The Planetary Health Golden Ticket Programme

For technology businesses who want to change the world.

CPI and Pioneer want to hear from trailblazing science and technology founders and innovators from established businesses creating game-changing approaches to planetary health.

Are you working in hydrogen or green technologies? We want to hear from you!

The prize:

  • Venture Development Workshop

    A three-day virtual workshop focusing on value proposition, pitch preparation and IP positioning with Pioneer Group. All eligible entrants will be invited.
    12th – 14th March 2024

  • Technology Support with CPI

    • Technology road-mapping, scale-up and innovation support with CPI
    • Top teams will be invited for immediate support projects with CPI.
      Total in kind prize value: up to £75k

  • Pitching Opportunity

    After mastering the workshops, our top-performing teams will have an exclusive invitation to showcase their projects in a dynamic pitch session hosted at Wilton Centre. The event will host CPI Enterprise, local investors and dignitaries.
    27th March 2024

The Grand Prize:

One team will be selected as the overall Grand Prize Winner;

  • 12 months of Venture Development support with Pioneer Group

  • 12 months of free incubation space at Wilton Centre.

  • 12 months of ongoing scale-up and innovation support with CPI which depending on requirements may include tailored grant landscape review, bid development, technical consultancy and advice, and innovation support, one-to-one technology advisory sessions and use of test facilities.

How to apply:

The closing date for applications has now passed.

Selection process

  • All applications will be reviewed by a CPI and Pioneer Group selection committee. All eligible teams will be invited to participate in the Venture Development and Pitch Preparation workshops.

  • On receipt of applications, selected teams showing potential will immediately be invited to receive the technology support with CPI.

  • Team engagement and attendance in both virtual workshops and the in-person pitch day, will factor into the selection of the final winner.

Disclaimer: The decision to award any golden tickets, and the assessments underlying such decision, are solely within the judgement of CPI and Pioneer Group. Decisions are not subject to any objection or appeal.

Frequently asked questions

Application process

  1. Complete the online application form.
  2. Submit your pitch deck (non-confidential) to accelerator@thepioneergroup.com. Maximum of 10 slides.

Closing dates

The closing date for applications is 23rd February 2024.
Please submit your pitch deck within one week of completing the online application form.

Executive Summary

  • Include a brief history of your company, including:
  • Your company’s mission statement
  • Why and how the company was founded
  • Key differentiators of what makes your company unique compared to your competitors
  • What and why collaborating with a partner is critical to your success

1. The science behind the technology or asset

2. The prioritized and potentially applicable uses

3. Unique scientific value-add – What differentiates your technology from other companies in the competitive landscape?

4. Relevant IP and publications – Include data supporting your science

5. Mitigation of risk: What are the potential pitfalls and key challenges?

6. What milestones and achievements – What do you expect to accomplish in the  next 12 months

7. The key proof of concept data – and/or experiment that will help you reach your next inflection point

8. Briefly describe your team – Their background, expertise, and how you will work together to achieve your near term goals.

9. Your longer-term plans – Product development, go to market strategy as examples including your financing needs to reach these goals?

10. Provide any publications, patents – Data that supports your plans and scientific premise.

11. The benefit of potential collaboration with CPI and Pioneer Group

We wish all of you the best of luck and we look forward to meeting you soon.

Entrepreneurial scientists, emerging start-ups/spin-outs and established companies developing technologies with a particular focus on the Hydrogen Economy and broader innovations, including but not limited to:

  • Hydrogen Production Technologies
  • Propulsion and Power Generation
  • Hydrogen Conditioning
  • Distribution and Control
  • Heat Generation
  • Hydrogen as a Feedstock
  • Hydrogen Storage
  • Thermal Management
  • Monitoring and Metering

Other climate, low carbon, decarbonisation technologies linked to the hydrogen economy and other associated technologies will be considered.

CPI and Pioneer Group want to hear from trailblazing science and technology founders as well as innovators from established businesses who are creating game-changing approaches for planetary health.

Shortlisted winners will receive hands-on technology scale-up and innovation support from CPI experts, scientists and engineering teams, as well as the opportunity to pitch in person to the CPI Enterprise investment team (27th March 2024).

The Grand Prize winner will receive one year’s free venture development support and space at the Wilton Centre within the region’s global decarbonised industrial cluster, including industrial, power and hydrogen companies.

Gain access to CPI’s R&D capabilities, business leaders and global network of technology leaders and companies.