CATAL1.5°T Labs · Latin America's Climate Tech Superhub

CATAL1.5°T in Latin America · 2024–2026

Three years building the region's largest ecosystem.

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€0Minvested directly in startups

0.00Mtonnes of CO₂ avoided projected by 2030

€0MGreen Climate Fund and BMZ initiative

What is CATAL1.5°T Labs?

The entire climate ecosystem, connected.

Science, startups, corporations, government and capital, with the intellectual and physical infrastructure to accelerate technologies with high climate mitigation potential, from the earliest stage to scale.

Built on three years of CATAL1.5°T, the largest climate tech ecosystem in Latin America.
Leaves acceleration to our partners and focuses on what is missing: what comes before and what comes after.
A new, scalable and financially sustainable model, based at Tec de Monterrey.

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Science

Researchers and partner universities contributing lab-validated technologies.

What we do

Two fronts to bring science to market.

Venture Building

We pair Latin America's best researchers with business talent to build climate deep tech startups from scratch.

Venture Building SprintWith Breakthrough Energy
Founding teamsScientists (CTO) + business leaders (CEO)
Technically strong pipelineReady for international funds

Venture Scale Up

We help startups with validated technology move from prototype to production and grow their sales.

Physical infrastructureLabs, prototyping and pilot spaces
Corporate pilotsReal innovation and sustainability challenges
Growth mentoringFocused on go-to-market and sales

Services

An offering that grows with every partner.

Available today 4 services

01Venture BuildingWith Breakthrough Energy

02Specialized mentoring

03Corporate Access

04Labs and pilot plants

Coming soon As more partners join

05Investment Readiness

06Investor Match-making

07Prototyping spaces

08Climate impact measurement

09Services for corporations, investors and the public

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Flagship program

Venture Building Sprint by CATAL1.5°T

An accelerated venture-creation bootcamp for climate deep tech startups. Inventors, entrepreneurs and mentors validate high-impact solutions and take the first steps toward a science-based company, using the Lean Startup methodology.

5intensive days to go from a lab technology to a founding team.

CTO

Technology developers

Researchers, inventors or technologists with a validated technology, patent or prototype, open to transfer and commercialization.

CEO

Business co-founders

Leaders with experience in business, startups or scaling who want to bring a technology to market and co-found a climate company.

Connect science, business and impact

Validate problem-solution fit and the business model

Design the go-to-market and funding path

Build founding teams ready to scale

Explore the program Questions about the program: valeriaparra@tec.mx

Partner

Be part of Latin America's climate future.

For donors, an opportunity to become a capital partner in a proven ecosystem. For corporations, a structured, low-risk way to access emerging climate solutions.

Donation