There is a lot of support on offer for entrepreneurs including government initiatives offering financial support to help start ups grow, however it can be hard to know where to start and what’s on offer. In this workshop meet some of the organisations passionate about supporting the cleantech community, providing critical resources such as business and marketing support, mentorship and more to start ups at all stages of development.

David Bent, Strategy Adviser, Futurist, Facilitator

Lucette Demets, Head of Urban, London & Partners

Arlene Goode, PM Hydro Nation Water Innovation Services, ARUP

Matthew Rhodes, Chair, Energy Capital West Midlands

Jim Totty, Managing Partner, Earth Capital

Julia Groves, Partner, Downing LLP

Olivia Sibony, Head of Seed Tribe Investment, Angel Investment Network

Susannah McClintock, Investment Director, Sustainable Ventures

Adam Woodhall, Adviser, Activator and Podcaster, Inspiring Sustainability

Stories are weaved into our whole society. The most successful individuals and businesses are those who tell the stories that have most impact on their key audiences.

In this high impact session you will learn how you can use telling a compelling business story to:

• Convince your key audiences
• Gain more customers
• Win investment and funding
• Mainstream your enterprise
• Increase impact of your sustainable solution

Cassie Sutherland, Policy and Programme Manager, Greater London Authority

Heather Hodgins, Better Futures Project Officer, Sustainable Development Team (Environment), Greater London Authority

Carrie Johnson, Patent Attorney and  Partner, Barker Brettell

Karen Lawrence, Vice Chair, London Sustainable Development Commission

Richard Templer, Director for Innovation, Grantham Institute, Imperial College

Nicola McCheyne, Head of Ideas Lab and Commercial Director of Home Energy Management Ventures, Centrica Innovations

Florence Gschwend, Founder and CEO, Chrysalix Technologies

Agnes Czako, Co-Founder, AirEx Technologies

Brittany Harris, CEO, Qualis Flow

Carolyn Hicks, Co-founder, Brill Power

At Innovate UK we know the innovation journey for businesses is complex. Whilst our grant funding programmes can help businesses de-risk their technologies, we also know that the innovation ecosystem is a critical success factor in supporting innovators from start up to scale up especially in the clean growth space. This session highlights some of the learnings and things to look out for on your scaling journey from seeking private investment, thinking about your scale up needs, to telling better innovation stories as well as a snapshot of some of the support that is available.

Christian Inglis, Senior Innovation Lead – Growth and Scale Clean Growth and Infrastructure, Innovate UK

Gillian Harrison, CEO, Whitefox Technologies

Will Hill, Chief Story Officer, Stronger Stories

Francesca Lavey, Programme Director, Mobility, Plexal

Lucy Rands, Associate, ETF Partners

Nigel Walker, Head of Innovation Loans, Innovate UK