For Series A and B deeptech CEOs

Move at the speed of your fastest people.

Most companies move at the pace of their slowest learner. We turn yours into a lab: agents in every function, a team that learns weekly, and a room of CEOs who have done it.

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Concentric arches in warm light
Lab nativeA company that runs like a lab. Small teams, fast experiments, agents on the grunt work.

The problem

You bought the tools. The company did not change.

Every team has one person who runs on agents and ten who still copy and paste. The company moves at the pace of the ten.

95%

of company AI pilots show no measurable impact on the P&L.

MIT NANDA, The GenAI Divide, 2025
The 5%

that work changed how the company runs, not which tools it bought.

Same study
6 weeks

is what it takes to install the foundations and ship the first agent workflows.

Our sprint

The method

Scan. Sprint. Lab.

One week to find where agents unlock the most. Six weeks to build it with your team. Then a standing cohort so you keep compounding as the models change.

Geometric ceiling pattern1Week 1

Scan

We sit inside your company for a week and map every workflow by hours spent and value created.

  • Agent map: the 10 workflows worth automating first
  • Data and tooling audit
  • A plan your board can read
Spiral building seen from below2Weeks 2 to 7

Sprint

Six weeks, your team and ours, building side by side. Foundations first, then agents in production.

  • Three to five agent workflows live, owned by your people
  • A weekly learning loop every team runs
  • Leadership trained to lead a lab, not a hierarchy
Lit ceiling grid3Ongoing

Lab

A closed cohort of deeptech CEOs. New models, new tools, shared playbooks, one thing shipped per month.

  • Monthly session with the cohort
  • Briefings when a model changes the game
  • The playbook library, updated by everyone

What changes

From command and control to lab native.

Before
After
DecisionsWait for the weekly meeting
→
DecisionsSame day, briefed by an agent
Grunt workDone by your best people
→
Grunt workDone by agents they supervise
LearningWhoever has time on Friday
→
LearningA weekly loop every team runs
ToolsBought, half used
→
ToolsBuilt into the workflow
PaceThe slowest learner
→
PaceThe fastest people
Sunlight and shadow on a wall

The Lab

Learn from CEOs who have already done it.

Eight to twelve venture-backed deeptech CEOs. One closed room. Every month you leave with one thing to ship and the playbook of someone who shipped it.

8 to 12CEOs per cohort, Series A and B only
Monthlylive session, plus briefings when a model changes the game
1 thingshipped per CEO per month, reviewed by the room
Yoannruns it, with the experts on call

Your interim execs

Yoann leads. Experts step in when they unlock the most.

No hiring, no ramp-up. Interim execs, à la carte, for exactly as long as the sprint needs them.

Swipe the team →

Yoann BernoProject lead. Builds the agent stack with you. 47 investments.
Ferdinand RichterLeadership and change. Work psychologist, ex Ecosia.
Laura HodgkissNarrative, inside and out. Head of Comms, Food Impact Partners.
Sera TajimaDesign and materials. Zendesk, Webflow, BetterUp.
JJJoann JeongOperations and data. Former Senior Manager, Vinted.

Results

Founders we backed before they were obvious.

Eight years on the investor side. 12 companies taken to Series A or B.

  • Entocycle
  • Anodyne Chemistries
  • New Iridium
  • Strong By Form
  • Hephaestus
  • Novobiom
12companies to Series A or B
98%of syndicate rounds oversubscribed
47investments made from the investor side

Questions

Short answers.

What does lab native mean?
A company that runs like a lab. Small teams run experiments every week, agents do the repetitive work, and what one team learns reaches every team by Friday. The opposite of a hierarchy that waits for the slowest learner.
Do we need engineers for this?
No. The agents we build run on tools your team already pays for, plus a thin layer we set up with you. Your people own them after the sprint. Your engineers stay on the product.
What is live after six weeks?
Three to five agent workflows in production, one per function that mattered most in the scan. A weekly learning loop your teams run without us. A leadership team that knows how to lead a lab.
What does it cost?
One fixed price for the scan and the sprint, shared on the scan call once we know your size. The Lab is a monthly membership. Both are a fraction of one senior hire.
Is our data safe?
Everything runs inside your accounts and your access controls. Nothing leaves your company to train a model. We sign an NDA before the scan starts.
Who is in the room?
Yoann leads every project himself. The experts join at the moment they unlock the most: leadership, narrative, design, operations. The Lab cohort is CEOs of venture-backed deeptech companies only.
Orange sculptural form

The unlock

Become lab native.

One week to see where agents unlock the most in your company. No slides, a plan.

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Receipts

Real rounds. Real founders. Where we came in.

EntocycleSeries A

What we unlockedA lead investor and a syndicate for the Series A.

I don't think we would have been able to close our Series A without Yoann. His network in the Climate sector is unparalleled.

Keiran WhitakerFounder, Entocycle

Where we came in

  • Fundraising advisory
  • Investor access
  • Round closing
Entocycle insect farming technology
$5MSeries A. Led by Climentum Capital, with Lowercarbon Capital

Source: AgFunderNews

Human touch

The CEO Mastermind.

A closed circle of founders who have raised, or are raising, a Series A or B. The CEO who closed last quarter helps the one raising this quarter.

Hot seatBring your hardest problem. Leave with answers from CEOs who solved it.
Real numbersTerms, valuations and investor behaviour, shared in confidence.
Warm doorsMembers open doors for each other: investors, hires, customers.

Monthly and off the record. Included while we work together. The agenda is shaped by the members.

A small group in conversation around a dinner table in warm light
Francesca BailieuKeiran WhitakerSera TajimaThomas PreissCimberley GrossJohannes FiegenbaumAndres MitnikAgneta RosenbergChern-Hooi LimMoritz FeklistManou DaviesJack ZamattioYou

Founder members

Where we move the needle

Six places founders feel the lift.

Faster closing

Weeks, not quarters.

Syndicates we lead, filled
Strong By Form, investment confirmed
02 mo4 mo6 mo

Source: Climate Insiders syndicate data, average 1 month. Strong By Form founder, under 2 months.

Higher closing rate

Rounds that fill.

98%of our syndicate rounds oversubscribed

Source: Climate Insiders syndicate data.

More intros

The right rooms, warm.

“Ties to every major fund”
“Top investors in the industry”
“Introductions to amazing VCs”
“A golden ticket to all major funds”

5 of the 6 founders on this page credit investor access.

Smarter round dynamics

One big raise becomes four.

Illustrative. Staged closes at rising valuations: less dilution, cash keeps flowing.

Milestones funded

Capital tied to the next proof point.

$5MEntocycle: commercial rollout of insect-farm automation
$2.65MNew Iridium: pilot facility for its chemical platform
$6.2MAnodyne: scaling carbon utilisation chemistry

Sources: AgFunderNews, GlobeNewswire, Fort Capital.

Leadership

Founding teams that stay together.

With Ferdinand Richter, work psychologist, in every engagement.

Outreach runs on VC Boom, our own platform. #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

$148M+raised by founders using it
1,603founders on the platform
47,000+investor profiles for matching
+24deck score lift, Accelerate Health

Pricing

À la carte. No success fees.

Pick from the line-up

  • Fundraising strategy and outreach, with Yoann
  • Leadership coaching, Ferdinand Richter
  • Comms and social, Laura Hodgkiss
  • Chief of Staff, Joann Jeong
  • Decks and visuals, Sera Tajima
  • VC Boom, set up and run for you
  • A seat in the CEO Mastermind

The alternative

Full-time hires. Months of recruiting, and salaries that run long after the round closes.

All-Star costs a fraction of full-time hires and is built to deliver ten times the value. One fixed fee for what you pick, agreed in writing. Never a percentage of what you raise.

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FAQ

Straight answers.

What is All-Star?

All-Star is the Series A and B program by Climate Insiders. An all-star bench of senior experts, led by Yoann Berno, that you staff à la carte: fundraising, leadership, story, design or operations, only where your company feels stuck, for as long as you need them.

Who is it for?

Category leaders in climate, energy, industry, materials, food and deeptech, or the ones we will help become one. Venture-backed and raising a Series A or B, typically €5M to €50M in equity, debt or both.

Do you raise the money for us?

No. You raise it and stay in charge. We prepare you, run the machinery around you and open doors where the fit is real. We are not a broker or placement agent and never take a cut of what you raise.

How much does it cost?

You pick the experts and the time frame. We agree one fixed fee in writing before we start, a fraction of full-time hires. No success fees, never a percentage of what you raise.

Can you guarantee a close?

No one honest can. We commit to the work: a strategy that holds up, diligence-ready materials, a targeted pipeline and senior people in your corner every week.

Will Yoann be involved?

Yes. Yoann leads every All-Star engagement, runs the weekly session and joins the calls that matter. That is why we take a handful of companies at a time.

What is the CEO Mastermind?

A closed, monthly circle of founders who have raised or are raising a Series A or B. Hot seats on real problems, real numbers shared in confidence, and warm introductions between members. Included while we work together.

What happens after I apply?

You pick a 30 minute slot straight away. On the call you get an honest read and a clear yes or no. If yes, you get a written plan and fixed fee within 48 hours.

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