Closing the Implementation Gap
Promising nature & climate solutions deserve a way forward.
Mycela pairs entrepreneurs with science-heavy conservation and climate teams, so promising solutions can accelerate impact and scale.
Co-designed by leaders fromCo-designed by the innovation & scaling leaders from
- Conservation International
- World Wildlife Fund
- The Nature Conservancy
- CARE
- World Food Programme
Where We Engage
When the bottleneck isn't the science or funding. It's the capacity to implement.
We support conservation and climate teams with 3 things in common.
01
Validated science
A proven or promising intervention: peer-reviewed, field-tested, or backed by early results.
02
Real momentum
Funding, buyer interest, or a government relationship already in motion, so this isn't a cold start.
03
Lacking capacity
Everything except the operator who can build the models, systems, and go-to-market plan to scale it.
Two ways to work with us
We make the match, stand behind the work, and keep the first step simple.
Managed Engagements
Embed an operator inside your team or portfolio.
A structured 8–24 week engagement where an entrepreneurial operator embeds with your team to operationalize, test, and build the momentum that turns promising science into an investable organization.
Starts with a low-commitment scope.
Direct Recruiting
Hire the top talent we find and vet for you.
For funders, programs, and science-heavy teams ready to hire and manage directly. Meet carefully matched entrepreneurial operators in days, not months.
Begin with a two-week trial.
The Evidence
Results happen when capable teams can act.
Three years deploying talent inside the world's leading conservation and climate organizations taught us what it takes to scale, and the kind of people who make it happen.
- 40+
engagements across climate and conservation
- 60%
of engagements extended by the host organization
- 3%
of candidates clear our extensive vetting
“Probably the best $35K I’ve spent. I don’t know that I’ve ever gotten that much work out of that little funding.”
From the Field
What closing the implementation gap looks like.
Featured Case Studies
- Climate
- Forestry
- Livelihoods
Ceiba Earth
Validated tropical-forest carbon science and early buyer interest, ready for an execution layer. Over an 8-week trial, the operator built the model, investor materials, and fundraising pipeline, then became full-time co-founder and COO.
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- Agriculture
- Finance
- Technology
Farming for the Future
Strong science and deep advisory networks, but no scalable commercial model. Six months later: validated farmer demand and advisor channel partnerships in motion.
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Let us find your “swiss army knife” operator,with expertise in finance.
Entrepreneurial operators are seasoned, scrappy generalists who can meet ambitious science where it is, and make it move.
A few of our operators
Erick C.
Former Chief of Staff at a forestry social enterprise, where he closed a $7.9M raise. Co-founder. TEDx speaker.
Reforestation · Fundraising
Maria O.
Co-founder scaling enterprises in emerging markets: solar, agriculture, development. Ex-KPMG.
Emerging Markets · Solar
Samir G.
Co-founder & former Head of Product. Harvard grad. Scaled businesses from zero to hundreds of millions.
Go-to-Market · Product
Whitney G.
Social enterprise & sustainability expert. Co-founder of a microgrid startup. Carbon incubator lead.
Carbon Markets · Supply Chain
Toby M.
Co-founder & product leader. 10+ years in sustainability startups. Food systems & impact investing.
Product · Go-to-Market
A Better Way Forward
Let's put promising solutions to work.
Tell us where your team or portfolio is stuck. We'll give you an honest read on whether there's a fit.