Funding and scale up opportunities for your cleantech business
3rd February 2021, 12 noon – 1:30 pm
Free for CC and OG members, £10 for non-members.
Online
Join Cambridge Cleantech and Oxfordshire Greentech to Learn about the dos and don’ts to consider when seeking funding for your business and hear about exciting scaling up opportunities for your cleantech business.
You will also hear case studies from SMEs who have ‘got the t shirt and the scars’ about how co-bidding can give you a better chance at winning a bid.
Agenda
FINANCE
The current cleantech trends and what investors really want to hear from an SME | Helen Lin, Principal, At One Ventures
Green loans and sustainability-linked loans |Vaughan Tyrell, Director, Sustainable Finance at HSBC
Help uncover the hidden value in your business through Capital Allowances, R&D and Patent Box tax relief | Chris Parkhurst, Regional Development Director, CATAX
How can you co-bid? Successful collaboration between two SMEs for a stronger bid | Dr Zlatka Stoeva, Founder, DZP Technologies
OPPORTUNITIES
Growth Works: helping high growth businesses within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority region grow | Beverly Hurley, CBE, Strategic Lead of Growth Coaching service, part of GrowthWorks
Meet The Buyer: Consensus Business Group | Bridget Woods, Consensus Business Group
Cleantech Venture Day: call for applications | Sylvie Russell, Head of Operations, Cambridge Cleantech
Successful collaboration opportunity through Cambridge Cleantech | Mark Preston, PRISMEA
Q&A
Networking
Access to Finance Conference series
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire Greentech, and Cambridge Cleantech are running a series of virtual events about Access to Finance, bringing together funders and organisations seeking funding.
The conference comprises four online events:
Session 1 – Coaching masterclass for early-stage funding, 27th Jan
Session 2 – Funding and scale up opportunities for your cleantech business (This event), 3rd Feb.
Session 3 – Clean tech/energy, 17th Feb
Session 4 – Space tech, 3rd Mar
Interested in Finance?
If you are interested in finance and cleantech, you might be interested in joining our Finance Special Interest Group (SIG).
This group is supported by Prof Aled Jones (Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin), Mark Prince (Director, KPMG) and Martin Clapson (Managing Partner, Price Bailey).
Our Finance SIG gathers together investors, funding experts and successful scale-up companies so you can hear about new funds, meet the right people, and hone your pitching skills. More information.
