(Source: Tech Nation, Net Zero Insights, 2022) What can we expect next? Based on our research of emerging tech investments, the final stage, if not a steady state, will resemble a more uniform set of investments and exit activity. In the next five years, we would expect to see a sector with larger players reinforcing their hold on markets, or product groups, and new firms creating satellite products or services around it. However, with climate tech startups and scaleups representing economic opportunity alongside a public good - the preservation of our environment - it may be hard to tell what the trajectory will look like for this essential sector. Global climate tech investment dynamics The UK is second in the world in 2021 and 2022 for climate tech investment, behind only the US