Let's build Wellington's zero carbon future
Connections / Workshops / Funding Support
Support to grow
The Zero Carbon Challenge supports early stage ideas, projects, or businesses that help to lower carbon emissions and are ready to grow!
Early stage projects
Get your ideas into action!
Are you working on a project or startup that is ready to go to the next level? We're here to support people to get their ideas off the ground with a burst of energy and support.
Growing businesses
Help your startup grow!
Do you have a team, business, or opportunity you are already building that could use more support, profile, and funding? We're ready to connect you to mentors and resources to help you grow.
Can your project help reduce carbon emissions in our city?
These 4 areas are the keys to Wellington's zero carbon economy
Waste
Energy
Transport
Housing & Building
Connections, skills, and funding
The Zero Carbon Challenge will help you:
- Engage with your audience and customers
- Connect with mentors and champions
- Grow your brand
- Launch a supported crowdfunding campaign
Selected teams receive a $1000 stipend when they start the challenge.
Over eight weeks you'll join a group of innovators and entrepreneurs growing their projects through a hui, workshops, and networking events to engage with your crowd and grow your profile.
This is a part time programme designed to support people who also have other work. Expect to invest 10-20 hours per week on your project during the programme.
All teams will have the opportunity to access up to $45k+ in match funding for their crowdfunding, distributed by the Wellington Zero Carbon Partnership Fund.
CONNECTIONS & COMMUNITY
Find your people
Meet mentors and experts, and join a community of entrepreneurs and innovators who are all working towards Wellington Zero Carbon Future.
WORKSHOPS
Build your skills
Upskill yourself and your team in a workshop series designed to help you clarify your purpose, tell your story, and mobilise your crowd to fund your idea.
CROWDFUNDING & MATCH FUNDING
Matched funding for your crowdfunding!
Receive a $1000 stipend and engage your crowd with a PledgeMe campaign to access $45k+ of potential match funding from the Zero Carbon Partnership Fund.
- The Wellington Zero Carbon Partnership FundThe Zero Carbon Partnership Fund will match up to the amount raised in each venture's crowdfunding campaign.
Founding Partner
A city of action
Wellington City Council is the founding partner of the Zero Carbon Partnership and the Zero Carbon Challenge. It is their support that makes the whole programme possible. They are committing $30,000 in match funding.
Supporting funders
These organisations are contributing towards the Zero Carbon Challenge partnership fund.
These partners make the 2019 Zero Carbon Challenge possible
Funding & core partner
Delivery partner
Supporting partner
