Octopus Group, a group of entrepreneurs and investors backing the people, ideas and industries that will change the world, today announces the launch of Springboard, a programme aimed at creating and accelerating new businesses across the UK and Europe that will help to solve society’s biggest problems.
Springboard will focus on deep tech businesses enabling a sustainable planet, one of the three Octopus investment themes. Without new businesses being created to advance these technologies, global sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and energy security will remain unsolved. The deep tech businesses could be developing technologies such as quantum solutions, photonics and electronics, advanced materials, robotics, agtech, and artificial intelligence.