United Parents has been selected to join Carbon13 Cohort 10, one of the UK’s leading climate venture builder programmes based in Cambridge.
Founder Auriane Cirasuolo was selected from between 2000 – 600 applicants to join the latest Carbon13 cohort, bringing United Parents into a network of climate-focused founders, experts and entrepreneurs working to build scalable solutions to major environmental challenges.
Carbon13’s Venture Builder brings together around 70 founders from technology, science and business backgrounds to develop climate ventures with the potential for significant carbon impact.
United Parents is building a safer way for verified parents from the same school community to share school journeys. The platform is designed to reduce unnecessary single-occupancy car trips, ease congestion around school gates, lower emissions and support families struggling with the daily logistics of drop-offs and pick-ups.
Auriane Cirasuolo, Founder of United Parents, said:
This still feels quite surreal. Being selected for Carbon13 is an exciting milestone for United Parents. For me, this is about building something that genuinely helps families while reducing emissions, congestion and air pollution around schools.
The school run remains one of the most overlooked areas in the school sustainability conversation. While walking, cycling and public transport should remain priorities, many families cannot realistically use those options every day due to distance, work patterns, younger siblings, unsafe routes or limited support networks.
United Parents addresses this gap by enabling safer, more structured school-run sharing between trusted parents, complementing existing active travel efforts rather than replacing them.
If you think your school community would benefit from trying a carpooling solution for school runs, let us know here.
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