Discover CleanTech, Issue 3, June 2022

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Discover CleanTech

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Investing in Cleantech

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TSP Ventures One of TSP Ventures’ investments is Perceptual Robotics, which uses autonomous drones and AI analytics to inspect wind turbines. Photo: Perceptual Robotics

One of TSP Ventures’ investments is Perceptual Robotics, which uses autonomous drones and AI analytics to inspect wind turbines. Photo: Perceptual Robotics

Why investing in early-stage technology can make a radical difference Finding investors to help develop the new technologies that could be part of the solution to the climate crisis is one of the greatest hurdles for start-ups all over the world. Environmental business journalist Mike Scott asks TSP Ventures, one of the investors looking to assist start-ups, how private investment can propel the cleantech market.

For small companies – particularly those developing new technologies – one of the biggest barriers to growth is moving their invention from the lab bench to the marketplace. This stage of a start-up’s development is when it has proved a product can work in the lab, but it needs significant investment to scale and bring it to market – investment that is hard to come by because 82 |

Issue 03 |

June 2022

MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TSP VENTURES

BY MIKE SCOTT


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