Portfolios with potential. Limited time. Hard decisions.

We help innovators, researchers, and businesses turn ideas into commercially viable products through a blend of engineering expertise, market insight, and hands-on delivery.

We help innovators, researchers, and businesses turn ideas into commercially viable products through a blend of engineering expertise, market insight, and hands-on delivery.

Deeptech commercialisation decisions — which application to pursue, which partner to engage, what to own and what to outsource — cannot be made well without engineering judgement, and engineering decisions cannot be made well without commercial context. Most advisory firms separate the two: a business consultancy handles the market case, a technical consultancy handles the product. The seams between them are where ventures lose time and money. At Hatch, both capabilities sit inside the same firm and are applied to the same problem at the same time. That is not a marketing line; it is the operating model.

Hatch works primarily on fee-based engagements. Equity participation is possible on a selective basis where the work warrants it and the venture is at a stage where equity can be meaningfully priced, but it is the exception rather than the default. We are transparent about fee structure up front — no retainer creep, no undefined scope. Every engagement starts with a named set of outcomes and a named set of deliverables.

Between the two co-founders, Hatch brings more than thirty years of engineering experience across clean energy, advanced materials, robotics in the nuclear industry, motorsport, and industrial manufacturing — delivered inside startups, scale-ups, and established industrials. We list sectors we have actually worked in rather than sectors we could theoretically cover; we turn down engagements where we cannot credibly add value. If your venture sits in a field we have not named, tell us what it is and we will be honest about whether we are the right fit.

Hatch operates on both sides of the Atlantic — from Oxford in the United Kingdom and from Grand Rapids, Michigan in the United States. We work with UK universities including Oxford, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Strathclyde, and with US partners including the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. Engagements can be run remotely, on-site, or a combination. The transatlantic footprint is part of the firm's operating model — it lets us help UK-origin ventures navigate US markets and US-origin ventures navigate UK funding routes.

Hatch is likely a good fit if: your technology originates from research (university, national lab, or corporate R&D); you are between early technical conviction and Series A; you need both engineering and commercial judgement applied to the same problem; and you would rather work directly with experienced co-founders than with an account team. Hatch is probably not the right fit if: you need a large delivery team, a pure software startup advisor, general management consulting, or a firm that will confirm whatever plan is already in front of it. In either case, the fastest way to find out is to talk to us.

Use the "Let's collaborate" form on this site and select the option that best describes you — researcher, TTO, pre-spinout, spinout, or something else. You can also email us directly at the address in the footer. Either way, one of the co-founders will respond personally.