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How Defence Needs Are Shaping Maritime Technology

The defence industry is an increasingly critical market and commercial testing ground for the next generation of maritime technologies seeking validation, real-world application, and pathways to scale.

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Critical nature for critical infrastructure - Leaning in to interdependence

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Founder Stories · 10 days ago

How we turned a wastestream into a second business

Everyone in the industry already knows this product has potential. But it was never designed to be sold. It was a waste stream that people had a vague, non-monetised sense was probably useful.

Insights & Trends · 18 days ago

Winning customers and capital as a startup in heavy industry

Through our Future Industry Partnership work commercialising climate solutions in heavy industry, we look at how founders in this space can prepare effectively for winning customers and investors alike.

Founder Stories · a month ago

Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity

The geothermal industry has always focused on high-temperature hydrothermal resources in volcanic regions. In reality, there is a mid-temperature heat that provides perfect clean energy to power your local grid or data centre.

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Insights & Trends·2 days ago

Critical nature for critical infrastructure - Leaning in to interdependence

Within industrial sectors opportunity lies for tech that leans into interdependence rather than builds around it. If a port uses concrete infrastructure, why shouldn’t that concrete provide a home for marine life which in turn benefits fishing and farming communities?

Founder Stories·10 days ago

How we turned a wastestream into a second business

Everyone in the industry already knows this product has potential. But it was never designed to be sold. It was a waste stream that people had a vague, non-monetised sense was probably useful.

Insights & Trends·18 days ago

Winning customers and capital as a startup in heavy industry

Founder Stories·a month ago

Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity

Insights & Trends·2 months ago

What it takes to build frontier technology in healthcare

Healthcare technologies are subject to longer timelines and more unforgiving de-risking requirements than most venture-backed categories tolerate. But the on-ramp of capital, infrastructure, regulatory precedent has never been wider for founders who understand exactly what's being asked of them.

Insights & Trends·2 months ago

The $3 trillion dollar problem with red mud

There is an estimated $3 trillion worth of metal value sitting inside more than 4 billion tonnes of this waste, and over 150 million tonnes are added to the pile every year. Dealing with red mud, the byproduct left over from alumina production, has never been straightforward.

Insights & Trends·3 months ago

The stack that solves the copper shortfall

With copper demand set to grow 50% by 2040 and existing mining tracking to meet only 75% of demand by 2035, the copper industry needs to reinvent its approach all over again.

News·3 months ago

Northwestern Medicine and Founders Factory back European AI health startups

Northwestern Medicine, one of the United States’ leading academic healthcare systems, and global accelerator Founders Factory have unveiled the first cohort of leading AI founders from the UK and Europe as part of a new cross-border healthcare accelerator.

Insights & Trends·3 months ago

Building Logistics Tech For Humanitarian Aid

As part of the CMA CGM Awards we look at one of the central themes: the opportunity for logistics startups to deliver breakthroughs in humanitarian aid.

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