IPSO Entrepreneur Associates
Clive Weatherby
Tim Clover
Pete Magowan
Rob Sleat
Clive Weatherby
Chief Technology Officer, Whitfield Solar Ltd
Clive is a founder CEO of Whitfield Solar Ltd, a company that excels at delivering renewable energy through the development of low-cost solar concentrators.
During the founding of Whitfield Solar Ltd, Clive raised seed capital ¬¬¬finance, successfully applied for 2 DTI/TSB and one EU funded project totaling circa £1.4M. He raised 2 further VC, angel Investor and industrial investor funding rounds. All this whilst establishing office and management systems, recruited teams and leading product development. He also established multiple test-sites for technology test and demonstration.
In February 2008, he stood down as CEO to become CTO and worked on technical transfer of knowledge to a new team recruited from the automotive sector to commercialise product.
Later he led the sales effort to establish a £20M sales pipeline and early adopter sales.