Unlocking innovation
A systems approach to addressing the shortage of chemistry labs for startups.
Deep tech chemistry ventures are a subset of businesses that are using chemistry as the core of novel, significant technological advances, which could transform the way we live today and help secure a cleaner and better future. These businesses have the power to create their own markets and disrupt industries, but they depend on significant research and development work in order to arrive at their full potential.
However, many of these companies are stuck, because they don’t have access to suitable labs in which to carry out research or scale-up of their cutting-edge technologies.
Our Unlocking Innovation report addresses this challenge from a range of angles, exploring the deep-rooted reasons this issue has persisted for decades and asks how property developers, policymakers, and chemistry advocates each have a role to play in tackling the problem
Our report
Explore case studies spotlighting how deep tech chemistry ventures are transforming human health, environmental sustainability and more.
Learn why deep tech chemistry ventures have such difficulties in accessing suitable facilities to develop their ideas.
Discover the eight ‘windows of opportunity’ we’ve identified for bringing about long-term change to how deep tech ventures can access chemistry labs
What is Change Makers?
This report was developed as part of Change Makers, a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem powered by the Royal Society of Chemistry. We believe that the problems in today’s world are complex and interconnected, so we create change at multiple levels.
We support ventures through our accelerator, catalyse change in systems surrounding the ventures and shape opinions and narratives through our championing activity.