ENTREPRENEURS

co-founder program

Get a massive headstart for your next venture.
Sparkmate co-founds 100% Climate 100% Hardware ventures with repeat entrepreneurs.

co-found a CLIMATE VENTURE

Buildfearlessly

Hardware is hard.
But the world's most pressing problems require industrial solutions.
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Sparkmate provides founders with capital, resources, facilities and a unique engineering execution ability. We are the first venture studio 100% Climate 100% Hardware and we launch 3 to 5 new businesses per year.

If you're ready to spark the impossible, let's partner together.

get started with us

JOIN as a CEO / cto

You're a repeat entrepreneur or an industry veteran with a fire in the belly:

Experience scaling a tech startup
Inspiring high performance from early teams
Comfort with uncertainty and taste for big challenges
Mission-focus on Climate innovation

co-found a CLIMATE VENTURE

or join us to speed up

COME WITH YOUR STARTUP IDEA

You're working on a new venture and you're looking for a massive headstart?
We will build your prototype and speed up the go-to-market:

Early-stage hardware or industrial idea
Mission-focus on Climate innovation

co-found a CLIMATE VENTURE

Here isour offer

All the resources and extreme dedication you need to succeed.

1.5M USD

Funding for R&D and pilot deployments

30+

In-house hardware / software engineering team

100+

Fellow innovators in our global community

1000+

Sqm industrial facilities for R&D and production

We focus on high-impact sectors.

Sparkmate powers Climate Tech entrepreneurs.

We're committed to industrial innovation that addresses critical sustainability challenges. We partner with visionary founders and big corporations to make big impact through large-scale, practical solutions.

We're building the ecosystem to make hardware less hard.

co-found a CLIMATE VENTURE

Clean Manufacturing

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Clean Manufacturing focuses on reducing environmental impact through energy-efficient production technologies and responsible resource management; potential innovation opportunities include sustainable materials, waste reduction, and resource optimization.

Clean Mobility

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Clean Mobility aims to transform transportation with eco-friendly alternatives, such as electric road systems and low greenhouse gas sea shipping; innovation opportunities include autonomous vehicles, shared mobility solutions, and smart transportation networks.

Clean Construction

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Clean construction involves sustainable building practices, advanced construction techniques, and energy-efficient systems like shading and solar control solutions, ultra-efficient cooling units, and innovative energy management and monitoring systems.

Waste & Carbon Capture

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This sector tackles waste management with sorting and transformation systems, advanced recycling technologies, alongside carbon capture, utilisation and storage, in particular to produce value-added products like manufacturing or construction materials.

Why co-founding with us?

We promise it will be fun. And huge.

Embark for a wild ride

The Sparkmate Hardware Factory is not for the faint of heart. But if you're up for the challenge, you'll have the opportunity to build something truly revolutionary.

Drive real change

We're committed to industrial innovation that addresses critical sustainability challenges. Together we'll make a big impact through large-scale, practical solutions.

Move fast and fearlessly

We are relentless builders.
You'll be surrounded by other talented entrepreneurs and makers who are all working to change the world.

Play to win the game

We go all-in for our people and we play to win the game. You'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities, funding, and mentorship.

A wild ride

The Sparkmate Hardware Factory is not for the faint of heart.
But if you're up for the challenge, you'll have the opportunity to build something truly revolutionary.

A fearless tribe

We are relentless builders.
You'll be surrounded by other talented entrepreneurs and makers who are all working to change the world.

A winning blend

We go all-in for our people and we play to win the game.
You'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities, funding, and mentorship.

How it works?

We're seeking visionary founders with a burning passion for innovation and a forward-looking vision.

Join Sparkmate and embark on an entrepreneurial journey like no other, in Hong Kong or Paris.

Step 1 (until dec. 31st, 2023)

Apply to the Co-Founder Program

We're looking for repeat founders with a fire in their belly and a vision for the future.
(you don’t need a project for applying - We have tons of jewel ideas already in our chest)

Step 2 (3 months)

Attack an industry & spot a problem

If you make the cut, you'll receive $1.5M in funding and join our elite team of entrepreneurs and operators.
In the early days of the program we are gonna find together which opportunities we will jump on and what problems we will tackle.

Step 3 (15 months)

Build and launch

During the program, you'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities, a kick ass co-building team, and all the resources you need to launch to go to market successfully in less than 18 months (engineering, production,commercialization, fundraising…)

Step 4

Become fully independent

The goal is that we co-build in 18 months a truly independent revolutionary venture.

Ready?

co-found a climate venture

Applications for the 2024 batch open from Nov. 1st, 2023 until Dec. 31st, 2023.Limited to 3 entrepreneurs.