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[Live @ Supercluster] #1: Why Europe needs more collaboration with Sam Goodall (Cambridge Cleantech)
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Show Notes
Sam Goodall on Europe’s Climate Tech “Supercluster”
In Paris, I sat down with Sam Goodall, CEO of Cambridge Cleantech and co-founder of the Climate Tech Supercluster.
We unpacked a question I kept hearing:Why does Europe lead in climate innovation, but fall behind on scale?
Sam’s take is refreshingly clear: Climate tech is spread too thin. We miss an obvious “Silicon Valley” to go to.
That’s why he created the Supercluster approach: a series of events across Europe (London, Paris, Amsterdam) that increases the collision rate, and let smart people collaborate.
Here’s what we covered:
→ Europe’s superpower: the research base (TRL 1-3)
→ Where the system breaks: scaling post-TRL 7 + “value leakage”
→ The missing link: capital that matches deeptech timelines
→ Why corporates are the de-risking engine for FOAK
→ 2026+ opportunities: industrial decarb + data center energy
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