Founder In Residence, Atmospheric Methane Removal
Deep Science Ventures
- London
- Contract
- Full-time
- Be able to remove atmospheric methane at below the current voluntary market cost (4500 USD) and ideally below the current emission cost penalty (e.g. 1500 USD in USA), or provide a specific value-add to industry
- Have a removal pathway that is verifiable
- Have no environmental externalities
- You are someone with the drive and motivation to solve one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges
- You have a strong interest in building a company, and ideally have previous experience of entrepreneurship or innovation
- You are a good communicator, work well in a team, and ideally have previous experience of project management or team-building
- You are a creative thinker and are capable of finding unconventional solutions to difficult problems
- You hold a PhD or have equivalent industry experience in: inorganic/physical chemistry; physics; environmental, chemical or mechanical engineering; materials science; atmospheric (geo)chemistry; or another relevant field.
- Ideally, you have technical knowledge or work experience in: catalysis; electrochemistry; or another related area of physical chemistry.
- You have broad knowledge of climate change mitigation, market-based strategies for mitigation, and/or innovation in emissions reduction
- We provide optimised, purpose-built, proprietary tools, resources and processes to help create high-impact ventures from scratch, using our venture creation methodology. Read more about one of our key tools
- We provide £250k investment governed by our Investment Committee to incorporate the new venture and develop early proof-of-concept data that’s needed to attract high profile non-venture studio VCs. This funding is also key to get grant funding, which most often needs to be matched with private investment;
- We provide guaranteed income of £4,166 per month paid to each Founder in Residence as a consultancy fee until the company is launched and the pre-seed investment is secured;
- You and your co-founders will own a majority equity stake in the company;
- We provide continuous support after post spin-out, including fundraising, commercial partnerships, recruitment and team-building (amongst other things); plus
- There are dozens of Founders currently at DSV across sectors working collaboratively and supporting one another - a unique resource to draw on.