The ultimate meeting place for innovators, investors, large enterprises and economic development partners to see next generation climate tech solutions and investment opportunities.
Applicants have to provide a solution, product, or service that addresses one of the five key climate tech themes: Water, Energy, Transport, Built Environment, or Circular Economy.
The applications will be assessed by a panel of judges.
Key dates:
11th April: Applications close
12th May: Selection announcement
3rd June: Pitch training afternoon in London, with our partners J A Kemp and KISS.
25th June: Pitch day.
If you would like to apply to pitch at our other events, click here. We will be holding a CVD in Paris on 28/11/2025
APPLICATIONS TO PITCH ARE NOW CLOSED
Check our previous event:
From pitching to networking to roundtables, CVD 2024 gave our innovators and investors plenty to do.
AGENDA FOR JUNE 2025
Investor-Only Networking Breakfast Session | 9:30 – 10:50 (registrations from 9:00)
Theme: Climate Tech SuperCluster: A new economic growth engine? As Europe redefines its climate and energy strategy amid geopolitical fragmentation, supply chain pressures, and regulatory recalibration, the role of private capital in scaling climate tech has never been more pivotal—or complex.
9:00 Arrival and Registration for Investors and Partners only | breakfast
9:30 Welcomes - Joe Faulkner, Cambridge Office Senior Partner, KPMG & Sylvie Russell, COO, Cambridge Cleantech.
10:30 End of investors-only session | Networking session
Main session for all | 11:00– 17:00 (registrations from 10:30)
10:30 Registrations open for all - access to stands + coffee
11:00 Welcome - Sam Goodall, CEO, Cambridge Cleantech and Anna Purchas, London Office Senior Partner and Regional Chair, KPMG
11:30 Session 1: Pitching companies - SEED
12:30 Buffet lunch/networking/stands
13:30 Welcome – Afternoon session Keynote speaker
13:45 Session 2: Pitching companies - PRE SEED
15:00 Networking break
15:30 Keynote speaker
15:45 Session 3: Pitching companies - SERIES A
16:50 Wrap up
17:00 - 18:30 Networking drinks
Speakers of the last event- July 2024
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Neha Manaktala
GLOBAL HEAD OF CLIMATE TECH INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATION, J.P. MORGAN
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Jonathon Tudor
INVESTMENT PARTNER, CLEAN GROWTH FUND
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Danijel Višević
MANAGING PARTNER, WORLD FUND
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Rachel Hopkinson
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, BUSINESS ISLE OF MAN
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Nigel Walker
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LENDING & INVESTOR PARTNERSHIPS, INNOVATE UK
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Claire Curry
GLOBAL HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, & INNOVATION, BLOOMBERGNEF
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Georgia Watt
DTMT M&A ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, KPMG
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Sam Goodall
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CAMBRIDGE CLEANTECH
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Sylvie Russell
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICE, CAMBRIDGE CLEANTECH
CLEANTECH VENTURE DAY THEMES
Reducing negative environmental impacts through energy efficiency, sustainable use of resources, and environmental protection activities, are fundamental to climate tech and cleantech innovation solutions.
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For solutions that create energy from renewable and or zero-emission sources which may include but not be limited to alternative fuels, energy management, distribution and storage.
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Innovations that are enabling the move towards net-zero with solutions that might include logistics, electric vehicles, EV charging, mobility as a service, shared mobility and fuel cells.
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Looking to find solutions that make buildings cleaner and smarter through automation, sustainable building materials, and efficiency technologies.
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Any technology related to water production, treatment, supply, or usage with solutions to improve efficiency, filtration, monitoring, recycling, wastewater treatment and more.
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Whether from the sharing economy, single-use plastics or agri-tech waste, this theme looks to all solutions which design out waste whilst reusing, recovering and regenerating materials.
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Applications are now closed for innovation pitching.
If you are an investor or professional service, you can book your tickets on Eventbrite.
Who we are
The world’s first climate SuperCluster
The Climate Tech SuperCluster is a growth engine for UK and European climate tech innovation.
Our rich ecosystem brings together for the first time innovators, corporates, investors, academia from across UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Connecting talent, technology and investment.
All with a focus on accelerating and scaling progress in climate-critical technologies.
The Climate Tech SuperCluster is:
Super connected: encompassing a region within four hours train travel from London
Super charged: powered by world-leading universities tech businesses, rated in the top three globally
Super scale: our region boasts over 3,000 start-ups and scale-ups within the burgeoning European climate tech space
Super focused: on activating our ecosystem, on tackling the climate emergency, on driving economic growth across the region
What we do
We’re in the midst of a climate emergency. In March 2025, atmospheric carbon dioxide hit 427.4 parts per million, significantly above levels determined as safe by the IPCC.
The time to act is now.
The Climate Tech SuperCluster is here to tackle this challenge head on, uniting the region in its ambition to commercialise climate tech and meaningfully reduce carbon.
We do this in three ways:
Catalyse: acting as an accelerator to success by offering expertise and support to innovators, corporates, universities, government and investors.
Convene: providing innovators, investors, corporates and the wider ecosystem access to a central platform of trusted information and expertise as they work together on shared and pressing climate challenges
Connect: creating an ecosystem for the climate tech community that will deliver scale and impact by crossing regional and national boundaries
Together, we are establishing the UK and Europe as world leaders in sustainable innovation.
Meet Pivotal People. Make Climate Impact.
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Prof. Stephanie Hussels
HEAD OF STRATEGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE, CRANFIELD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
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Erik Solheim
FORMER ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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Sam Goodall
CEO, CAMBRIDGE CLEANTECH
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Sylvie Russell
COO, CAMBRIDGE CLEANTECH
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Orla Browne
HEAD OF INSIGHTS, DEALROOM.CO
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Erik Solheim
FORMER UN ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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Jessica Burley and Daniel Hirschfield
PLANET A VENTURES and TAYLOR WESSING
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Hydrogen Roundtable
LOOKING AT THE UK’S GREEN HYDROGEN ECONOMY.
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Hannah Scott
CEO, OXFORDSHIRE GREENTECH
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Joe Faulkner
CAMBRIDGE & NORWICH SENIOR PARTNER, KPMG
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Catherine Fraser
INVESTMENT PRINCIPLE, CARBON 13
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Phill Davies
CO-FOUNDER, MAGWAY
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Auroskanda Vepari
DIRECTOR, MOLE
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Emily Aiken and Georgia Watt
TMT CORPORATE FINANCE TEAM, KPMG
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Karl Pärtel
CO-FOUNDER, RAIKU PACKAGING
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Shruti Gover
CO-FOUNDER, PATTERN PROJECT
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Xiaobin Zhao
DIRECTOR, CAMBOND
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Christian Peters
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, SELOXIUM
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Lars Ronning
FOUNDER & CEO, AILUNA
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Bruce Colley
SENIOR INVESTMENT SPECIALIST, INNOVATE UK
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Erik Solheim, Sam Goodall, Satyajit Mohanan, Kavin Kandasamy
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Dr. Richard Wright
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, BEHAVIOUR 2 BUSINESS
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Panel Discussion
OLI OWENS, CATHERINE FRASER, PRIYA SHAH AND ORLA BROWNE
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Alex Howard
CEO, CLIPPER AUTOMOTIVE
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Faisal
COO, COOLRUN
“Thank you for hosting the Cleantech Venture Day and for inviting us to the roundtable disucssion. We had some really fantastic and interesting conversations!”
Georgia Ware, Rapid Innovation
“Congratulations, once again a really good event, thank you for the invitation to attend and take part in the roundtable and opportunity to sit on the panel. Great to be in the room to hear the excitement, innovation and optimism of what is happening in the sector. Some of the tech presented was really impressive and definitely ones to watch.”
Kirree, Isle of Man
