Co-Founder in Residence

About the Role

We're looking for entrepreneurial individuals with either technical or commercial domain expertise and a keen interest in founding and building a global scale, impact driven, high growth company from the ground up.

We are seeking applications from experienced industry, startup and/or new science or engineering based technology development professionals from anywhere in the world to work with us on decarbonising manufacturing industries.

You’ll work closely with the DSV team and the current Founder in Residence for this area to co-found and spin-out a new company. Once the new venture is incorporated with pre-seed investment from DSV, you and your co-founders will own the majority stake in the business and continue receiving support from the DSV team post-spinout.

The Opportunity

Manufacturing is responsible for 29% of global greenhouse gases and much of these emissions are particularly challenging to abate. The three main sources are: 1. Process emissions, e.g. the carbon used as an integrated part of the process chemistry of material production; 2. High-temperature heat, e.g. 1100-1600°C for the core processes of melting and forming steel, steam cracking of ammonia, and clinker production for cement; 3. End-of-life treatment, e.g. the carbon released when plastics are incinerated at the end of life. While many new technologies are being developed to tackle these challenges, they are mostly not yet commercially ready, leading to considerable uncertainty. There are multiple decarbonisation pathways, which depend heavily on government climate policies and the development of low-carbon infrastructure. Despite these challenges, achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 necessitates urgent and decisive action within the next few years. Industry must significantly increase its investment in decarbonisation and make strategic decisions to adopt and scale-up emerging technologies.

Our Approach

We're developing a software platform to enable effective decision making and drive investment in industrial decarbonisation. This is a complex, multi-stakeholder problem that may require targeting multiple approaches and points in the overall process. Your experience and creativity, working together with your cofounder, will be important in developing and delivering the highest impact solution.

Requirements

Who Should Apply

We are looking for an engineer, researcher or consultant who has:

• Worked extensively on industrial decarbonisation;
• Has deep technical experience, for example in modelling industrial processes, decarbonisation pathways or low-carbon technologies;
• Or deep commercial experience, for example building relationships with industrial manufacturers and selling technology or consulting services;
• May have worked on front-end engineering design and technology sourcing and procurement
• Understands the economic, commercial and operational aspects of the problem, as well as the technical aspects;

Benefits

Our Offer

By joining DSV, you will be part of a team of operators who have founded companies and led the translation of science at some of the most respected universities, charities, funds, and government agencies. Here’s what we offer:

• Access to optimised, purpose-built, proprietary tools, resources, and processes to help create high-impact ventures from scratch;
• Opportunity area-specific know-how from our network of Partners and Advisors;
• Up to £250k in investment to incorporate the new venture and develop early proof-of-concept data;
• Guaranteed income of £4,166 per month paid as a consultancy fee until the company is launched and the pre-seed investment is secured;
• Majority equity stake in the new company for you and your co-founders;
• Continuous post-spinout support, including fundraising, commercial partnerships, recruitment, and team-building;
• Collaborative support from dozens of Founders currently at DSV across sectors.

About DSV

Deep Science Ventures is creating a future in which both humans and the planet can thrive.

We use our unique venture creation process to create, spin-out and invest into science companies, combining available scientific knowledge and founder-type scientists into high-impact ventures.

We operate in 4 sectors: Pharmaceuticals, Climate, Agriculture and Computation, tackling the challenges defining those areas by taking a first principles approach and partnering with leading institutions.