About the programme
Forming a key element of the Change Makers initiative, our Venture Mentoring Programme is an entrepreneurial mentoring scheme designed specifically to support founders of the next generation of deep tech chemistry science ventures.
The Change Makers Mentor Pool is comprised of individuals with deep industry, investment, or entrepreneurship experience. They work with Change Makers ventures on a pro bono basis, without expectation of reward or compensation and share their knowledge, guidance, and networks with founders and their teams.
This programme has been running since 2022 and has already seen significant success with several productive and valuable mentoring relationships having developed.
Through our Venture Mentoring programme we match entrepreneurs with mentors from a pool of carefully pre-screened and highly experienced industry experts.
Many mentors have previously taken ground-breaking innovations from the lab to the market or have the specific industry sector knowledge that can help our ventures unlock new opportunities.
We hold quarterly ‘Matching Meetings’ in London to enable selected ventures and our pool of mentors to engage and network. The aim is for ventures to request and receive the support of two co-mentors, who can each bring a unique perspective to the challenges faced. Ventures will also benefit from the multiple ad-hoc ideas, connections and suggestions that our mentors can offer.
The Venture Mentoring programme is free to access and has no time limit. Ventures can have multiple mentoring pairings throughout their journeys.
Expanding our mentor pool
The Royal Society of Chemistry is now looking to expand the pool of expert mentors. We particularly welcome mentors that are: female, black or from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, identify as LGBTQ+ and/or belong to any other underrepresented groups.
Our mentor specification