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Resources for climate innovators and SMEs

Finding your first space: a guide for startups

The UK has a growing climate innovation community, comprising businesses with varied and specialist space needs. Whether you are tackling the climate crisis in the energy, food, waste, transport or fashion sectors, finding and securing your first space as a startup can be overwhelming.

This guide covers what you should consider before committing to a space, from both a landlord’s and startup’s perspective. It explains some of the language and terminology that you might hear during the process, and offers top tips.

View Undaunted’s space guide for startups

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Women in CleanTech (WiCT)

Women in Cleantech (WiCT) is a project funded by the Mayor of London, led by Undaunted. It seeks to support female founders and innovators through active collaboration and events, showcasing existing networks and activities, and bringing together resources.

How far are we from gender parity in London’s cleantech industry? How can we bring more women into the city’s cleantech startups? What are the current barriers faced by women in entering and leading the sector, and how can we design these out?

 

Learn more about Women in CleanTech

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Suppliers and resources

Imperial Enterprise Lab has two new resources to support startups and spinouts:

Peer-Recommended Supplier List – A list of trusted suppliers across services like accountancy, branding, IP, and legal advice—designed to help ventures find reliable support. Suppliers are included after receiving at least two recommendations from Imperial startups, spinouts, or relevant Imperial staff.

Resource Finder – A helpful collection of tools and resources for startups.

Learn more about climate innovation

For those interested in learning more about climate innovation – whether you’re an investor looking for opportunities, a teacher looking for resources, a student seeking a green career or internship, or an interested member of the public, check out the links below.

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Innovator Stories

The Undaunted team works with many innovators and startups across different sectors and contexts. Once they progress through our programmes these founders join a thriving network of alumni at different stages of the entrepreneurial journey.

Meet some of our current and alumni founders

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Our companies

The ventures we’ve supported since 2012 have gone on to raise upwards of $1.3bn in investment, operating across 30 countries and creating over 1,600 jobs globally. Find out more about their tech, the sectors in which they work, and what stage they’re at as they seek to scale.

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Jobs boards

Looking for a career in cleantech? If you’re seeking to find a pathway into the world of climate innovation you’re in the right place! We are building a list of existing jobs boards that may be able to help help you find your first role or internship in cleantech.

Check out our curated list of jobs boards

Accelerating to a Better Future podcast

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Accelerating to a Better Future podcast - Season 2 (2024)

In this season of Accelerating to a Better Future, we dive into the world of cleantech innovation, bringing together startups and key stakeholders from Undaunted’s Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, to share their “aha” moments, challenges, learnings, and victories—big and small.

Throughout this series, you’ll hear from a stellar lineup of guests within Undaunted’s dynamic innovation ecosystem. Hosted at Imperial College London’s hub of innovation, Scale Space, this podcast is your gateway to the unique stories of innovating on clean technology solutions.

Tune in to the new series

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Accelerating to a Better Future podcast - Season 1 (2021)

Tune into our podcast to hear from academics and entrepreneurs who are setting up businesses that tackle some of the great climate and environmental challenges facing the world.

Listen to stories from successful entrepreneurs who have transformed bright ideas into useable products, creating prosperity and helping tackle climate change.

Listen to Season 1!

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