Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies

The aim of this competition is to provide businesses with support for research and development and access to the capital investment needed to develop and commercialise their innovations.

Proposals must have a clear route to market, a clear link to innovation and evidence that the business can create a team to deliver its proposal.

Businesses must be:

• Registered in the UK as an SME by the time the award is contracted.
• Able to complete the aligned investment led by the investor partner needed to qualify for the award, through the issue of new shares or convertible debt.

Businesses must also demonstrate that if their project is funded, it will:

• Have significant market impact.
• Be scalable.
• Be attractive to equity investors.

This round will focus on technology and innovations that aim to deliver government commitment to clean energy for the UK and accelerating to net zero, helping the UK to prosper from the transition to net zero. This includes solutions and enabling technologies that make a significant contribution to mitigating climate emissions, across heat, power, mobility, manufacturing, materials, agriculture and food production systems.

Innovation and ideas can come from anyone and anywhere. IUK want to see investments unlocked for the diverse and extraordinary talent in the UK.