The South West has taken a major step toward becoming one of the world’s leading climate tech regions, as founders gathered for a Climate Tech Summit to shape a new roadmap of innovation, investment and impact.
Hosted by Tech South West in partnership with Deloitte and Climate Tech SuperCluster, the Summit brought together climate tech pioneers in areas including energy, batteries, agriculture, water, nature restoration, advanced materials and transport.
The event marked the start of a new partnership between Tech South West and the Climate Tech SuperCluster, creating a powerful bridge between the region’s ecosystem and the national and international climate tech networks centred around Cambridge, Oxford, London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Taking place at 42 Acres, a regenerative estate near Frome in Somerset, companies including Additive Earth, Eden Geothermal, Mondra, Mykor, Eco Approach, QLM, Blue Abyss, Wilder Sensing, Co-Charger, CEPRO, Climate-i, Stabiliti, Better Bicycles, Fetch Energy, Latent Drive, Map Impact, Wilder Sensing, Rookwood Operations, and Nimbus Agri-Tech helped to define shared priorities around funding, innovation, collaboration and international visibility.
Dan Pritchard, Founder of Tech South West, said: “The South West has all the ingredients to become one of the world’s most ambitious and impactful climate tech regions, from ocean energy to AI-driven biodiversity data and next-generation batteries.
“The Summit showed what’s possible when we bring our ecosystem together. The conversations were inspiring, the ideas practical, and the commitment to collaborate was powerful. With Deloitte and the Climate Tech SuperCluster as key partners, we now have a foundation to build something truly world-class.”
Participants explored the challenges and opportunities of scaling world-leading climate technologies, from AI-enabled biodiversity monitoring and battery recycling, to regenerative agriculture robotics and deep geothermal energy.
Sam Goodall, co-founder of the Climate Tech SuperCluster, said: “The partnership with Tech South West connects the dots between regional innovation, national and international opportunity. The South West has a unique mix of assets – deep science, clean energy, nature-based and agritech pioneers, alongside vast natural capital, and entrepreneurial energy, and we’re excited to be working with its leader in climate technology.”
The day concluded with a collective commitment to develop a South West Climate Tech Roadmap — a living manifesto setting out the region’s strategy for investment, innovation support and global leadership.
Dave Tansley, Practice Senior Partner, Deloitte South West and Wales, said: “The South West is renowned for its role in shaping the climate tech industry. But we know that there is more we can do, collectively, to harness our expertise and ambitions. It is vital that firms across the region can convene at conferences like this and align on a solid, actionable path towards a sustainable climate tech future. Following the event, we are keen to continue to collaborate in driving forwards the agreed actions.”
The outputs from the Summit are now being analysed by Tech South West and partners to create the South West Climate Tech Roadmap. The roadmap will set out shared priorities and actions to accelerate the region’s growth as a global Climate Tech hub, from unlocking funding pathways to amplifying the region’s leadership on the world stage.
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