Cambridge Consultants is one of the World’s leading deeptech consultancies with unparalleled expertise in developing and commercialising cutting-edge deep tech solutions. Alongside Cambridge Cleantech and the Climate Tech SuperCluster the accelerator has a unique combination of skills to support emerging and scaling industrial decarbonisation innovators.
The Climate Tech SuperCluster is emerging as a new engine of economic growth for the UK and Europe. Centred around London as a global financial hub it has the UK and Europe’s highest concentration of start-ups, investment and innovation.
Through EIT Climate-KIC participants gain access to a global network of resources, partners and investors. The programme is also connected to the Cleantech Venture Day, one of Europe’s foremost cleantech investment days providing access to UK and European cleantech investor networks.
The ClimateTech SuperCluster is a groundbreaking initiative spanning five European nations – the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. It fosters a powerful concentration of entrepreneurship, research and development (R&D), innovation, and markets dedicated to the fast-growing ClimateTech sector. This geographically diverse cluster encompasses 15 cities, with the ambitious goal of accelerating the development of a globally competitive ClimateTech industry while aiding individual nations and regions in their climate transition journeys.
Cambridge Consultants (CC) is the deep tech powerhouse of the Capgemini Group. Deep tech is a mindset, a bold strategy that harnesses radical science and engineering to achieve things no-one else can. It delivers transformative business value and growth for our clients, who gain defensible commercial and operational advantage from new-to-the-world products, services and processes that they own. We overcome the ultimate business challenge: turning something that doesn’t yet exist into a reality. Our advice is built on practice, with over 750 scientists, engineers, designers and consultants working globally across more than 20,000 sq. m of state-of-the-art R&D facilities. As part of Capgemini Invent, CC is backed by 340,000+ Capgemini team members in more than 50 countries.
Cambridge Cleantech is a UK and European-based innovation network that connects SMEs, investors, corporations, and academics for a smarter, more sustainable future. Founded in 2011, we are the UK's leading cleantech cluster firmly embedded in Cambridge, UK, and in international climate tech innovation ecosystems. We work across the low-carbon economy to facilitate innovation partnerships and technology commercialisation in some of the most dynamic sectors, including energy, transport, green buildings, water, smart cities, advanced materials, and hydrogen.
EIT Climate-KIC is Europe's leading climate innovation agency and community, supporting cities, regions, countries and industries to meet their climate ambitions through systems innovation and place-based transformations.
4-day in-person training in Cambridge and once a fortnight 2-hour masterclasses / fireside chat / industry leaders advice and feedback sessions.
Fortnightly (2-hour) one-to-one mentoring with senior Cambridge Consultants experts and technical leads to address your company's specific techno-commercial challenges
Access in-depth business planning and technology roadmapping guidance from Cambridge Consultants.
Third-party technology and investment readiness evaluations to enhance investor confidence.
Access to EIT Climate-KIC's financial sustainability tool.
Demo day during the Supercluster Cleantech Venture Day in London.
Preliminary assessment of the potential climate impact of the company's innovative solutions by Impact Forecast.
Integration into the Climate Tech SuperCluster ecosystem, including access to Climate-KIC's investor network.
22 Jan 2025
21 Feb 2025
28 Feb 2025
17 Mar 2025
24, 25, 26, 27 Mar 2025
25 June 2025
30 June 2025
Geography: The company must be based in Europe, preferably within the Climate Tech SuperCluster region, which includes the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Focus: The company is developing a deep-tech solution focused on Industrial Decarbonisation.
Incorporation: The company must be officially incorporated before the programme commencement.
Technology Readiness Level (TRL): Preference will be given to startups with a TRL between 4 and 7.