TerraFoundry
The Western Cape’s premier Digital climate Tech & Market Access programme, built for green economy startups ready to scale their solutions and access new markets.
About TerraFoundry
TerraFoundry is a high 6-month programme delivered by FSAT Labs (French South African Tech labs), designed to identify, incubate, and accelerate the Western Cape’s most promising climate tech and green economy startups.
Each cohort takes 20 carefully selected startups through a structured two-phase journey: 3 months of intensive online digital support, followed by 3 months of in-person market access and investment services for top shortlisted 5-10 startups.
Backed by FSATLAB’s worked class partnerships with AfricArena and Enrich in Africa, center, TerraFoundrey connect innovators with the tools, capital, networks and globale opportinities they need to grow
Climate-Tech Focus
Transport, Energy, Water, Farming, Waste & built Environment
Venture building
From MVP sprints to market-ready solutions
Investment ready
Pitch to investors at TerraFoundry Demo Days
Market Access
Regional & international growth pathways
Your Journey to scale
TerraFoundry is structured as a progressive 6-month programme that builds your startup’s digital capacity, investment readiness, and global market access.
Phase 1
Digital Support & Incubation
Online programme delivering digital resources, expert masterclasses, and venture building support.
Expert-led masterclasses on growth, fundraising and tech
MVP development & market validation support
Pitch deck development & investment readiness
Phase 2
Market Access & Investment
Insentive in-person programme for the top 5 startups, focused on regional expansion and investor access.
Live pitching at TerraFoundry Demo Day to active investors
Participation at Africarena Grand Summit in Cape Town
Soft landing support for regional & international markets
Eligibility Criteria
Who can apply for TerraFoundry?
Western Cape Based
Your business must be physicaly registered and operating in the Western Cape province, South Africa, with a verifiable adress.
CIPC Registered
Your businessmust be formally regostered on the COmpanies and intellectual property commission (CPICC)
Climate Mitigation focus
Early validation signals
Full-time Founder commitment
At least one co-founder must be committed full-time to the business during the programme period.
Evidence of traction sich as a pilot, revenue, grants, or B2B letters of intent (LOis) is required.
A software, digital, or technology component must be integral to your solution or business model
Everything you need to Grow
TerraFoundry participants receive an unmatched package of resources, technology credits, and support designed to accelerate their growth.
$5000
AWS CLoud Credit
Amazon Web Services cloud computing credit valid for 12 monhts to power your tech infrastructure
$1500
Zoho Suit Credit
Full Zoho CRM and business suite access for 12 months to manage operations and customer relationships
$12000
Genspark AI Credit
Genspark AI credits each month throughout the programme for AI-powered business and research tools
1-on-1
Expert Coaching
Dedicated one on one coaching sessions with leading climate-tech, business growth and investment experts
Weekly
Masterclasses
Regular sessions with industry guest speakers, coaches and mentors from across the FSAT Labs network
Dedicated
FSAT Lab Team Support
Full support from the FSAT labs team throughtout the programme, strategy, operations, growth and more
Demo Day
Investor Pitching
Pitch your startup live at the TerraFoundry Demo Day to a curated audience of active investors and partners
Free Access
Co-Innovation space
Access FSAT Lab’s Co-innovation in Century City twice weekly for collaboration, workshops and community networking
Apply Now to Join the Programme
Take advantage while spots are available.