Aon is in the business of better decisions. Offering a range of risk-mitigation products, they’re dedicated to helping our members meet unmet or unfulfilled needs stemming from today’s rapidly changing, increasingly complex, and interconnected challenges, including navigating new forms of volatility, building a resilient workforce, rethinking access to capital, and addressing the underserved.
Aon measures its impact through an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) lens, believing businesses thrive when their employees and the communities they serve flourish. Our partnership ensures that our climate-focused startups receive the advice and solutions needed to provide the clarity and confidence to make better-informed and better-advised decisions, protecting and scaling their businesses locally and globally.
To learn more, visit https://www.aon.com/en/.
Ascend Bank, a leading, Connecticut-based mutual financial institution, is focused on delivering high-quality, innovative, and accessible solutions. As a community bank, they're committed to supporting local entrepreneurs needing funding to expand their businesses, ensuring their prosperity for generations to come.
Ascend Bank's role as a local resource for financing helps support the vibrancy of Connecticut's commercial community. Recognizing no two businesses are alike, their commercial lenders can offer our members customized loans to meet their specific capital needs.
To learn more, visit https://ascend.bank/.
From MVP to IPO, Atlassian for Startups provides early-stage companies with best-in-class tools to plan, track, and collaborate on work — without worrying about big upfront costs. Many of today’s most successful startups, including Cloudflare, Canva, Rivian, and Peloton, relied on Atlassian at the heart of their growth trajectory. Atlassian for startups provides that same opportunity to the next generation of builders and investors.
To learn more, visit https://www.atlassian.com/software/startups?utm_source=partner-email&utm_medium=comarketing&utm_campaign=P:atlassian%7CO:%7CI:a4s-vc-climatehaven%7C.
With nearly 20 years of experience gained from supporting hundreds of thousands of startups that have come before, AWS helps founders prove that their world-changing ideas are possible, at any stage of growth or level of funding. We know what it takes to launch, build, and scale successful startups. That's why 96% of AI/ML unicorns run on AWS.
To learn more, visit https://aws.amazon.com/startups
BioLabs are the premier co-working spaces for life science startups.A unique place where you can test, develop and grow your game-changing ideas. As entrepreneurs and investors themselves, they have firsthand experience with the pain points biotech startups face. Their goal is to change how scientific entrepreneurs do business by building an ecosystem that empowers bio-innovators to grow quickly, while maximizing capital efficiency.
BioLabs offers spaces for startups to develop and advance their research, while being supported on necessary equipment and connections within the industry.
To learn more, visit https://www.biolabs.io/new-haven.
CBIZ provides our members with a full spectrum of traditional tax, accounting, and assurance services; financial, risk, and transaction advisory services; valuation, forensic, and litigation services; technology consulting and managed services; and an extensive portfolio of specialty and niche industry practices. They're highly focused on client success, as innovation, proactivity, teamwork, and open communication are the hallmarks of their approach.
Connecticut Innovations (CI) serves as the strategic venture capital arm and leading source of financing and continued support for innovative, growing businesses operating within Connecticut. Through equity investments, guidance, and valuable introductions, our partnership with the venture capital firm ensures our promising members have access to the funding necessary to advance their company objectives.
In response to the climate crisis, CI launched the ClimateTech Fund. With $100 million of intended investments, the fund will support emerging companies, create high-paying jobs in Connecticut, and help the state achieve its decarbonization goals. The ClimateTech Fund will focus on financing businesses across climate tech verticals based in Connecticut or those with plans to expand their workforce and operations, targeting 15-25 enterprises over a 10- to 15-year investment period.
To learn more, visit https://ctinnovations.com.
Enduring Planet provides founder-friendly working capital and financial advisory services to climate startups and small/medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the US.
Enduring Planet's Government Advance Funding provides non-dilutive, founder-friendly capital to climate entrepreneurs who have received government grants and contracts, allowing them to accelerate product development, meet critical product and R&D timelines,better manage cash flow, and more.
Our Fractional CFO services provide expert support and guidance from seasoned finance professionals with deep expertise in the climate space. From bookkeeping and accounting to FP&A and proforma models, introductions to funders, and everything in between, our team is here to give you the tools to make better decisions for your business.
To learn more, visit https://enduringplanet.com/.
FORGE is a nonprofit on a mission to help innovators navigate the entrepreneurial journey from prototype to commercialization and impact at scale. Through this partnership, our members connect with right-fit manufacturers and local supply chains, establishing mutually beneficial business relationships that accelerate their path to market.
FORGE believes that if you can invent it locally, you can manufacture it locally. With an expansive network of innovation-friendly manufacturers and suppliers in the New England region, local production becomes not just feasible but practical. Startups enjoy numerous competitive advantages that contribute to the local economy while reducing their carbon footprint, like in-person meetings to review designs and discuss strategies, strengthened communication, quality control, shorter lead times, and savings on travel and shipping costs.
To learn more, visit https://forgeimpact.org.
MakeHaven is a membership-based creative workspace providing unparalleled support to startups whose novel climate solutions require technological development. Whether your project involves prototyping, fabrication, mechanics, electronics, or woodworking, this partnership ensures our members have the necessary tools and aid to bring their ideas to life.
MakeHaven’s extensive resources are available within the ClimateHaven ecosystem, as their space is conveniently located directly below ours. With the additional 10,000 square feet of specialized facilities, including an electronics shop, wood shop, metal shop, media lab, plastics and casting area, 3D printing space, laser cutters, and more, our members can more easily advance and commercialize their software- or hardware-driven innovations.
To learn more, visit https://www.makehaven.org/.
MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of engineers and scientists, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a block diagram environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain and embedded engineering systems. Users can explore and implement designs without writing C, C++, or HDL code. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, renewable energy, financial services, biotech, and other industries. MathWorks supports over 3,000 startups and 600 Accelerators worldwide.
To learn, visit www.mathworks.com/startups
Samtec is an industry-leading provider of a variety of electronic connectors. They specialize in high-speed interconnects, offering advanced solutions such as optical transceivers and high-speed board-to-board, cable, and RF connectors designed to support next-generation data rates. Additionally, Samtec is committed to customer service, providing unmatched technical support, free product samples, and innovative online design tools.
To learn more, visit http://samtec.com.
Scout Climate helps impact-driven companies find funding faster through non-dilutive grant opportunities. They match companies with the best opportunities for their size and space then write the full proposal to secure funds. Their product leverages secure AI-enabled proposal development that accelerates the process of securing funds while dramatically reducing the cost. The Scout Climate team consist of experts in grant writing with over 100 years of collective experience and PhD-level expertise.
Elevate your startup's innovation with SOLIDWORKS, the premier 3D modelling software trusted by industry leaders. Effortlessly design, simulate, and visualize your products from concept to production with powerful, intuitive tools. SOLIDWORKS' robust features and integration capabilities enable seamless collaboration to accelerate your development process . Transform your ideas into market-ready products and drive your startup’s success with SOLIDWORKS.
To learn more, visit https://www.solidworks.com.
The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is one of our region’s essential civic institutions, bringing people, capital, and community leadership together to strengthen Greater New Haven.The Community Foundation generously supports ClimateHaven's work. And we partner with The Community Foundation through NHE3--New Haven Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem initiative--focused on building a more inclusive and effective support system for local entrepreneurs. Through NHE3, the Community Foundation has helped convene partners across the region, expand access to resources and capital, and support entrepreneurs who have too often been left out of traditional business networks.For ClimateHaven, this partnership is part of the broader work of making New Haven a stronger place to start and grow companies—including climate technology companies that can create good jobs, attract investment, and contribute to a more resilient regional economy.To learn more, visit https://www.cfgnh.org/.
Wiggin and Dana is a full-service law firm representing clients throughout the United States and globally. They address a wide range of sophisticated and complex matters concerning litigation and regulatory compliance, healthcare, labor, employment, and benefits, corporate, private client services, real estate, environment, construction, and facilities.
Through this partnership, our members can expect value-driven solutions and results from their team of highly talented, creative, and experienced lawyers dedicated to helping the next generation of inventors bring new technologies to market.
To learn more, visit https://www.wiggin.com.
Through Yale’s Research Cores, startups can access world-class scientific instrumentation, specialized facilities, and technical expertise that would otherwise require significant capital investment. The cores support a wide range of research and development needs, from advanced microscopy and materials characterization to spectroscopy, genomics, high-throughput screening, and analytical testing.As part of ClimateHaven’s partnership with Yale, eligible startups can explore opportunities to utilize select core facilities and engage with highly trained staff who can provide technical guidance, training, and support for experimental design. Access is available on a fee-for-service basis, subject to each core’s availability and onboarding requirements.Whether you are validating a new technology, generating critical performance data, or advancing product development, Yale’s Research Cores can help accelerate your path from lab to market.