Highlights

• Sustainable Ventures opens Manchester climate tech hub in Renold Building.
• Hub hosts over 100 businesses with sustainable materials trials.
• Collaboration with Barclays, Sister, and University of Manchester boosts regional climate tech growth.

Sustainable Ventures launches Manchester climate tech hub in the historic Renold Building to bring new energy to the city’s innovation district, Sister.

The hub has the capacity to host more than 100 businesses and combines business advice, space, and funding to accelerate the growth of climate tech start-ups as well as generate jobs in the region.

The development supports the achievements of Sustainable Ventures’ London hub and uses sustainable materials sourced from Manchester and nearby areas.

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The Renold Building, famous for its brutalist architecture and now a grade II-listed structure, opened in 1962 as part of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). It now acts as a central element of Sister, a joint venture between Bruntwood SciTech and The University of Manchester.

The hub has hosted more than 15 companies that installed and trialled sustainable material innovations, such as low-carbon wall tiles by Dekiln, sheep wool acoustic tiles by Wull Technologies, carbon negative bricks by earth4earth, and partition walls from hemp and natural fibres by Ubuild.

The Manchester hub also provides expert business guidance for climate tech companies, including start-ups and entrepreneurs, to help them connect with investors, customers, and partners.

It engages investors and corporations by helping them to learn from successful case studies of early-stage climate tech ventures.

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Also, the hub brings together public sector and academic partners to explore models that enhance the regional climate tech ecosystem and uncover opportunities to achieve economic and environmental benefits.

Cllr Bev Craig, leader Manchester City Council, said: "This hub is doing what Manchester does best – bringing together the right expertise from a broad range of disciplines to deliver our vision for low carbon investment and economic growth.

"This is at the core of what we want to achieve in the city, and locating this hub at the heart of Manchester's new innovation district provides unparalleled opportunity to combine the strengths of the public sector and academia, alongside commercial partners, to deliver great outcomes for the climate tech businesses in our city and the wider region."

James Byrne, partner at Sustainable Ventures, added that the hub unites over 100 businesses, which accelerates the adoption of innovative sustainable materials, many sourced locally or supported by Greater Manchester’s academic institutions, and contributes to Manchester’s climate tech growth trajectory.

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Source: Insider Media