Imperial's climate tech scale-up scheme takes aim at Series A gap: 'It's a real struggle'
30 Sept 2026
14:48
Imperial College London is recruiting climate hardware startups for a programme designed to help them raise a Series A.
"What we're hoping is that people launch their Series A rounds on the programme or very soon after," Alyssa Gilbert tells Impact Loop.
"What we're hoping is that people launch their Series A rounds on the programme or very soon after," Alyssa Gilbert tells Impact Loop.
Imperial College London is paying for lab and manufacturing access to help climate hardware startups raise a Series A, according to Alyssa Gilbert, who oversees the programme.
Imperial's programme, EarthScale, runs for 12 months across six universities: Imperial, Cranfield, Derby, Exeter, Leeds and Nottingham. It is co-funded by Research England and started in spring 2025. Imperial took 16 companies into its first cohort and 14 into its second, and Gilbert says applicatio...