Start your venture with strong roots

Have you thought about starting a company or organization related to climate change, but don't know where to start or haven't felt ready to take that leap yet?

Start your founder journey strong by rooting in your values, vision, and a deep understanding of the problem you want to solve and who you want to solve it for — all with the collaboration and support of other extraordinary women.

Join the next Root cohort (Sep 15 - Dec 12)

Connect to confidence, clarity, and community as you begin your founder journey.

“The 12-week cohort program was exactly the boost I needed and exceeded my expectations on all fronts. Anu and Anya are nurturing a truly special culture and community. The program brings an intimate group of exceptional women together, each committed to starting a venture in climate, each at their own unique juncture in the journey, and each bringing authenticity, passion, vulnerability, and generosity to the mix. It's a great blend of structure and creativity that nudged, guided and challenged me in all the right ways.”

Julia Sunderland, Stealth Founder

Experience the joy of creating in community.

Explore, develop, and hone your idea in a safe and collaborative environment, supported by virtual innovation workshops, 1:1 and small groups collaboration sessions, and interactive conversations with leading women in climate.

Gain confidence in yourself as a founder

The Greenhouse will guide you through key steps of the founder journey so that you can navigate the iterative and uncertain process of innovation with more clarity and confidence.

Over the course of the program, you will:

  • Discover your authentic voice and style as a founder in a safe, uplifting, and collaborative space

  • Explore climate problems that excite you

  • Envision solutions using an Earth-centric innovation model

  • Ground your assumptions with real input from your audience

  • Learn storytelling skills and craft your elevator pitch

Learn from inspiring founders and experts

“The Greenhouse honestly felt like a high-end MBA entrepreneurship class. The talks and sessions were top-notch. As a UX professional who is founder-curious, I learned so much about the process of researching problem spaces, validating business ideas, and what a founder needs to get done before pitching to investors. It's not just theory; you get to put into practice what you learned every week. Plus, getting to hear from badass female founders and mixing in earth-friendly ideas into business? That's gold. I'm way more confident now in my potential to pursue my own ideas.”

Sanjana Galgalikar, Product Designer and Aspiring Founder

Root program overview

Start your climate venture with strong roots

12 weeks from Sep 15-Dec 12, 2025

$800 per person

Program includes:

  • Weekly workshops on Tuesdays from 1-3 pm PT

  • Live sessions with guest speakers on Thursdays 10-11 am PT

  • Access to curriculum resources and recording library

  • Access to an earth-centered innovation playbook

  • Matching with an accountability buddy

 FAQs

  • This program is for you if you are a woman or woman-identifying person who is interested in starting a new venture focused on addressing or adapting to climate change. This could be a VC-backable startup, non-profit, or small business. We welcome women from diverse backgrounds, and from all stages of their careers.

  • We welcome women from diverse backgrounds and from all stages of their careers who are interested in creating a new climate-related venture. This could be a VC-backable startup, non-profit, or small business.

    To be accepted into a cohort, applicants must be:

    • A woman or a person who identifies as a woman

    • Committed to working on a climate-focused idea

    • Just getting started on your founder journey

    Once we review your application, we will reach out to connect live, and answer your questions.

  • This program is designed for women, by women, and is focused on empowering women to collaborate together to dream, ideate, experiment, and build a better future for all. You will learn, you will connect with an engaged community, and most importantly, you will begin taking tangible steps to begin creating your new venture. We’ll guide you in laying the foundational building blocks to grow your impact, and provide honest feedback and encouragement at every step of the way.

  • We recommend that you dedicate at least 10 hours per week to the program. This time may include attending live classes, joining interactive workshops, listening to experts in the climate space, working on your business idea, and meeting 1:1 or in small groups with other members of the cohort.

Start your founder journey in The Greenhouse

We would be delighted to support you on your founder journey in our next cohort.