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Build commercially capable founders.

We help universities, accelerators and innovation programmes equip technical founders with the evidence, tools and commercial skills to turn promising technology into viable businesses.

Market focus Commercial evidence Innovation funding Commercial capability
Universities, accelerators and corporate ventures we’ve partnered with
Cranfield University Science Creates Amazon Sustainability Accelerator MK College Carbon13 Undaunted NatWest Durham University

Experience across the innovation ecosystem

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Applied AI

B2B AI software

FinTech · RegTech · Mobility · Productivity · PropTech · Retail · CreaTech

Programmes & Organisations

Amazon Innovation Accelerator · Growth Studio · Cranfield · TechUp · CoSTAR · Durham University · Help To Grow

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Health & Life Sciences

From clinical to consumer

Clinical Diagnostics · Wearables · Fitness & Wellness · Consumer Health

Programmes & Organisations

NHS Leadership Academy · NHS Blood and Transplant · Versus Arthritis · De Montfort University · Cambridge NHS Trust · Islington Council · Health Foundation

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Deep Tech & ClimateTech

Deep science & hard tech

Engineering Biology · Biomaterials · Net-Zero · Recycled Materials · AgriTech

Programmes & Organisations

Undaunted · Carbon13 · Amazon Sustainability Accelerator · APC Mobilise · Silicon Roundabout · Cranfield University · Science Creates

Strengthen the commercialisation in your programme

Ready-made cohort sprints

Give the cohort a structured journey

Run our Commercialisation Sprint or Grant Funding Sprint with your cohort, combining practical learning with application to each founder’s business.

Commercialisation Sprint · Grant Funding Sprint

Workshops & masterclasses

Add focused commercialisation expertise and tools to support application between sessions

Plug practical sessions into your existing programme on markets, customer evidence, commercialisation, product decisions and innovation funding.

Masterclasses · Workshops · Modules · Juno and Theia AI tools · Bespoke

Founder clinics

Give founders individual support

Add 1:1 clinics, readiness reviews and Decision Sprints for founders who need deeper help applying the learning.

Clinics · Readiness Reviews · 1:1 Decision Sprints

Curriculum & capability

Build capability that stays with you

Use our frameworks, courses, tools and facilitator materials internally, with training and support for your programme team.

Curriculum · Facilitator training · Courses · Tools

Commercialisation programme design

Building or refreshing an innovation programme?

We can help design the commercialisation journey itself: learning outcomes, curriculum, founder activities, tools, clinics and evidence milestones.

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Keep founders working between sessions

Our frameworks, courses and AI tools help founders apply what they learn and keep building evidence between engagements.

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Commercialisation Framework

An evidence-led route from technical progress to market and traction.

Explore the framework →
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Make Products That Matter

Practical customer and product thinking throughout the product lifecycle.

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Online courses

Online courses

Design Thinking for Deep Tech to apply customer-centred development to complex technology. Grant Funding Fundamentals for a strategic approach to innovation funding.

Juno, AI customer discovery assistant

Juno

AI-supported customer discovery for planning research and turning conversations into useful evidence.

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Dr Chloe Sharp and Simon Sharp

Who you’ll work with

Dr Chloe Sharp & Simon Sharp

We combine customer insight, product thinking and commercial expertise to help programmes and their founders make better decisions about what to build next.

Chloe’s background spans behavioural science, customer research, product management, commercialisation and innovation funding. She is an exited founder, Innovate UK assessor, ILM Level 7 coach and author of Make Products That Matter.

Simon brings product, process and implementation experience, including 11 years at Mercedes-Benz UK managing national products and services and European stakeholders.

Together, we help you connect what your founders need, what your programme can deliver and where the two overlap.

Meet Chloe & 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.”

Nicole Stewart-RushworthSenior Commercialisation and Enterprise Lead, CoSTAR, Royal Holloway University