The Carbon Trust – TTP Incubator ran from 2006 to 2012 and provided a portfolio of consulting services to accelerate the development of start-up and early-stage businesses in the low carbon sector. The Incubator was funded by The Carbon Trust and delivered by TTP Group, one of Europe’s most successful innovation companies.

The services provided included:

• understanding market opportunities;

• providing expert engineering, modelling and product development;

• supporting patenting and intellectual property policies;

• finding customers and partners, and assistance in negotiations with them;

• meeting product tests and regulations;

• assistance with scale-up for manufacture;

• providing interim management and mentoring;

• building the case to attract external investment, and making introductions to investors.