Aurora Climate Lab

Run by Creative HQ.

Aurora Climate Lab is a 12-week Wellington programme for climate and energy startups; the first cohort has finished and a second is stated to start in October 2026. Creative HQ publishes no cheque size and no equity stake for it.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

12 weeks (Shorter than East Asia & Pacific median 15 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

Not disclosed

Cadence

annual

Location

Wellington, New Zealand

Sectors

• Climate
• Energy

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://creativehq.co.nz/build-for-founders/aurora-climate-lab/ read 2026-09-05 — supports duration weeks, batch cadence, sectors, application url, status

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Last verified 2026-09-05.