For this episode, I'll be joined by Dr. Stafford Lloyd, Innovation Lead for Clean Growth Strategy at Innovate UK - they are working on ways to catalyse private investment in climate tech. 

Across this series we will be discussing the challenges around scaling deep tech solutions within climate. I’ll be speaking to Investors, Founders, Venture Builders and other key ecosystem players all focused on scaling and commercialising groundbreaking, deep tech innovations.

We will explore how to prepare for the challenges that deep tech companies often face around fundraising, scaling, team building and commercialisation; and we’ll hear from stories of those who have successfully scaled to Series A and beyond.

Video versions of this and previous episodes are available here.

1:45 - Stafford’s career path so far from aeronautics to Innovate UK

10:17 - What was the landscape like before you started your work at Innovate UK when it comes to driving corporate investment into climate?

15:29 - What solutions have Innovate UK come up with to drive investment flow and combat risk aversion?

19:02 - How do advance market commitments work well and how are you applying them to climate innovation?

23:06 - Innovations in concrete production and using advance market commitments to encourage investors

28:09 - Do you look for problems or solutions first, when trying to get advance market commitments (AMC)?

33:28 - How have AMCs been received by VCs when they’re looking to invest?

35:04 - Could AMCs work when securing other types of funding e.g. debt financing?

36:57 - What time scale is your current pilot running across and what is success for you?

39:13 - How does this AMC pilot scale beyond Innovate UK?

41:37 - What challenges do you commonly see deep tech businesses facing?

45:47 - Blending public and private investment

47:43 - What are you excited about for the rest of this year?

48:11 - Is there anything you think could be changed or improved to drive the pace of innovation?

51:58 - How to contact Stafford and Innovate UK

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