Fixingclimatechange
One start-up
at a timeClimate Launchpad 2023
Partnership Proposal

What is ClimateLaunchpad?
World’s largest green business ideas competition
Part of the Entrepreneurship offerings ofEIT Climate-KIC by the European Union
MissionFixing Climate Change One Startup at a Time
Help entrepreneurs anywhere in the world build successful
businesses that have a huge impact on fixing climate change.

“A business school in disguise,that is how former participants
describe our competition. We train
people with green ideas to become
successful entrepreneurs.”
Frans Nauta, Founder of ClimateLaunchpad

ClimateLaunchpad in Numbers
3000+
green business
ideas

Global Grand
Final 20207646

live views

68680+
teams trained
58
countries

finalists

4104 press articles
47K followers
over 7.5M people reached
7.8K followers
2.6M impressions
4.7K followers
133K impressions
3K followers>184,000 website visitors

How does it work?
Round 1:
Mini-course & Boot Camp (Online)

Self-paced online courses and Three half-day boot camp to learn entrepreneurship.

Round 2:Six Intensive coaching sessions and National Finals (F2F or Online)
Prepare to pitch at the National Finals through coaching and be the TOP 3 to proceed to Regional Final.

Round 3:
Regional Final

Be in the TOP 3 to win your ticket to the Global Grand Final

Round 4:Global Grand Final

Pitch to leading investors and entrepreneurs, and an international online audience!
Top 3 Global Winners and Theme Award Winners will be selected.

What are the benefits of participating?
● Acquire all the tools and knowledge necessary to scale your idea to global
business success● Coaching from the world’s best coaches● Connect with international and local investors and partners(E.g. 2019 Finalist, EF Polymer has raised 40M Yen in seed round)● Win prizes and awards at National, Regional, and Global Grand Finals● Win a spot in the EU backed Accelerator Program

Who can enter?
Anyone with a promising green business idea and commitment to turn it into a business:● If your company has been incorporated, it needs to be○ less than a year old,
○ with no commercial product or service,○ with less than EUR 200,000 (JPY 26 million) funding● At least one member who can interact in English● Permanently or temporarily residing in Japan (until Nov 2023)● Committed to attend all sessions
Application deadline: Friday May 26th

Corporate intrapreneurs
Corporations can utilize ClimateLaunchpad to validate their ideas.
This is an ideal playground for top innovators in your company to test
new ideas and build new sustainable businesses.
Initiate your internal business idea competition now!

ClimateLaunchpad 2023 timeline
March 13thApril 6th
May 26th
June 2nd -June 8th
June
July/AugustAugust 20th
Sept/OctDecember

Recruitment start
Kickoff at Dutch Embassy
Application Deadline
Mini-courses
Boot Camp
6 Coaching sessions
Japan National Finals
Asia Regional Finals
Global Grand Final

Adaptation and Resilience
Climate change creates worldwide challenges. Someregions, communities, and ecosystems areparticularly vulnerable to climate volatility.
● Ideas that provide products or services that build
agility, response-readiness, and climateresilience.
● We need educational tools on climate risks andimpacts, technologies or tools that prevent orreduce the effects of this climate impact, orsolutions that facilitate a regions’ resilience.

Circular Economies
Circular economies are regenerative by design andbenefit businesses, society, and the environment.
● Innovations that decouple economic growth fromunsustainable resources and greenhouse gasemissions.
● The three principles of a circular economy are toeliminate waste and pollution, keep products andmaterials in use, and regenerate natural systems.
In short: no more ‘take-make-waste’.

Urban Solutions
Cities consume 75% of the world’s natural resources,produce half the planet’s waste and generate
60-80% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
● Business ideas that help transform urban
environments into decarbonised beacons.
● We are also looking for innovations targeted atclimate-resilient cities with nature-based urban
infrastructure solutions to combat extreme heatand urban flooding.

Clean Energy
The energy transition requires bridging today’s
systems to future ones. Hydropower, bioenergy,
solar and wind energy add complexity that oldsystems have trouble to accommodate.
● We need ideas that evolve around storage,
smart power grids, integrating wind, solar, andbioenergy.
● Carbon capture, CO2 mitigation of chemical andindustrial processes and efficient energy use inbuildings.

Food Systems
Food production is a key industry to achievesignificant climate impact.
● We are interested in start-ups pioneering theglobal transition to climate-smart foodproduction.
● New approaches that decarbonise the sector,
making it more efficient and productive, such as
new agricultural techniques or food innovation.

Sustainable Mobility
So much is still to gain in mobility: 29% of all
greenhouse gas emissions are caused bytransportation.
● Ideas that catalyse the shift towards
clean-energy mobility models.
● Focus areas: battery technology, smart energy
management systems in vehicles and otherforms of transportation, renewable energy use,innovative mobility solutions, and‘mobility-as-a-service’.

Blue Economy
This year’s new addition to the themes!
● Ideas that rebuild ecosystems alongsidecommunities.
● Anything from traditional ocean industries likefisheries, tourism, and maritime transport to new
activities such as offshore renewables,aquaculture, seabed mining, and marine
biotechnology.

Why partner with ClimateLaunchpad?
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Yoshiaki Ishii, METI, Yoko Ishikura, Patrick Newell2021 Judge panel at National Final

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Access to innovation and fresh ideas○ access to global innovation ideas and markets○ first-hand access to young innovators
Improve Corporate ESG/Sustainability image○ increased image of being SDGs and ESG conscious company○ make a positive contribution to climate change○ increased international brand awareness
Testbed and training for own employees○ curriculum of bootcamp benefits capacity building in the company○ new ideas that can be implemented in your own business
Global exposure to an innovation community○ stimulate innovation culture in your company○ your large corporation can experience the vibe of start-up cultureCollaboration and investment opportunities○ investment and strategic collaboration opportunity○ METI tax incentive for 100M+yen investment in <10y/o startups

Our success story 2021/22
Our first two years were very successful● In the first year, 2 teams went all the way
to Global Grand Finals and Floatmeal won
in the category “The next Big Thing”● In the second year, 2 of our startups
entered the Global Final● All finalists are successfully building theirbusinesses
Learn more about it in this from Aranea, one ofour national finalists!

The National Final at WeWork 2022
Great atmosphere and great pitches at the NationalFinal. Our jury came from media, business andinvestment background:
Jesper Koll, Japan Optimist
Nozomi Kosaka, Brand Director Business Insider
Masaru Nagaru, CIC Tokyo
Schyler Cole, Incubate FundThe winners were
Lupinus - Sustainable Foodsystems
Greentopia - Urban Farming
Innovare - Sustainable Mobility

Thanks to our main sponsor:

Testimonial: Richard Mayus, Greentopia
Richard could successfully build his business and is
expanding with his hydroponic towers growing
vegetables on Tokyo rooftops.

You are in good company*A selection of global Fortune 500 companies who supported ClimateLaunchpad

Media Partnerships
MediageneMediagene operates 12 media and 3 commerce brands, such as
business news media “Business Insider Japan”, technology
product information media “GIZMODO”, and “DIGIDAY [Japaneseversion]” that conveys the current state of digital marketing.

Asahi Shinbun - Sustainability paper to cover progress withCLP2023

Nikkei - Under negotiation

Partnership packages
Sponsorship Item

5,000,000 JPY

2.000,000 JPY

1,000,000 JPY

EIT Kic to post your company’s name as a sponsoryDedicated social media campaign/mention in press releaseyPossibility of sending an intrapraneur teamyAbility to provide mentors and coaches for the bootcampyHonourable mention at events (there will be up to 6 events)yy

Invitation to bootcamp to learn about ClimateLaunchpadyy

Mention on the ClimateLaunchpad website

yy

Receive information package for self-promotion and social mediayyOpportunity to give a speech at finals

yy

Placement of your branding on the PDIE Group website

yyy

Honourable mention in our press release after the National Finalyyy

Placement of your branding on ClimateLaunchpad Japan slides

yyy

Placement of your branded posters at ClimateLaunchpad Japan eventsyyyContact
Programme Lead JapanPDIE Group

Japan@climatelaunchpad.org”Small opportunities are often thebeginning of great enterprises”~Demosthenes~