The Greenhouse Demo Day
Undaunted’s flagship event
The Greenhouse Demo Day Cohort 9
29 October | 1pm-6pm
It’s great to have you join us for Demo Day! We’ll see The Greenhouse Cohort 9 take to the iconic Royal Institution stage to deliver four-minute pitches to investors and Imperial College London’s climate innovation community, with prizes awarded to the top three as voted for by our audience. Scroll down for today’s schedule and to meet the founders who’ll be pitching.
Schedule
12.30: Doors open
Tea and coffee served
13.00: Opening remarks
Alyssa Gilbert (Undaunted, Imperial College London)
13.10: Pitches Part 1: Advanced Materials
Our first set of startups is up! With four minutes to pitch and four minutes for Q&As
14.10: Break
Networking over refreshments
14.30: Keynote
César Quilodrán Casas (Advanced Research Fellow, Undaunted) will explore how the Alma platform leverages AI to unearth academic research that could become high-impact climate solutions.
14.45: Pitches Part 2: Ocean, Agri, Bio
Our second set of startups is up! Four minute pitch, 4 minute Q&A
15.25: Break
Networking over refreshments
15.45: Pitches Part 3: Energy & Thermal
Our final set of startups shares their pitches, followed by audience Q&A.
16.45: Keynote
Dan Rudd, CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) will reflect on the accelerator partnership and our new Opening Opportunities Fund.
16.55: Awards
Presented to the founders of the day’s winning pitches, as voted for by our Demo Day audience!
17.00: Networking and showcase
Meet our startups and engage with our innovation community over drinks and nibbles.
18.00: End
Meet Cohort 9
Advanced Materials
Mater-AI
Blue Neptune
Blue Neptune is developing next-generation aerogels that deliver extreme thermal insulation and protection for the world’s hottest environments. Their unique coatings and composites enable significant fuel, emissions, and maintenance cost reductions across aviation, space and other heavy industries.
Cyclaris
Unlocking value from plastics by upcycling the unrecyclable.
Protonera
Demeter Bio
Demeter Bio is developing bio-based coatings that replace forever chemicals (PFAS) in textile and packaging applications. Their flagship product, Fibrepel, imparts water, oil and alcohol repellency to the surfaces to which it is applied on.
Draconite™
Draconite™ is a world-first, bio-manufactured platform technology delivering intelligent thermal protection — supple + bendy at -60°C, and a radio-transparent and protective shield at 1,000°C+. Carbon-negative, environmentally benign, and engineered for the most extreme environments, Draconite™ delivers unmatched sustainability for Earth and Space.
Ocean, Agri, Bio
Neela Biotech
Locally produced, low-cost sustainable aviation fuel from waste using AI and synthetic biology, leveraging existing biogas plants and HEFA refinery infrastructure.
Athena Blue
Unlocking finance for projects that fix the ocean we are building the data intelligence and market-readiness infrastructure layer to scale the sustainable ocean economy.
Aeropod
Leading the regeneration of humanity’s most important resource, through biodegradable nature-activated soil bio-aeration capsules.
Greenleaf Bio
Greenleaf develops safe, sustainable biopesticides to help farmers protect arable crops from bacterial diseases.
SolarSub
SolarSub enables solar panels to thrive in the sun using its passive cooling system to boost energy yields and unlock the next generation of heat-sensitive solar innovations.
Energy & Thermal
TeraBora
A worm inspired robot that digs boreholes for ground source heating in every home.
Modjoule
Smart gensets for cold chain power.
Infiniflux
Advanced liquid cooling of 2D and 3D processor chips for AI data centres.
Magnetless
Magnetless is developing a new motor topology that matches the performance of rare-earth magnet motors while reducing costs by upto 70%. Its trident cooling technology subcomponent also reduces the size, cost and magnets in conventional magnet motors.
Temperate
Temperate is building the cooling resilience layer for the built environment. The add-on cooling arrays are quick to install, save energy, and ensure that your refrigeration operates as designed even during a heatwave.
ISONIK
ISONIK empowers reliable wind energy generation with ultrasonic ice prevention technology.
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The Greenhouse programme is funded by HSBC UK and CO2RE: the Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub.
We conduct thorough due diligence to ensure that our supporters and partners are committed to reducing their environmental impact. Whilst we are aware that HSBC currently finances a number of industries that significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, we know they have a strategy in place to help their customers reduce their emissions and to reduce their own – for more information please visit the HSBC Climate Strategy webpage.