Change Makers for ventures

About

Hello Change Maker. We know that your innovative technology could change the future of our planet. It’s the core reason we focus our support on ventures like yours. We bring together the best minds, the best connections and the best advice from others who walked in your shoes. 

Our venture support programmes

Change Makers venture programmes offer a unique package of support for founders and founding teams of eligible deep tech chemistry ventures.

Coordinated by our experienced specialists and supported by our network of deep tech chemistry venture mentors and ecosystem partners, our package of support is configurable to meet the specific needs of your business and will evolve as you develop and grow.

Our support offer includes:

1. Regular check-ins with the Change Makers programme team.
2. A dedicated deep tech chemistry venture mentor, selected by you from our pool of experienced experts.
3. Masterclasses delivered by industry experts, focusing on topics that are specific to your venture’s challenges and stage of development.
4. Access to chemistry-focused professional services experts via seminars and 1:1 sessions.
5. Access to curated peer groups of like-minded founders of deep tech ventures in your sector or technology area.
6. Access to investment support, including our Investment Catalyst events and a curated network of deep tech chemistry-focused investors.

All support is funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and we do not take equity or charge fees for being part of the venture community.

Cleantech cohort 2025

We are currently actively recruiting for a new cohort of ventures to join our Change Makers venture support programme.  Our application portal will be open to early-stage cleantech ventures from Monday 6 January to Friday 28 March 2025. Successful applicants will be invited to an in-person selection day in April 2025. From here, we will select the final group of ventures that will form our May 2025 cleantech cohort.

Eligibility

Change Makers for Ventures supports emerging deep tech chemistry companies who are tackling critical global issues.

To apply for a place on our programme, your venture must be:

• A UK registered company (not a subsidiary or spin-off of an existing company).
• Focused in an area of deep tech chemistry with an active R&D programme.
• In the early stages of development or the beginning of a commercialisation phase.
• Addressing an industrial, societal or environmental unmet need or creating a new market.
• Aligned with one of more of the UN’s sustainable development goals.