The Innovation Showcase focuses on the commercial and financial realities of scaling climate innovation, exploring how founders and funders can move beyond pilots and proof points to real-world deployment. 

Sessions examine how to align capital with demand, de-risk early-stage deployment, and structure financing pathways for capital-intensive, hardware-led and infrastructure-linked technologies.

The programme also demystifies the UK clean energy and innovation finance ecosystem, offering founders clearer routes to funding, partnerships and market entry.

As the climate transition accelerates, capital gaps between seed, Series A, FOAK (first of a kind) and early commercial deployment remain one of the biggest barriers to scale. 

Many climate startups stall at the point where capital intensity, technology risk and uncertain demand deter traditional investors. Without aligned demand pull and early offtake, even proven solutions struggle to reach bankability. 

The Innovation Showcase addresses this challenge head-on by bringing together the actors required to unlock early demand, build investor confidence and accelerate the journey from breakthrough to bankable deployment.