Triangle Climate Connections: Meetup with Carolina Climate and Duke Design Climate
Join Carolina Climate and Duke Design Climate at Frontier RTP’s Out of Office Meetup for an informal evening connecting the people building, funding, researching, supporting, and exploring climate and clean technology across the region.
This gathering is designed to help founders meet potential collaborators, researchers connect with industry, funders discover emerging ideas, and climate-curious professionals find a way into the ecosystem. Expect open networking, useful conversations, and new connections across sectors, institutions, and experience levels.
Who Should Attend
This event is for people across the Triangle who are working in, supporting, investing in, studying, or curious about climate innovation, including:
Climate and clean tech founders, innovators, and operators
Researchers, faculty, students, and emerging entrepreneurs
Investors, funders, and corporate innovation leaders
Sustainability, energy, design, engineering, and climate professionals
Entrepreneurial support organizations and community partners
Service providers working with startups and growing companies
Anyone interested in applying their skills, experience, or ideas to climate solutions
About Carolina Climate
Carolina Climate is a founder-first community and ecosystem-building initiative working to strengthen North Carolina’s climate and clean tech economy. Through founder programs, regional gatherings, ecosystem partnerships, and initiatives such as Raleigh-Durham Climate Week, Carolina Climate connects entrepreneurs with the people, resources, capital, and visibility needed to build and scale impactful solutions. Its broader goal is to break down silos, strengthen collaboration, and help establish the Triangle as a nationally recognized center for climate innovation.
About Duke Design Climate
Design Climate is Duke University’s hub for climate-tech innovation. The program brings together students, faculty, founders, researchers, mentors, and industry partners to turn promising ideas into viable climate solutions. Through hands-on courses, venture and commercialization support, prototyping resources, innovation advisors, team formation, and ecosystem connections, Design Climate helps develop emerging leaders, products, and ventures addressing climate and sustainability challenges.