CrowdSolve, a start-up offering mentor-assisted learning for climate entrepreneurs, is excited to announce the release of Stage 2 content “blox” on its learning platform. This new stage is one of four total stages; Stage 1 was released earlier this year and has already helped entrepreneurs in the climate space to further their business development and make a positive impact on the environment.

There is currently a $4.5T climate finance gap - and Abdul sees an opportunity to create a new financial account designed to share excess wealth.

15 years ago, Abdul Semakula co-founded a web agency after graduating with a degree in Computer Science. While growing the agency, Abdul would see a lady each morning along the road to his office…

We are thrilled to announce that our first CrowdSolve innovator has made it all the way through the first stage in CrowdSolve’s venture development curriculum. Deirdre Horan of Dri Umbrellas flew through the blox challenges, completing the stage in under a month! She is featured this month in the innovator spotlight, below. In addition to making progress on her innovation and getting feedback from mentors, she is also eligible for a $1000 grant from 1000 Gretas! Who will be next?!

🎉 Hi, welcome to the first CrowdSolve newsletter! Our goal is to highlight the CrowdSolve happenings each month (there are a lot), share innovator and mentor spotlights, and announcements about upcoming product enhancements, workshops, and other interesting events in the climate community.

CrowdSolve is proud to announce a partnership with Penn Climate Ventures — founded by students at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn Climate Ventures takes climate action through competition, social engagements, workshops, and fellowships. Each year, they host a global pitch competition for climate innovators with bold ideas to impact climate. This year, they received over 450 applicants from climate innovators around the world.

CrowdSolve was founded on the notion that, in order to make a global impact on the climate crisis, early stage climate change-makers and innovators need support, connection, and guidance. CrowdSolve is designed to do all that, at scale, in order to help more climate innovations succeed.

Hi! We are CrowdSolve, a platform for innovators, mentors, and partners, committed to nurturing and advancing bold ideas for climate.

Below is a letter from CrowdSolve co-founder and CEO, Tim Wolters, introducing CrowdSolve and describing our mission to cultivate connection and collaboration with the goal to prepare climate startups for their next phase of growth.