Outlier Venture Lab

OUTLIER PROPEL · VENTURE BUILDING LAB

Venture Accelerator

Climate venture development, one sector at a time. We bring startups and corporates together to turn climate solutions into investable businesses, and every cohort ends with investors and buyers, not a trophy.

A founder showing a building product A founder demonstrating an energy product

WHY SECTOR-FOCUSED

Promising ventures need more than a pitch competition.

Founders often have a product, but no proof customers will pay, numbers that don’t add up, and documents investors won’t accept. Those gaps, and the fixes, differ by sector. So each pathway focuses on one.

One sector, one climate challenge

Construction, food, energy, transport and manufacturing each need their own solutions.

Startups and corporates, side by side

The corporates in each sector help adopt, buy and scale what startups build.

Ready for that sector’s capital

A mini-grid and a food business are financed differently. We prepare ventures for the money that funds their sector.

Where we’re strongest: over half of our venture pipeline is in renewable energy and agri-food.

THE SIX PATHWAYS

One accelerator, six sectors.

Every pathway follows the same proven journey, with sector-specific experts, investors and buyers.

PATHWAY 01

Outlier Build

Green construction, building materials and infrastructure

Reshaping how we build: innovative materials, energy-efficient design and smart construction technologies, and green building projects developed to the standard investors fund.

PATHWAY 02

Outlier Grow

Agriculture, agribusiness and food systems

Changing how we produce food: productive use of energy, digital platforms that cut food waste, lower-carbon fertilisers, and businesses that reduce post-harvest losses.

FROM OUR EARLIER PROGRAMMES
Osomobegbe Global Ventures (solar crop drying) and GBI Farms (connecting rural farmers to markets)
PATHWAY 03

Outlier Energize

Renewable energy, power and electricity access

Clean power for homes and businesses: solar, mini-grids and other renewable energy solutions that widen access to reliable electricity.

FROM OUR EARLIER PROGRAMMES
Quadloop Africa (turning e-waste into affordable solar systems)
PATHWAY 04

Outlier Make

Manufacturing, recycling and circular economy

Sustainable production and packaging: waste reduction, recycling and circular business models where waste is minimised and resources are maximised.

FROM OUR EARLIER PROGRAMMES
Street Waste Company (community recycling, 100+ green jobs)
PATHWAY 05

Outlier Move

Electric mobility and clean logistics

Moving people and goods with lower emissions: electric vehicles, sustainable logistics and intelligent transport systems.

PATHWAY 06

Outlier Earth

Extractive industries and natural resources

For businesses in mining, natural resources and the services around them, building responsible, investable operations.

HOW EVERY COHORT RUNS

From open call to investors.

  1. 01
    Source
    Open call through partners and networks
  2. 02
    Assess
    Screening, interviews and a Rubix baseline
  3. 03
    Develop
    Six-phase curriculum, mentoring and advisory
  4. 04
    Ready
    Model, deck and data room completed
  5. 05
    Connect
    Demo Day, investors and corporate buyers
  6. 06
    Follow up
    Tracking growth, deals and impact
EVERY VENTURE GRADUATES WITH A validated business model · A financial model · A pitch deck · A data room

FOR SPONSORS

Put your name on a cohort.

For development partners, governments, corporates and foundations. Each cohort is co-created with its sponsor.

A selected cohort
Ventures chosen to match your sector, geography and impact goals.
A proven curriculum
Six phases, from funding landscape to due diligence and final pitch.
A showcase moment
Demo Day with investors, partners and your brand front and centre.
Results you can report
Readiness scores before and after, capital raised, jobs and impact.

Co-created and tailored to each sponsor · Lead, participant or component sponsorship