BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum clean tech showcase: Rype Office

BusinessGreen staff
clock • 1 min read

VIDEO: Greg Lavery, MD of repurposed office furniture company Rype Office, pitches to top investors as part of BusinessGreen's Technology & Investment Forum

Last month saw 15 of the UK's most exicting clean tech entrepreneurs pitch their prospective businesses to investors at BusinessGreen's Technology & Investment Forum, which was hosted online this year in association with Innovate UK.

A vast range of businesses and ideas were on show covering renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, green buildings, ultra-efficient toilets, and much more, and this month BusinessGreen is publishing a series of short pitch videos from the event. Each entrepreneur was given four minutes to deliver an 'elevator pitch' introducing their business, the opportunities it offers, and its short to medium-term fund-raising plans.

Delivered as part of the Net Zero Innovate Hub, hosted with support from Boston Consulting Group and Kingspan, the cleantech showcase series continues today with Greg Lavery - managing director of Rype Office, which repurposes old office furniture into new desks, chairs and more in order to cut down on costs, waste and CO2.

His pitch can be watched in full above, while the rest of last month's event - including all of the pitches - can be watched back on-demand via the event website.

More on Technology

Study: 'All-electric' homes put less pressure on electricity grid than feared

Study: 'All-electric' homes put less pressure on electricity grid than feared

Homes equipped with heat pumps and solar panels in line with imminent Future Homes Standard use less energy than expected, new analysis finds

Stuart Stone
clock 19 November 2025 • 3 min read
Carbon3.ai pledges £1bn investment to build network of renewables-powered data centres

Carbon3.ai pledges £1bn investment to build network of renewables-powered data centres

UK tech firm aims to convert legacy industrial sites into AI data centres powered entirely using clean energy

clock 18 November 2025 • 3 min read
Octopus snaps up home energy start-up Kuppa

Octopus snaps up home energy start-up Kuppa

Companies promise to 'brew up' smarter homes with technology designed to make it easier to undertake green upgrades

James Murray
clock 11 November 2025 • 2 min read