climate doers today!

ClimateHaven is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Our EIN is 92-0306841. All donations are tax-deductible and our IRS confirmation letter can be downloaded here. We will not provide goods or services in exchange for donations.