Mentor | Climate & Sustainability
RemoteUnited States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Advise early-stage founders on product strategy, go-to-market positioning, and commercialization pathways to accelerate customer adoption and strategic partnerships. Introduce startups to potential customers, pilot partners, and climate investors while guiding them through complex enterprise sales cycles and regulatory landscapes. Provide candid feedback on pitch materials, fundraising strategy, and environmental impact claims to help companies navigate barriers toward institutional funding. Participate in mentor office hours, workshops, panels, and Demo Day activities to strengthen AI Nexus NYC programming. This flexible, part-time engagement supports founders developing AI-enabled solutions across climate technology, decarbonization, and sustainability markets within C10 Labs' venture platform.
Required Qualifications
- experienced leaders across climate, sustainability, and environmental innovation
- experienced founders
- experienced executives
- experienced investors
- experienced operators
- experienced researchers
- subject-matter experts
- experience across climate technology
- experience in corporate sustainability
- experience in decarbonization
- experience in carbon accounting and carbon management
- experience in carbon markets
- experience in climate finance
- experience in circular economy
- experience in waste reduction and resource recovery
- experience in sustainable supply chains
- experience in environmental data and analytics
- experience in climate risk and resilience
- experience in water and natural resource management
- experience in sustainable agriculture and food systems
- experience in green buildings and infrastructure
- experience in environmental services
- experience in ESG and sustainability reporting
- experience in clean technology
- experience in nature-based solutions
- experience in climate policy and regulation
- practical operating experience
- practical investing experience
- practical technical experience
- practical market experience
- candid, thoughtful, and constructive in your feedback
- understand that strong mentorship involves challenging founders, not simply encouraging them
- curious about how AI can create new solutions across climate and sustainability markets
- want to help startups create measurable impact while building scalable and financially sustainable businesses
Desired Qualifications
- experience building, operating, investing in, or scaling companies within climate and sustainability markets
- understanding of how sustainability and climate-related purchasing decisions are made within large organizations
- insight into procurement, implementation, and adoption within regulated or operationally complex industries
- understanding of evolving industry trends, policies, regulations, reporting requirements, and market dynamics
- ability to help founders distinguish between compelling climate impact and a scalable venture-backed business model
- ability to advise companies on how AI and data can create durable technical, operational, or commercial advantages
- experience refining fundraising strategy and investor positioning
- ability to review pitch materials and provide feedback on how companies communicate their market opportunity, impact, traction, and differentiation
- network of relevant climate investors, strategic partners, family offices, corporate venture groups, or grant and non-dilutive funding resources
- understanding of the milestones required to become institutionally investable
- experience preparing founders for investor meetings, strategic partnership discussions, and diligence
- ability to help founders work through difficult and ambiguous problems
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