30/31 October 2017
KPMG
Number 20, Grosvenor St.
London
The new Cleantech Venture Day will provide the opportunity for 20 investment-ready cleantech companies to pitch their innovative product or service for funding to a room full of fund managers, Corporate venture arm managers and high net worth individuals. The registration is now open for companies wishing to pitch, and investors wishing to attend, here: http://www.cleantechday.com/london/.
The pitching sessions will be interspersed with keynote presentations from cleantech sector thought leaders, including; Matthew Bell, CEO, Committee for Climate Change, Bernie Bulkin, Chairman ID Solar Power and Professor Richard McMahon of Warwick University.
To organise the London event, Cambridge Cleantech has teamed up with the Nordic Innovation Accelerator which has successfully staged a similar event in Finland for the last 10 years. To underline this partnership, there will be a pre-event for investors at the Residence of the Finnish Ambassador in London on Monday 30 October.
The grand finale of the Cleantech Venture Day will be in the evening of the 31 October when the winners of the Global Cleantech Cluster Later Stage Awards will be announced, which will be a showcase of the very best cleantech solutions from across the globe.
Martin Garratt, CEO at Cambridge Cleantech comments that “access to finance remains the number one issue for our cleantech company members and so this new Venture Day will provide them with a first-rate opportunity to pitch for funding to a room full of specialist cleantech sector fund managers, corporate venture fund managers and high net worth individuals, it really will be the best place for cleantech companies and investors to meet”. He went on to say that “we are delighted to be branching out into London with this new event and to be partnering with the Nordic Innovation Accelerator who have 10 years of experience in running this style of event in Finland and with the Global Cleantech Cluster Association, the international awards for which, will be a fitting showcase and finale in the evening of the event”.
Emmi Kaipio, CEO of the Nordic Innovation Accelerator comments: “for us this partnership is a great first step to scale up the successful event concept that has been developed in Finland since 2006. We are excited to share our knowledge and experience with Cambridge Cleantech to make the first London event one not to be missed. Lately there’s been much good news from the cleantech sector, so the timing is perfect to bring the event to UK.”
The full agenda and booking for the event can be found here: http://www.cleantechday.com/london/
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For more information contact:
Martin Garratt, CEO tel: 07789 922487 or 01223 750017
For more information visit: www.cambridgecleantech.org.uk
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