Founder in Residence, Climate Tech (Open Application)

Marble is seeking a Founder in Residence for its climate tech venture studio, aimed at addressing significant climate challenges. The role is open to individuals with expertise in various fields related to climate technology. Candidates should be entrepreneurial and mission-driven, with a focus on innovation and action. The position offers a monthly allowance, potential pre-seed investment, mentorship, and access to a vast network, all in a remote setting.
About Marble

Marble is a climate tech venture studio. Our north star is to erase billions of tons from annual greenhouse gas emissions and create a thriving future.

We partner with scientists, engineers and operators to create new deep tech companies that solve hard climate problems — slash emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and cool the planet — while reshaping multi-billion $ industries.

We're proud to be backed by leading climate investors across Europe and the US.

Solve Hard Climate Problems

Opportunity areas we’re actively hiring for include:
• Geothermal Power
• Geothermal Heat
• Thermal Batteries
• Industrial Heat
• Nuclear
• Infrastructure Adaptation
• Saline Agriculture
• Enteric Methane
• Animal Health
• Insurance
• Advanced Biofuels
• Electro Fermentation
• Forest Industries
• Textile & Fashion
• Wastewater
• Aluminium
• Battery Manufacturing
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Robotics
• Data Centers
• Demand Side Flexibility
• Grid Hardware
• Responsive Industry
• Power Plants

If you are a mission-driven individual with deep expertise in these areas, or any adjacent field, we would love to hear from you.

However, these themes are just a few that we're interested in! As an example, here are other opportunity areas we're working on.

Broadly speaking - we'd love to hear about any idea which coud address 1% of global emissions or the avoidance of 1% of the cost of climate change.

If you have other ideas where your background gives you an unfair advantage, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Skills & Profile

We are looking for an entrepreneurial scientist, engineer, or operator with relevant domain experience in the target area.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel you meet all requirements. Above all, we value intelligence, creativity and Founder Potential.

Especially if you recognise yourself below:
• You can’t wait to start your own company (or your next one)
• You are a pragmatic optimist on a mission to tackle climate change
• You are outcome focused and action oriented - you make things happen
• You are a great communicator - you can convince others to follow you
• You love to break down ambitious goals into actionable milestones
• You understand that innovation starts with people - not ideas

What We Offer

As a Founder-in-Residence, you will join stellar individuals who also believe in the need for deeptech solutions to solve hard climate problems.

Together, we would be scoping high potential approaches before converging on the most promising one and finding your future co-founders

We offer (among other things)
• A €2,500 to €3,000 monthly allowance during the programme
• A €250,000 pre-seed investment on startup creation if you’re successful. You and your team will own 80% of the company at pre-seed.
• Full-stack support in our venture creation programme
• Mentorship and guidance at every step of the way
• Hands on support across technology and market research, landing interviews with experts and customers, techno economics, roadmap and scale up strategy, IP strategy, team building, advisor sourcing, and more
• Access to an unparalleled network across science, industry, talent, investors, mentors, climate tech founders, curated vendors and suppliers
• Access to our research insights, knowledge base and resources
• Weekly check-ins, work sessions in our Paris HQ (or remote) and continuous peer learning with other programme participants
• Seed Fundraising support after the programme. Introductions to the best seed investors from our network and help with term sheet negotiation.
• Founder Visa sponsorship if you wish to relocate to France. Remote participation is possible, preferably from Europe and with regular in-person meetings.

How To Apply

We are taking applications on a rolling basis:

➡️ Apply Here or see the Programme Structure

We believe that a diverse group of minds is key to solving the climate crisis. We strongly encourage women and people of colour to apply.

Studies have shown that under-represented candidates are less likely to apply for a role unless they feel they meet every single qualification.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and mission-driven cohort. If you’re excited about the programme but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with what you read on our website, we encourage you to apply anyways!

FAQs

For a full list of FAQs, please visit our website.