As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Marta Krupinska, cofounder and CEO of CUR8 about stopping climate change, creating an inclusive multitrillion dollar industry and the importance of iteration and integrating new ideas.
21.06.2023
Part of London Climate Action Week, the UK’s largest sustainability and net zero event aims to bridge the gap between sustainability change-makers, business leaders, government and funding.
08.06.2023
At Growth Studio, we help startups focused on improving planet health, succeed, grow and attract investment. Indeed, it's fundamental to our own success that our startup community secure motivated investors.
01.06.2023
Getting funding for your startup is hard enough. Even at the best of times founders need to prove themselves and their product worthy of thousands, even millions of pounds of other peoples’ hard earned cash. Having the next best thing might open the door to funding, having the right network, having met the right people and being part of an often closed/close-nit community also helps far too much. Sad but often true.
09.05.2023
As global investors doubled down on the UK's climate tech industry in 2022, 8 climate tech companies have already achieved "unicorn" status, while 19 more are on their way. Can this be sustained?
05.04.2023
The younger generation has lost trust in government and institutions, but not in the future.
15.03.2023
What do: AI, IVF, DNA, Bluetooth, Wireless internet, inkjet printing, gene sequencers, the asthma inhaler, the flushing toilet, and Concorde’s droop nose all have in common? They were all either invented, developed, or discovered in Cambridge.
03.03.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Brennan Spellacy, cofounder and CEO of Patch about climate goals, carbon removal and building the foundation for the market for carbon credits.
16.02.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Alexander Lempka, cofounder and CEO of Connect Earth about ClimateTech, sustainable finance and democratising access to sustainability data.
17.01.2023
In the midst of COP27, Tech Nation has published its Climate Tech Report 2022 to shed light on the state of UK climate tech
15.11.2022
Whether it involves recycling company smartphones or tracking your website’s carbon emissions, these tools will allow you to take proactive steps to make your tech business sustainable. We spoke to the experts at Early Metrics about the startups making it possible to run an environmentally friendly business with sustainable business tools.
19.10.2022
For its second fund, Ada Ventures will zero in on ‘breakthrough ideas’: focusing on climate, healthcare and ageing, as well as economic empowerment. The early stage VC firm says it aims to solve society’s biggest problems, and this second fund is testament to its LP’s belief in its unique scout network that uncovers the hidden talent that will build the next generation of global companies.
06.10.2022
Nuclear power, once viewed as problematic, is undergoing a worldwide renaissance of viability. Shifts in policy, geopolitics, public opinion, economics, and technological progress have converged to increase the investability of this green energy source.
15.09.2022
There are still major gaps in understanding climate change impacts despite recent advances in attribution science, according to a study published in Environmental Research: Climate. Dr Luke Harrington, one of the authors, said a lack of high-quality data prevents meaningful climate predictions for many parts of the world.
29.08.2022