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I've been mapping what climate founders in India actually struggle with.
Finding grants is solved. Winning them is not.
Founders are paying ₹30-50k to brokers for applications. No track record. No guarantee.
Rejection locks you out for 3 months.
What's the real gap you've hit?
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0 for 10 on grants isn't a verdict on you.
It's usually a sign you wrote a pitch.
A grant isn't a pitch. It's a proposal to do work.
The funder already decided the problem matters. That's why the program exists. Your only job is to show you can carry their mandate into the field.
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Funders fear waste more than smallness. A tight, doable project with a real budget beats a grand vision. Specific beats ambitious, every time.
They're handing you other people's money. Accountability is the product. Named people, real plan, honest risks. Help the program officer justify you to their board.
Say what their money will actually change. A before and after. The people, the place, the number. Not revenue. What happened in the field.
0 for 10 usually means you applied as a founder. Grants want a steward. Fix that and the odds change
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Know one climate founder in India?
Send them this.
One page, every non-dilutive grant, verified against the funder's own page.
That's the whole ask. One forward.
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Mind boggling
I see the science
But .
Today, Pioneer Labs is announcing our first step towards terraforming Mars. 🚀🌼
With equipment that fits in just a single rocket launch, we can convert Martian dirt, water, and air into enough building materials to construct a small city on Mars.
To do it, we made the first microbe for Mars. We found the best microbe on Earth and used evolution to teach it how to source all of its nutrients directly from Martian materials.
The first astronauts will be greeted with safe shelter already filled with water, oxygen, and rocket fuel for the return journey.
This is the first step toward using biology to make Mars a friendly place for life. It lets us live off the land and helps us build the next great frontier.
It's the first of five organisms we need to green Mars ⬇️
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Most climate founders apply to the biggest grant first.
They lose.
Small grants fund first. The ₹1 Cr prize pays for verified impact you don't have yet.
I sequenced the non-dilutive ladder for a pre-revenue climate startup in India.
Prototype → seed → prize → accelerator. Climb in order.
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A climate fellowship closes TODAY.
Terra.do.
12-week, online, strong India cohort. Need-based aid available.
Not a grant cheque, but a career transition into climate. Free to apply.
climategrants.in/terra-do-cl…
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⏰ Closing soon — India climate grants (via climategrants.in)
1. MIDC Grand Challenge 2026 — Industrial Climate & Infra Solutions — ₹2 Cr prize pool + pilot support (2 days left) climategrants.in/midc-grand-…
2. Terra.do Climate Fellowship — India Cohort 2026 — ₹1.5 Lakh (tuition, need-based aid available) (4 days left) climategrants.in/terra-do-cl…
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Part of the World Circular Economy Forum 2026, Gandhinagar, India
👇 Click below to access your free seat:
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dg7jnRrs
🔗 Event Page: lnkd.in/diFV2bTM
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Pranav Khanna retweeted
I need your help.
You may know that freediving as a sport is gaining lots of popularity. Even Netflix created a documentary on it called The Deepest Breath.
It is with great pride that I want to inform you that my son, Bux Khurana, is the Indian record holder in many categories of freediving, and he will be officially representing India in the Freediving World Championship in Cyprus in October 2026. We also expect him to represent India in the Olympics once freediving gets introduced there.
Bux is highly passionate about the sport, and is one of its most vocal evangelist.
Would you be able to connect him to any of journalists who might be interested in covering India's great achievements in freediving?
If you want to see some of Bux's amazing underwater pictures and videos, you can see his instagram which I have linked to in the replies.
Most of this media is recorded by Bux himself and will be available for use by the journalist.
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⏰ Closing soon — India climate grants (via climategrants.in)
1. Zero Prize 2026 — Air, Water & Land Pollution Challenge — ₹5 Cr pool — ₹1 Cr per category (3 days left) climategrants.in/zero-prize-…
2. RKVY-RABI Program 2026 — Cohort 8 (IIM Kashipur FIED) — Up to ₹25 Lakh (grant-in-aid) (3 days left) climategrants.in/rkvy-rabi-p…
3. Him Palam PM-RKVY Agri Business Incubator — Seed Fund 2026 — Up to ₹25 Lakh (grant-in-aid) (3 days left) climategrants.in/him-palam-p…
4. Bharat WIN Open Call (Ministry of Jal Shakti) — Grant-in-Aid (amount based on impact potential) (3 days left) climategrants.in/bharat-win-…
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⏰ Closing soon — India climate grants (via climategrants.in)
1. Zero Prize 2026 — Air, Water & Land Pollution Challenge — ₹5 Cr pool — ₹1 Cr per category (3 days left) climategrants.in/zero-prize-…
2. RKVY-RABI Program 2026 — Cohort 8 (IIM Kashipur FIED) — Up to ₹25 Lakh (grant-in-aid) (3 days left) climategrants.in/rkvy-rabi-p…
3. Him Palam PM-RKVY Agri Business Incubator — Seed Fund 2026 — Up to ₹25 Lakh (grant-in-aid) (3 days left) climategrants.in/him-palam-p…
4. Bharat WIN Open Call (Ministry of Jal Shakti) — Grant-in-Aid (amount based on impact potential) (3 days left) climategrants.in/bharat-win-…
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4 India climate grants close this Sunday, Aug 31.
Water sector (Bharat WIN, Ministry of Jal Shakti) Agri-business seed fund (Him Palam PM-RKVY) Agri-incubator cohort (RKVY-RABI, IIM Kashipur) Pollution prize (Zero Prize)
All non-dilutive. All verified against the funder's page.
Find each: climategrants.in
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🧵 Climate money is sitting on the table in India. Most founders never reach for it.
Grants = money for a mission. No equity, no repayment. But it mostly lands in Silicon Valley and Europe. India gets a sliver.
What wins? A real mission, honest numbers, provable impact.
Every climate grant in India, one place → climategrants.in
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Insight !
Decentralization is inevitable. Ethereum is quietly leaving exchanges.
🔹 Just ~13.3% of ETH supply now sits on exchanges
🔹 Down from ~19% in 2023
🔹 Lowest level in years
Less ETH on exchanges. More ETH in wallets, staking, and DeFi.
S/H for data @glassnode and @LeonWaidmann
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This needs to questioned, analysed and rebutted if untrue.
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