18 Mar, 2024 Why aren’t VCs funding tech to help us adapt to climate change? By David Hunt I love it when a plan comes together! (anyone else remember watching the A-Team!!) Some time ago I wondered why we in the cleantech...
15 Mar, 2024 Encouraging news By Wolfgang Kick At the moment, watching or reading the news isn`t exactly an experience that leaves you with overly optimistic outlook on the future of...
06 Mar, 2024 Hydrogen made in Germany got another boost By Wolfgang Kick Hydrogen and its role in future clean energy scenarios is a topic that always sparks a debate. What is an undeniable trend is that...
22 Feb, 2024 Battery Recycling. The Numbers Don't Lie! By David Beeston Those in the battery sector will have seen the news that battery recycling scale-up, Ascend Elements, has landed $162M investment to...
09 Feb, 2024 If you wanna be the best, hire the best! By David Beeston Many of my clients come to me for guidance on what package they should be offering for an upcoming leadership hire. I give them my...
01 Feb, 2024 Bits, Pretzel and Bavarian ambitions By Wolfgang Kick Now, don`t get me wrong - I really like a lot about Munich and Bavaria (not the least because I have lived there for a long time and my...
31 Jan, 2024 BP faces activist investor pressure to ditch clean energy pledges By David Hunt Whilst it is important to celebrate all of the very significant funding and investment into the cleantech /Climatech sector, from solar...
31 Jan, 2024 Solar Companies Raise $34.3 Billion in Corporate Funding in 2023, the Largest Amount in a Decade By Ross Hoare Despite the challenging economic situation last year, the solar industry saw the largest funding raised in over a decade and saw a...
29 Jan, 2024 2023’s biggest tech deals are all climate infrastructure By David Hunt There has been a lot of doomsayers about the drop in VC funding for climatetech in 2023. And yes, the figures don't lie, and nor do the...
24 Jan, 2024 Exciting times for BESS across Europe! By David Beeston Interesting to read of the drop in revenues for UK BESS in 2023. For several years now, the UK has been leading the way in European BESS...
10 Jan, 2024 Welcome support for Long-Duration Energy Storage By David Beeston Welcome news on the latest Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) support plans put forward for consultation, by the UK's Department for...
09 Jan, 2024 Make sure your start-up is "deal ready" By David Beeston Fundraising, the elephant in the room at the moment amongst many of our start-up clients. It seemed the second half of 2023 proved to be...
04 Jan, 2024 Politicians will show their hand By David Hunt We enter a big year globally for elections, over 30 countries I think I read in the FT. Possibly Germany, and almost certainly the UK and...
15 Dec, 2023 Want to raise from family offices? By David Hunt I have written quite often recently about the fundraising environment. There is no doubt that in the second half of 2023 VC funding has...
12 Dec, 2023 Revitalising German Entrepreneurship amid economic challenges By Stephen Robinson Amid the current economic downturn, Verena Pausder, new head of the German Start-ups Association is advocating for a bold entrepreneurial...
11 Dec, 2023 Another Fund Launches to Invest in Climate Technology By Hyperion Executive Search It's no secret that fundraising for new funds has been extremely difficult this year. Therefore, it's great to see yet another investor...