Mentor | Climate & Sustainability

C10 Labs is hiring a Mentor | Climate & Sustainability for a remote role open to applicants in United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on C10 Labs.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions mentorship, climate tech and go to market among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as an executive role.
C10 Labs has 21 other open roles on Level.

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Mentor early-stage founders building AI-enabled solutions across climate technology and sustainability.

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AI Nexus NYC | C10 Labs
New York, NY | Flexible, Part-Time Mentor Engagement

About C10 Labs
C10 Labs is an AI-native venture fund and venture platform that partners with exceptional founders to build and scale category-defining AI companies.

Through AI Nexus NYC, C10 Labs brings together founders, investors, operators, researchers, corporate leaders, and industry experts to support the development and commercialization of high-potential AI startups.

We are expanding our mentor network and seeking experienced leaders across climate, sustainability, and environmental innovation who want to help founders solve meaningful industry challenges and build enduring companies.

The Opportunity
C10 Labs is seeking experienced founders, executives, investors, operators, researchers, and subject-matter experts to serve as Climate & Sustainability Mentors for AI Nexus NYC.

Mentors will work directly with early-stage founders developing AI-enabled solutions across climate technology, sustainability, decarbonization, resource efficiency, and environmental resilience.

This is an opportunity to provide practical guidance, challenge assumptions, make meaningful introductions, and help startups navigate complex markets, customer relationships, regulations, financing requirements, and commercialization pathways.

We are especially interested in mentors who can help founders move beyond product development and toward customer adoption, strategic partnerships, measurable impact, and institutional funding.

What You Will Do

Founder Mentorship and Company Building

Advise founders on product strategy, business models, market positioning, and commercialization.
Help startups identify their highest-value customer segments and use cases.
Provide practical feedback on go-to-market strategy, pricing, partnerships, and customer acquisition.
Challenge assumptions and help founders prioritize the opportunities that create the greatest commercial and environmental value.
Share lessons learned from building, operating, investing in, or scaling companies within climate and sustainability markets.

Customer and Market Development

Help founders understand how sustainability and climate-related purchasing decisions are made within large organizations.
Introduce startups to potential customers, pilot partners, corporate sustainability teams, investors, and industry experts when appropriate.
Advise founders on navigating long enterprise sales cycles and complex stakeholder environments.
Help companies design credible pilots and convert successful engagements into longer-term commercial relationships.
Provide insight into procurement, implementation, and adoption within regulated or operationally complex industries.

Climate and Sustainability Expertise

Help founders understand evolving industry trends, policies, regulations, reporting requirements, and market dynamics.
Provide feedback on environmental impact claims, sustainability metrics, and customer value propositions.
Support companies working through regulatory, technical, financial, or commercialization barriers.
Help founders distinguish between compelling climate impact and a scalable venture-backed business model.
Advise companies on how AI and data can create durable technical, operational, or commercial advantages.

Fundraising and Strategic Growth

Help founders refine their fundraising strategy and investor positioning.
Review pitch materials and provide feedback on how companies communicate their market opportunity, impact, traction, and differentiation.
Introduce founders to relevant climate investors, strategic partners, family offices, corporate venture groups, or grant and non-dilutive funding resources when appropriate.
Help startups understand the milestones required to become institutionally investable.
Support founders preparing for investor meetings, strategic partnership discussions, and diligence.

AI Nexus NYC Community

Participate in mentor office hours, workshops, panels, founder meetings, and community events.
Collaborate with other mentors, investors, operators, and C10 Labs team members.
Contribute insights that strengthen AI Nexus NYC programming and founder support.
Participate in Demo Day or investor-readiness activities when appropriate.

What We Are Looking For

We welcome mentors with experience across areas such as:

Climate Technology
Corporate Sustainability
Decarbonization
Carbon Accounting and Carbon Management
Carbon Markets
Climate Finance
Circular Economy
Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery
Sustainable Supply Chains
Environmental Data and Analytics
Climate Risk and Resilience
Water and Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Green Buildings and Infrastructure
Environmental Services
ESG and Sustainability Reporting
Clean Technology
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Policy and Regulation

Who You Are

You enjoy helping founders work through difficult and ambiguous problems.
You bring practical operating, investing, technical, or market experience.
You are candid, thoughtful, and constructive in your feedback.
You understand that strong mentorship involves challenging founders, not simply encouraging them.
You are curious about how AI can create new solutions across climate and sustainability markets.
You want to help startups create measurable impact while building scalable and financially sustainable businesses.

Commitment
This is a flexible, part-time mentor engagement. Participation may include:

Founder mentoring sessions
Office hours
Workshops or panel discussions
Customer, partner, or investor introductions
Pitch and fundraising preparation
Demo Day participation
Periodic program and portfolio-company support

Mentor involvement will be coordinated based on availability, expertise, and the needs of participating companies.

How we rate this

Mentor | Climate & Sustainability at C10 Labs rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Mentor | Climate & Sustainability is an open job at C10 Labs.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in New York City, New York and is marked remote.
The job was posted on September 25, 2026.
Seniority: executive.
Applications are handled by C10 Labs. Apply on C10 Labs

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