From lab to market. We've done it. Now we help you do the same.
Most deep-tech processes that work in a laboratory never reach a commercial customer. The gap between a proven concept and a paying market is where careers, capital, and climate technologies are lost.
Flemington Ventures exists to close that gap - backed by the experience of building an electrochemical process from first principles to a trade sale with ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH..
I took an unproven electrochemical process from a laboratory bench to a trade sale with ContiTech — in 7 years, with £1.5M in grant funding, paid PoC revenues from Neste, Dow, SABIC, and others, plus a pilot unit commissioned in the UK.
“£1.5M | Grants from Innovate UK, and the Netherlands Government”
“+£0.4M | Revenue from paid testing with Neste, Dow, & SABIC.”
“7 years |
Lab-to-trade sale with ContiTech GmbH”
The gap between proof of concept and first commercial customer is where most deep-tech companies fail.
The technology works. The IP is protected. The grant has been won. But the path from a validated lab process to a paying corporate customer - through pilot unit commissioning, FOAK feasibility, blended funding, and offtake negotiations — is one most founders have never navigated before.
That gap is where most promising technologies stall, run out of runway, or are acquired at a fraction of their potential value. It is also exactly where our experience is most relevant.
We have run that route. We know where the ground is unstable. And we work alongside founders, investors, and accelerators who need someone who has crossed it — not someone who has read about it.
Lab-to-Market Diagnostic
A structured 2-day assessment of your technology against TRL, MRL, CRL and commercial readiness frameworks — producing a prioritised action plan, not a generic report.
Designed for founders at TRL 3–6 who need to know exactly what is holding them back before committing to the next funding round.
Innovate UK Readiness Sprint
A focused 3-session engagement to sharpen your grant narrative, align it to current Innovate UK priority themes, and maximise your application's chance of success.
Backed by five separate grants won from Innovate UK and the Netherlands Government.
Strategic Fundraising Preparation
A structured retainer to develop your investor narrative, identify the right investors for your stage and sector, and prepare you for first meetings — before you spend months in the wrong rooms.
Retainer-based. Minimum 3-month engagement.
Who we work with
We work with a small number of founders and organisations at a time, so every engagement gets genuine attention.
Our clients are typically:
Cleantech or chemtech founders between TRL 3 and Series A, navigating the FOAK commercialisation path
Early-stage companies preparing for an Innovate UK application or a first institutional raise
Investors and accelerators working with deep-tech companies who need a commercialisation diagnostic
We are based in the UK with active experience across the EMEA market.
We take 2–3 new advisory engagements per quarter.
