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Mimicrete Announces Funding from Investors for Commercial Pilot
Founders from the University of Cambridge along with Cambridge Future Tech (CFT) Launch Mimicrete to Advance Next-gen Self-Healing Concrete.
Q-Bot secures £1.6m of investment
UK-based company Q-Bot secures £1.6m of investment to accelerate sales of its ‘Robot as a Service’ offering to retrofit millions of homes in the UK and internationally.
Venture Summit \ West
EVENT: Venture Summit \ West
FOR: Climate Tech Investors and SMEs
DATE: 20th June
VENUE: Silicon Valley
MRV for land based greenhouse gas removal
EVENT: SBRI: MRV for land based greenhouse gas removal
FOR: Anyone with a GHG removal solution
DATE: 13th July
VENUE: Online
Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition
Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition: Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Loans are for highly innovative late stage research and development (R&D) projects with the best potential for the future. There should be a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact.
Opportunities for Isle of Man Companies
EVENT: Opportunities for Isle of Man Companies
FOR: Join us at this lunchtime event to see how your business can benefit and help achieve net zero carbon at the same time…
DATE: 6th July
VENUE: Online
Managing Risk in your Business Growth
EVENT: Managing Risk in your Business Growth
FOR: Anyone interest in effectively growing their green business
DATE: 6th July
VENUE: Allia Future Business Centre, Cambridge
Doing Business in the USA
EVENT: Doing Business in the USA
FOR: Anyone interest in growing their green business
DATE: 1st July
VENUE: Online
Cleantech Venture Day: Accelerating Climate Finance And The Transition To Net-Zero
Cleantech Venture Day: Accelerating Climate Finance And The Transition To Net-Zero
By Satyajit Mohanan
Cambridge Cleantech continues to grow as a powerful catalyst in the sector both in the UK and globally, leading the efforts towards the transition to Net-Zero.
Access to Finance for Innovators in the UK’s Green Sector
EVENT: Access to Finance for Innovators in the UK’s Green Sector
FOR: Anyone interest in growing their green business
DATE: 29th June
VENUE: Barclays Eagle Labs 28 Chesterton Rd, Cambridge
Marketing Officer
The Marketing Officer is an exciting role focused on developing a significant part of our business in Cambridge, Berlin and beyond.
Smart solutions for Home Energy Management Systems
EVENT: Smart solutions for Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS)
FOR: Anyone
DATE: 16th June
VENUE: Online
Innovative Solutions for Tackling Plastic Pollution
EVENT: Innovative Solutions for Tackling Plastic Pollution
FOR: Anyone
DATE: 15th June
VENUE: Online
Belgium State Visit: Cambridge Cleantech And GreenWin Sign MoU, Pledge To Accelerate The Pace To Net Zero
Cambridge Cleantech, the UK’s leading membership organisation in the cleantech sector and GreenWin, Belgium’s promising sustainable innovation cluster have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the signing ceremony of the Belgian Economic Mission.
NEDs and Advisory Boards…
EVENT: NEDs and Advisory Boards… what have they ever done for us?
FOR: Anyone interest in growing their green business
DATE: 8th June
VENUE: Bradfield Centre, Cambridge
The Cleantech Sector In The UK And In Belgium
The Cambridge Cleantech team is delighted to share that it is officially organising the Cleantech section of the Belgian Trade Mission to the UK.
Pitch your solutions to Schneider Electric
EVENT: Meet the Buyer – Pitch your solutions to Schneider Electric
LOOKING FOR: Schneider Electric is looking for new solutions in Smart Grid, Data analytics on commercial and residential buildings, Energy distribution, Automation and AI implementation and E-mobility.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 13th of May 2022
VENUE: Cloud Nine, Taylor Wessing LLP, 5, New Street Square, London, EC4A 3BF
DATE: 18th of May 2022
Pitch your solutions to Bouygues
EVENT: Meet the Buyer – Pitch your building, energy, environmental solutions to Bouygues
LOOKING FOR: Buildings (Decarbonisation / retrofit, Energy generation, BIM / digital twin, Energy management systems, Building Management Systems, IoT / AI, User experience, Energy (Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Hydrogen, Battery storage, and Alternative fuels), and Environmental (Biodiversity, Water, Circular economy, Transport, Recycling, and Waste Management) solutions.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 13th of May 2022
VENUE: Cloud Nine, Taylor Wessing LLP, 5, New Street Square, London, EC4A 3BF
DATE: 18th of May 2022
DEALFLOW – CLEANTECH VENTURE DAY MAY 2022
After receiving well over 100 applications from 20 countries and 7 cleantech sub-sectors, Cambridge Cleantech is proud to announce the list of companies who are pitching at our upcoming Cleantech Venture Day, held respectively in person and online on the 18th and 19th May 2022.
UK Export Academy: Become an Export Expert
EVENT:UK Export Academy from the Department for International Trade (DIT)
FOR: Anyone
DATE: Ongoing until June 2022
Greenbackers Climate Tech Tour 2022
Greenbackers are delighted to announce their new, improved funding program for 2022 which builds on our widely acclaimed 26ForCOP26 program of last year. Once again, we will be selecting the most investable early stage climate technology ventures and helping them secure growth funding from our proven global climate tech investor base.
Three Cambridge Firms Among The Twenty-Four Selected To Pitch At The Cleantech Venture Day
Three firms from Cambridge will now pitch their ideas to an audience of cleantech investors at Cambridge Cleantech’s highly anticipated pitching and investment event, the Cleantech Venture Day.
Founders’ Associate
You will work directly with the founders to support them in all aspects of running the company. You will support the technical team and over time, develop a deeper collaboration with the commercial side of the business with the potential to become more customer-facing.
Talent Manager
The Talent Manager is an exciting role focused on developing a significant part of our business in Cambridge, Berlin and beyond.
2022 YGT competition
EVENT: Young Green Tech (YGT) Competition
FOR: Anyone
DATE: 31st May
VENUE: Online