Clean & Cool Mission

The Clean & Cool Mission is a competition to identify and support the best fast-growing Clean & Cool companies in the UK. Clean & Cool Mission is run by Polecat in collaboration with the Technology Strategy Board, UK Trade & Investment, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, BP Alternative Energy, Arup, Volans, Enterprise UK and the Cleantech Group.

Clean & Cool Mission will return to San Francisco in early 2012. Clean & Cool Mission will launch, and applications will open, in November 2011. For more information on Clean & Cool Mission please contact us here. For more information on other Missions running in 2011, please take a look here.

Clean & Cool Mission 2010 had an overwhelming response with over 140 strong companies applying. The 19 successful companies were shortlisted by judges from the Technology Strategy Board, BP, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Cleantech Group and Volans. The applications were assessed on their ability to do meaningful business in the US; from setting up office, to finding funding, to extending their network, and developing sustainable transatlantic relationships. The companies were also assessed on their business viability and the strength of the management team. The final selection also had to be balanced to form a mix of companies that showed the breadth of what the UK has to offer in this space and in a few cases the criteria was relaxed for younger companies presenting innovative ideas to be able to attend.

The 19 Clean & Cool 2010 companies returned from San Francisco at the end of February 2010 after an intensive week-long agenda (20-26 Feb 10) of events meeting investors, potential partners, media and peers on the West Coast. Since Clean & Cool Mission 2010, some outstanding business successes have been achieved as described in our Impacts & Outcomes section. For more information on what the companies have been up to since the Mission, take a look at the Clean & Cool Mission Blog and News Stream to get a sense of what has been achieved.

Future Missions

Two Missions will be returning to San Francisco in 2011:

• Future Health Mission 2011 – Future Health Mission 2011 will take place in San Francisco 8-14 January 2011. Future Health Mission 2011 will launch, and applications will open, in September 2010. More information on Future Health Mission can be found at www.futurehealthmission.com.
• WebMission11 – the next WebMission will take place in San Francisco in March 2011. WebMission11 will launch, and applications will open, in November 2010. More information on WebMission can be found at www.webmission.co.uk

The next Clean & Cool Mission will return to San Francisco in the early 2012. Clean & Cool Mission will launch, and applications will open, in November 2011.

The Future Health Mission, WebMission and Clean & Cool Mission can all be contacted here.