Climate Tech Supercluster

A compelling story for Europe Joe Trainor Rowan Conway Steve Skelton Alistair Alexander Joanna Boehnert

This week we supported the launch of a new All Party Parliamentary Group on ClimateTech - and brought the sector to Westminster for a festive farewell to 2024. APPGs are forums for parliamentarians of all political stripes to get together over a shared interest, engage with a wide range of industry and civil society folks engaged in that area, and advance discussions about policy to move the needle. There's no shortage of APPGs focused on climate change (there's at least three already), but there was a gap for a group focused on the role of tech as a means to mitigate emissions, adapt to locked in change, and make the UK the home of the industries of a low to no carbon future. That's why we're excited to be the secretariat of the ClimateTech APPG - we also want to work with these other groups towards our shared goal. Under the chairmanship of the excellent Steve Race, this APPG will bring ClimateTech entrepreneurs to Westminster, showcasing awesome technology UK founders are building *right now*, and shining a light on how government can support them to scale and maximise climate impact. To mark this launch, we hosted our third annual ClimateTech reception, this year in partnership with Octopus Energy and for the first time in the House of Commons. We were joined by founders, investors, officials, and some superb speakers, including Claire Hughes MP, our APPG Chair Steve, and Climate Change Minister Kerry McCarthy. 2024's been a momentous year in UK politics, but climate change doesn't wait for political strategy, milestones or missions. We need solutions now, deployment now, and political action now - we hope that this APPG can play a small role in accelerating this action. This won't be our final ClimateTech news pre-xmas - stay tuned for more from us, and our friends at the ClimateTech Policy Coalition before the end of the week... techUK, Tech Nation, Cleantech for UK, Tech Zero, Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation.

🔥Adia is revolutionising heat pump installation with their proprietary ML and physics model! Learn more about the innovators of the Climate Tech SuperCluster on our website: https://lnkd.in/dfEK-4Qt #ClimateTechSuperCluster #London #Adia #CTSC

We seemingly have everything we need to tackle climate: solutions, accreditations, diplomacy, expertise, targets, investors, ESG newsletters, reports... and more. All we need now is to want it. As Kirsten Dunlop has eloquently phrased it "we know more about planetary tipping points than we do about social tipping points." Plans to tackle climate and biodiversity loss now need to look at the step that comes before the results - psychological before the physical. Now is the time for impact-creating movements. Movements that inspire us and surprise us. Movements that help override the regular news cycles and leadership team meeting agendas. A few years ago there was a global mobilisation on climate. What can we learn, what can we cultivate for our next great phase? Maybe the 'collective trough' we’ve been in needed to happen, to mature our thinking, a bit less blue sky, and be more grounded. But now we need to engineer our next great phase. What is the "next-generation climate solution"? I believe it takes the form of communities, bold leaders, outspoken employees, industry collaborations, and mass citizen assemblies. ~~~ Photo by Nitish Meena on Unsplash

The #ClimateTechSuperCluster provides many services, from Acceleration & Immersion to Tech Scouting to Thought Leadership, which you can learn more about in our prospectus: https://lnkd.in/dxRDGyAY

🛰️ ZefLab use satellite data to monitor, track and analyse environmental trends effectively. Transforming data into actionable insights, they are leaders in the global movement toward creating a sustainable future from space to soil. Find out more about the innovators of the #ClimateTechSuperCluster on our website: https://lnkd.in/dfEK-4Qt #SuperCluster #Space #Agritech #Cleantech #Climatetech Abhijit Nath

Driving sustainability innovation forward, together 🤝 Last week, we hosted our 4th Sustainability Innovation Demo Day, followed by our much-anticipated annual networking event. These events hold a special place in our calendar, as we bring together brilliant minds and companies to collaborate and tackle climate challenges.    We were thrilled to gather at Sustainable Ventures, the home of climate tech. A huge thank you to Joseph Seal-Driver and the team for hosting us in the perfect setting.  🍃 The afternoon kicked off with inspiring pitches from 12 incredible companies at the forefront of sustainability innovation. Presenting to an audience of investors, corporates, and public sector buyers, these scaleups showcased proven, scalable, and ready-to-deploy solutions from London and beyond: ✨ Perse   ✨ LocaeRise   ✨ MVRDV   ✨ COMPOCITY Global   ✨ IONATE   ✨ Deepki   ✨ measurable.energy   ✨ AirPurity UK   ✨ Automated Architecture (AUAR)  ✨ ChargeWheel   ✨ Komunidad   Thank you to these innovators for sharing their groundbreaking technologies and missions with us.  Our CEO, Laura Citron OBE wrapped up the pitching session before we moved to the second part of the evening—the networking session, where we brought the broader community in the ecosystem together.  We had the opportunity to welcome the Deputy Mayor for Business and Growth - Howard Dawber, for an inspiring keynote reaffirming London’s global leadership in sustainability and innovation. His message was clear - the climate crisis is both a challenge and an opportunity – and collaboration is key to achieving net zero targets.  The event was hosted by our Head of Sustainability, Pru Ashby, who closed the evening with a fireside chat with Ben Loewenstein of Waymo, sharing their journey and ambitions to bring their revolutionary technology to London.  As Howard Dawber said, “Wherever you are coming from, you are now in London, and you are one of us!” 💚 Kudos to our fantastic team for making it all happen Meghna Misra-Elder, Conor Carey, Milly Hewetson, Beth Brookes-Lamdin, Maurizina Da Silva, Bradley Reagan, Neil Brigden.

The #SuperCluster team have experience working with governments from the UK, India, and Spain to deliver international #AccelerationAndImmersion programmes. For high-growth, IP-rich, innovators, we're ready to support your investment readiness, internationalisation, and executive training in 2025. . #UK #Spain #India #SuperCluster #CTSC #2025 #Investment #Growth

“London is setting the agenda for the rest of the planet. The net-zero transition represents real growth, real jobs, and real investment.” Howard Dawber “What can we do together in this room tonight?” Pru Ashby Congrats the whole team at London & Partners for leading the agenda and convening a great gathering of people and organisations from across the Climate Tech Supercluster tonight at Sustainable Ventures. 🌍🌎🌏 #ClimateTech #London #NetZero #NetZeroLiving #UK #Supercluster

❇️ Are you a Climate Tech startup? 🇬🇧 Are you based in the in the UK? 🗓️ Are you available on December 4th? If so, Google for Startups + Google Cloud are hosting a Climate Tech event on the Startup Hub in Shoreditch. You'll hear from fantastic speakers including Alex Cohen, Oksana Stowe, Marco Acunzo (Googlers!), Alexander Shadbolt (Future Planet Capital) and from amazing Climate Tech startups Mark Dowds (Responsible), Marta Krupinska (CUR8) and Marcus Spiegel (Gentian) For more details.. and to register.. click on this link https://lnkd.in/ebMDYnRh