Solving Climate Tech’s Growth-Stage Funding Gap

​Join World Fund, Innovate UK and Taylor Wessing on Monday, 8 December in London for an evening exploring one of the most urgent challenges in European innovation: the Series B funding gap in climate tech.

​Europe risks losing its most promising climate tech companies at Series B, where capital demand outstrips domestic supply.

​During two keynotes and panel, the event will examine the data behind the funding bottleneck, regional disparities, and the market dynamics driving Europe’s reliance on foreign capital. Together, we’ll discuss what it will take to strengthen Europe’s growth-stage investment capacity and the policy, financial, and capital mobilisation reforms needed to transform Europe from a startup factory into a scaleup powerhouse in climate and resilience tech.

​Featured speakers and panelists will include:

• ​Craig Douglas, World Fund

• ​Sarah Tennison, Innovate UK

• ​Joe Stevenson, Anaphite

• ​Howard Palmer, Taylor Wessing

• ​Anna Heim, TechCrunch (moderator)

​The evening will close with a networking reception, providing space for connection, collaboration and new partnerships across the climate tech ecosystem.

​Date: December 8, 2025

​​Time: 5:30 PM

​​Location: 5 New Street Square, EC4A 3TW, London

​Attendance is by invitation only : kindly RSVP by November 28 to confirm your participation or nominate a colleague.

​We look forward to hosting you!