Innovate UK

Innovate UK is a non-departmental public body established in 2007 and based in Swindon, United Kingdom. Funded by a government grant, it supports innovation in science and technology by providing funding services to businesses across various sectors and regions. The organization aims to drive productivity and economic growth by facilitating advancements that contribute to the UK’s economic landscape. In addition to funding, Innovate UK offers a range of services and information related to business and economic development, thereby fostering a supportive environment for innovation.

Mike Biddle

Programme Director of Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Will Drury

Executive Director, Digital and Technologies

Paul Gadd

Deputy Director

Dr. Tom Jenkins

Deputy Director

Tim Murley

Interim Chief Investment Officer

Scott James O'Brien

Director, Innovation Finance

Dave Wilkes

Director of Innovation Ecosystem

Past deals in Intellectual Property

Iceni Labs

Grant in 2020
Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

Intellegens

Grant in 2020
Intellegens is a company that originated as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative artificial intelligence software. It has created proprietary algorithms that allow neural networks to be trained on fragmented or incomplete datasets, enhancing data analysis capabilities beyond traditional methods. This technology has been successfully applied in drug discovery and material design, where it has notably reduced costs and accelerated development cycles for clients. Founded by Dr. Gareth Conduit and Ben Pellegrini, Intellegens aims to expand its applications to other sectors such as healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and retail. To facilitate broader adoption of its technology, the company is also working on an online platform with support from Innovate UK.

Iceni Labs

Grant in 2020
Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

Knowledge Officer

Grant in 2019
Knowledge Officer Ltd is a company that specializes in managing information overload by providing software and solutions designed to enhance content with relevant context. Founded in 2016 and based in Mitcham, United Kingdom, the company offers a platform that collects and aggregates content from various online sources, filtering out unnecessary data to deliver essential information tailored to users' specific interests and career goals. Utilizing machine learning and expert input, the platform helps individuals create personalized and dynamic learning paths. Additionally, it includes features such as quizzes to assess learning progress, making it a valuable resource for both students and professionals seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge.

UltraSoC

Grant in 2019
UltraSoC Technologies Ltd. specializes in semiconductor intellectual property (IP) focused on system monitoring, analysis, and optimization for advanced systems-on-chip (SoC) devices. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company offers a comprehensive toolkit that includes dedicated and optimized IP, as well as configurable modules for design-time and run-time adjustment. Its technology facilitates non-intrusive, wire-speed monitoring of SoC behavior, allowing engineers to understand complex interactions among on-chip subsystems, buses, and software. This capability accelerates development and minimizes risks associated with SoC design. UltraSoC's solutions are applied in various contexts, including SoC debugging, analytics, optimization, and security applications, thereby enhancing the efficiency of embedded systems development. The company operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft.

Iceni Labs

Grant in 2019
Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.
Irresistible Materials Ltd, a materials technology company, develops and commercializes fullerene based photo-resist technology. It offers fullerene materials and processes for application in lithography, including EUV resists, spin-on-carbon, and e-beam resists. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Swansea, United Kingdom.

Kopernio

Venture Round in 2018
Kopernio Limited is a technology company that has developed a browser plug-in aimed at simplifying access to academic journal articles for researchers and institutions. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company provides a free web-based solution that enables users to find and access PDFs of academic articles with one click. The plug-in streamlines the process by automatically searching institutional library subscriptions, pre-print servers, and repositories, eliminating the need for VPNs, logins, and extensive searching. By intelligently linking to over 20,000 journal websites and databases, Kopernio enhances the research experience, allowing users to work off-campus and save articles for later use. The company operates as a subsidiary of Clarivate Plc.
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