Who We Are
Mycela embeds entrepreneurial operators alongside science-heavy teams, so proven solutions can raise capital, build delivery models, and scale.
Why We Exist
Conservation and climate work is difficult to scale. Funders back the science, everyone celebrates the pilot, and then science-heavy teams are expected to figure out how to cross the chasm from pilot to scale between meetings and grant deadlines.
The solutions are there. So are the people who know how to build them into something bigger. The question is whether we actually put them together.
Mycela's team spent three years incubating this approach inside The Nature Conservancy, embedding operators alongside brilliant scientists who had the intervention but needed support to overcome pilot purgatory.
The need extended far beyond one institution. So we co-founded Mycela alongside scaling and innovation leaders from TNC, WWF, Conservation International, CARE, and the World Food Programme to bring this work to the larger sector.
Named after mycelial networks, the biological infrastructure beneath forests that shares resources across organisms so the whole ecosystem thrives.
How We Work
Learn more about what we do →01
A diagnostic conversation to learn more about the work and assess mutual fit, then a proposal in writing with scope, timing, and cost.
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Optional. 5–10 targeted interviews and a structured review of existing materials, brought into a 2-hour working session with the core team.
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A dedicated operator embeds to operationalize, test, and build momentum alongside the core team. 8–24 weeks.
We manage & measure every engagement
Who We Work With
Proven science and funding to scale, but without the operational capacity to get there.
Who see the implementation gap in their portfolio and want capacity-building that moves the needle.
Who share our mission to transform the sector, so it can scale to meet the crises at hand.
“Having someone who can move at startup speed alongside me has been fantastic.”
The Core Team
Co-Founder, Director
Serial entrepreneur, impact investor, former Scale Facility Director at The Nature Conservancy.
Co-Founder, Head of Technology & Operations
Entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, developer. Former Scale Facility Program Manager at TNC.
Co-Founder, Head of Research & Training
Impact fund design, scaling innovations. Scaling Innovation Lead at WWF.
Founding NGO Coalition
A Better Way Forward
Tell us where you're stuck. We'll give you an honest read on whether there's a fit.
