Build commercially capable founders
We help universities, accelerators and innovation programmes equip researchers and founders with the entrepreneurial and commercial skills to turn promising technology into viable businesses.
Practical training and mentoring to explore commercial opportunities, test business models, understand customers and prepare for funding, applied to the projects and ventures in your cohort.
Entrepreneurial and commercial support that fits your programme
Workshops and masterclasses
Add focused expertise to your existing programme.
Sessions cover commercial opportunity, customer research, business models, end-user engagement, routes to market and grant funding. Participants apply the methods to their own research or venture, leaving with tools and practical next steps.
Founder clinics and mentoring
Help founders apply the learning to their particular challenges.
One-to-one support to explore the business potential of research, interpret customer feedback, refine a commercial proposition and strengthen a funding case.
Market Readiness Programmes
Commission a connected series of workshops and venture clinics.
We tailor the learning outcomes and delivery to your cohort, from researchers exploring entrepreneurship to founders testing a route to market. Participants develop their commercial thinking and plans; you receive a summary of delivery and outcomes.
All programme delivery is priced by scope, cohort size and support required.
Keep the learning going between sessions
Our book, courses and AI-supported research tools help founders continue applying what they learn.
Programme packages can include access to Grant Funding Fundamentals, Design Thinking for Deep Tech, Juno and Theia, with resources selected to suit the cohort.
AI coaches
Experience across technology sectors
Our research, training and mentoring experience spans:
Digital technologies and AI
Applied AI, FinTech, RegTech, productivity, PropTech and retail technology.
Life sciences and health
Diagnostics, quantum-enabled medical devices, wearables and consumer health.
Engineering biology and advanced materials
Engineering biology, biomaterials, recombinant proteins and recycled materials.
Clean energy, mobility and advanced manufacturing
Net-zero technologies, sustainable mobility, AgriTech and industrial adoption.
Creative industries
AI-enabled creative products, immersive experiences and technology for creative production.
We bring that experience into sessions tailored to the commercial challenges your founders face.
Who you’ll work with
Dr Chloe Sharp and Simon Sharp
Chloe combines rigorous customer research with product, commercialisation and grant funding experience. She holds a PhD in psychology, behavioural science and sociology, and is the author of Make Products That Matter, an ILM7-qualified coach and an Innovate UK assessor.
Simon brings product, process and implementation experience, including 11 years at Mercedes-Benz UK managing national products and services and working with European stakeholders.
Together, we turn complex commercial topics into practical learning founders can use.
Meet Chloe and Simon →What programme partners say
“Everyone who has worked with Chloe has been singing her praises. We really appreciate the effort, value and expertise she has brought to our teams.”
Selected programme work
Amazon Sustainability Accelerator
Workshops and one-to-one coaching on qualitative research methods, helping founders investigate customer needs and test their propositions.
Read the case study →
Female Tech Entrepreneurs
Practical workshops on product research and problem-solution fit, helping founders use evidence to refine their ideas.
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NatWest Accelerator
Panels, talks, mentoring and a Juno Lunch & Learn covering grant funding, new markets and customer research.
Read the case study →What does your cohort need?
Let’s talk about your cohort →Tell us about your researchers and founders, their stage and the capabilities you want to develop.