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Scaling climate solutions from all corners.

A unique model for the acceleration of Frontline Founders: built on Ubuntu’s philosophy, rooted in the Global Majority, launched from the San Francisco Bay Area.

We scale because we rise together.

EarthScale® is a growth accelerator for frontline founders who are post-revenue, scaling fast, and ready to expand their impact globally.

The future of climate innovation is already being shaped by the Global Majority.

Yet the systems that move capital and opportunity were not designed with them in mind.

EarthScale® exists to change that.

We work with frontline founders tackling complex climate challenges, helping them align funding, build strategic partnerships, and strengthen leadership so they can scale with clarity and ownership.

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The Solutions Already Exist

Frontline founders are busy doing the work. Yet 0.04% of climate finance reaches frontline communities.

Shift the Paradigm

0.04% of climate finance reaches frontline communities

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$1.9T annual climate capital missing the mark

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80% biodiversity protected by Indigenous peoples

0.04% of climate finance reaches frontline communities ✳︎ $1.9T annual climate capital missing the mark ✳︎ 80% biodiversity protected by Indigenous peoples

This is Our Ecosystem: Founders + Funders + Partners

  • Global Majority Founders

    You are not the gap. You are the answer. EarthScale was built around you. Full stop.

  • Aligned Investors

    The best founders in climate aren't in your portfolio yet. They're in ours. Let's talk.

  • Strategic Partners

    Equity isn't a line item here. It's the soil. Help us cultivate the ecosystem that makes everything else possible.

  • Women-Led Founders

    Done proving it. Time to scale it. Your track record speaks. We make sure the right rooms hear it.

  • Philanthropic & Family Funds

    Put your capital where your values actually live. Fund the architects. Not the aftermath.

  • Indigenous Founders

    This land. This water. This knowledge. Yours. You have been sustaining life. Now EarthScale helps you scale it.

  • Corporate Partners

    New rules. New Perspective. Go-to-market Partners in helping to source the early access next wave of climate innovation.

Join the Community.

Three ways to work with EarthScale®

Every path starts where you are. Every path leads to the same place:
Scaled Impact, Aligned Capital, and a Community that moves with you.

Access

Global Network.
Monthly gatherings.
Founder x Funder Dinners.
The widest ring. The first door.

Join Our Community

Advisory

1:1 with a co-founder.
Deep Dive your unique challenge.
Coaching Intensive to scale.

Book a Session

Acceleration

6-month cohort.
Deep connections.
Tailored support.

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Your Path to Scale Starts Here.

Four steps. One direction. Start wherever you are.

Most founders know what they are building. What is harder to find is the infrastructure to build it faster, the capital that actually fits, and the people who have already navigated what you are navigating now. EarthScale® was built to close that gap.

Step 1: Unlock your company’s scale score

  • Understand how ready you are to scale (free).

  • Unlock the full report for $49.

  • With the full report, receive a complimentary 30-min Expertini session with a co-founder to dive into your key pain point.

Our proprietary assessment tool provides tailored insight about your company. See where your strengths and gaps stand in terms of scalability.

Take the Free Assessment

Step 2: Work directly with the people who built this

  • Sharee Adriazola

    Co-Founder: CMO

    20+ years building impactful brands, creative ecosystems, and accelerator architecture. Sharee helps founders turn identity and story into the strong foundational infrastructure required for growth.

  • Rebecca Pan

    Co-Founder: CEO

    13x founder and lauded ecosystem builder who has convened over 1,000 events and 10,000+ entrepreneurs. Rebecca connects people, place, and purpose to accelerate climate solutions at scale.

  • Nicolette van Exel

    Co-Founder: COO

    Decades of leading corporate strategy, sustainability, and the blue economy. Nicolette drives leaders and organizations to turn complex, cross-sector challenges into aligned impact.

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Step 3: Apply for an upcoming 6-month program

Our programs are unique in that we offer two tiers depending on your specific needs. Choose your level of involvement.

  • Your time is precious as hell, so we make sure every session (twice/mo) is packed with value and practical takeaways.

    • Monthly cohort workshop

    • Monthly 1:1 strategy session

    • GTM positioning + narrative development

    • Peer founder circle

    • Access to the Climate Connect network

    • Founder x Funder Dinners

    • Slack community access

    • Partial scholarships available, please inquire

  • We partner with a small number of cohort participants in a fractional capacity to take responsibilities off of your plate.

    This includes all components of our Growth Cohort plus 1:1 tailored support:

    • Weekly 1:1 growth advisory

    • Done-with-you brand + GTM asset build

    • Custom deck + case studies development

    • Investor research — 30 aligned funders

    • Direct introductions

    • Data room build-out

    • Pitch rehearsals + investor matching

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Step 4: Stay Connected

  • Climate Connects

    MONTHLY

    Monthly intelligence briefings and open conversation for the full EarthScale® ecosystem. Climate, ocean, and regenerative futures. The people closest to the work, thinking out loud together. Virtual and Bay Area in-person options available.

  • Founder x Funder Dinners

    EQUINOX | BAY AREA

    15 founders. 15 funders. One room. No decks, no panels, no performance. Just the right people at the right moment, introduced by people who already know both sides. Access Network members get priority access. Seats are intentionally limited.

  • Xpertini Vodcast

    GOING LIVE SOON!

    3 co-founders. 3 pathways. 1 realization: The Global Majority is driving climate innovation, and capital has not caught up.

  • EarthScale® Community

    THE ECOSYSTEM IS IN MOTION

    Here is where you plug in. The first 100 founding members get lifetime access for $290. One payment. No renewals. Ever.

    The room is filling. Get in before it closes.

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A thriving planet for every living being.

We envision a world where climate solutions from every corner are rapidly scaled, where Global Majority founders lead the transition, frontline communities set the terms, and a thriving planet is the shared inheritance of every living being.

Cultivate our Ecosystem

Funders & Investors

Investing in frontline founders is critical, but the solutions that are established and ready to scale can be hard to find. EarthScale surfaces the work being quietly done by these founders, and provides opportunity to invest in these companies and cohorts.

Strategic Partners

We are super-connectors without ego, with networks circling the globe. We welcome partnerships from individuals, groups, corporations, institutions, and governments. We know we are better together.

Not ready to commit yet?

Stay in the room.

Join the EarthScale® Alliance Network and get early access to Xpertini, our vodcast series where three co-founders have the real conversations most people are afraid to have out loud. Free. No membership required. Just the intelligence, delivered to your inbox.

  • "Burnout is my biggest risk. I love EarthScale's approach around doing the internal work to keep loving my company day in and day out. They teach us to move at the pace of nature and the seasons. I feel called to do this work for decades to come, and need help to stop sprinting the marathon. We all need structure and humans like this."

    Jessica, Pilot Cohort Participant, 2025

  • "I so appreciate the high value of the time I spend with the cohort. I can't think of time or money better spent. The twice/month cadence fits perfectly into my workflow.

    Sarah, Pilot Cohort Participant 2025

  • "Leading my org was lonely and isolating. My cohort and the folks behind EarthScale are friends, partners, mentors, and help me remember I'm not alone."

    Nina, Pilot Cohort Participant 2025

Your company, your values. Here are ours.

  • We define inclusive as structural, not symbolic, not a seat at the table, but a seat in the architecture. Every program, product, and partnership is designed with the Global Majority as co-architects, not recipients. Inclusion is a design constraint, not a communication strategy.

  • We define “innovative” as what happens when underrepresented knowledge meets underfunded problems. Innovation is not a technology category; it is what emerges at the intersection of lived experience and scaled ambition. The most innovative solutions in climate are coming from communities that have had to solve complex problems with minimal resources for generations

  • We define equitable as systemic, not equal access to broken infrastructure, but redesigned infrastructure that distributes outcomes fairly. Capital, mentorship, and visibility are all infrastructure. Equity means those systems are rebuilt with the Global Majority as co-designers, not end-users.

  • We define impact as measurable at the community level, not just at the portfolio level. Impact is not a category; it is a commitment to measuring what actually changes in the lives of the communities we serve. Output metrics tell us what we produced. Outcome metrics tell us what changed. We optimize for outcome.

  •  Non-extractive. Transparent on terms. Honest about what we can deliver and what we cannot. IP protection is a core design feature of every EarthScale® program, not an afterthought. Dignity is non-negotiable in every founder interaction.

  • Excellence at EarthScale means building things that work for the people who have been most failed by everything that came before. That is a higher bar, not a lower one. We do not lower standards in the name of inclusion. We raise the definition of what success looks like.

  • We hold capital, relationships, and community trust as stewards — not owners. EarthScale is in service of the ecosystem, not the other way around. Every funder relationship, every founder introduction, and every partnership is handled with the understanding that we are building something that must outlast any individual participant.

Let’s see how we align.

The Company Fit Call is a complimentary 15-minute conversation to help you figure that out. No pitch, no pressure, just a quick, honest read on where you are and which EarthScale® service actually fits.

Book a Free Company Fit Call