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 Smart Home

Vector Homes

Grant in 2022
Vector Homes creates a new method for constructing homes and choosing the materials to use. Vector Homes recycles the materials and enhance them with nanotechnologies to create unique properties for superior construction materials.

ev.energy

Grant in 2022
Our software manages EV charging, automatically optimizing for a greener, cheaper charge.

SleepCogni

Debt Financing in 2021
SleepCogni is developing a product that delivers a unique wind down process to promote sleep. We deliver cognitive behaviorial therapy using biofeedback (through visual, auditory and tactile cues) to help you relearn sleep. The personalised biofeedback is based on the measurement of a range of physiological and behavioural measures related to sleep, to swiftly and effectively guide you towards sleep initiation.

Ovon Home

Seed Round in 2021
Ovon Home creates beautiful & easy to install smart home devices, offering superb comfort & energy saving in a stylish way. Traditional Radiator Valves waste energy, ”Smart” radiator valves simply waste your money instead. The new Ovon heating system, including our micro-thermostat environmental sensor, smart radiator valve and boiler controller, offers a cutting-edge, self-charging platform that eliminates waste and provides a future-proof, energy-saving solution. With the capacity for remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance, Ovon’s products have the potential to revolutionise home servicing while improving comfort. The company operates globally through both our US product development arm, Ovon Home Inc. and our UK based research and consultancy arm, Ovon Technology Ltd.

Bea Fertility

Grant in 2021
Developer of fertility therapy devices designed to provide clinical-standard treatment at home. The company's product contains ovulation assessments, insemination units, pregnant assessments, semen pattern assortment pots, and entry to an application to assist in observing ovulation dates, enabling customers to access affordable fertility treatment in the comfort of their houses.

Modulous

Debt Financing in 2021
Modulous Limited is a London-based company focused on designing, developing, and delivering affordable and sustainable homes globally. Established in 2018, the company leverages a digitized software platform that utilizes generative design, artificial intelligence, and 5D Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create fully engineered designs for multi-family homes from a defined kit of parts. This technology enables rapid production of planning-compliant designs, allowing property developers and architects to evaluate multiple design options efficiently. By addressing the pressing global housing shortage, Modulous aims to transform the housing sector with innovative solutions that prioritize quality, sustainability, and affordability.

Crowdhaus

Grant in 2020
Crowdhaus is a property discovery platform that offers marketing services aimed at connecting the online and offline aspects of property promotion. The platform allows users to access real-time information about properties they encounter in their vicinity that meet their specific search criteria. By providing a streamlined experience, Crowdhaus helps clients manage their property marketing efforts more effectively, reducing the need for inefficient social media interactions and fragmented communication channels. This innovative approach enhances the property search process for users, making it easier to discover and engage with potential properties in their local area.
The Smart Container Company is an Internet of Things (IoT) startup that specializes in transforming traditional kegs and casks into smart containers. By utilizing advanced IoT devices, the company gathers real-time data on various factors such as volume, location, temperature, and motion. This innovative approach aims to enhance the draught beer supply chain, offering benefits such as improved revenue generation, increased operational efficiency, and a significant reduction in waste. Through its targeted support for growing firms, The Smart Container Company strives to optimize logistics and inventory management in the beverage industry.

Ovon Home

Seed Round in 2020
Ovon Home creates beautiful & easy to install smart home devices, offering superb comfort & energy saving in a stylish way. Traditional Radiator Valves waste energy, ”Smart” radiator valves simply waste your money instead. The new Ovon heating system, including our micro-thermostat environmental sensor, smart radiator valve and boiler controller, offers a cutting-edge, self-charging platform that eliminates waste and provides a future-proof, energy-saving solution. With the capacity for remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance, Ovon’s products have the potential to revolutionise home servicing while improving comfort. The company operates globally through both our US product development arm, Ovon Home Inc. and our UK based research and consultancy arm, Ovon Technology Ltd.

Albus Health

Grant in 2020
Albus Health is a medical device company that develops a passive and non-contact, nocturnal symptom monitoring device. The company develops Albus Home RD, a completely passive and non-contact home monitoring device that enables a high quantity and quality of data from remote monitoring in research and clinical care.

Okko Health

Grant in 2020
Developer of home-monitoring applications designed to measure eyesight. The company's software combines vision science and computer science to measure sight as precisely and reliably as physically possible, enabling patients who are at high risk of eye disease to self-monitor from home and avoid the hospital. .

ev.energy

Grant in 2019
Our software manages EV charging, automatically optimizing for a greener, cheaper charge.

Albus Health

Grant in 2019
Albus Health is a medical device company that develops a passive and non-contact, nocturnal symptom monitoring device. The company develops Albus Home RD, a completely passive and non-contact home monitoring device that enables a high quantity and quality of data from remote monitoring in research and clinical care.

Albus Health

Grant in 2017
Albus Health is a medical device company that develops a passive and non-contact, nocturnal symptom monitoring device. The company develops Albus Home RD, a completely passive and non-contact home monitoring device that enables a high quantity and quality of data from remote monitoring in research and clinical care.

SleepCogni

Grant in 2017
SleepCogni is developing a product that delivers a unique wind down process to promote sleep. We deliver cognitive behaviorial therapy using biofeedback (through visual, auditory and tactile cues) to help you relearn sleep. The personalised biofeedback is based on the measurement of a range of physiological and behavioural measures related to sleep, to swiftly and effectively guide you towards sleep initiation.

Current Health

Grant in 2017
Current Health Limited, founded in 2014 and based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializes in developing wearable healthcare devices that monitor patients' vital signs. These devices are designed to measure key health metrics such as oxygen saturation, respiration rate, pulse rate, temperature, motion, activity, and posture, allowing for the early identification of unwell patients and timely medical intervention. The company also offers a patient monitoring platform that facilitates home-based care by enabling patients to share daily activities, report symptoms, and respond to structured questionnaires for their healthcare providers. By focusing on remote patient management, Current Health aims to reduce healthcare risks and costs while enhancing patient engagement and monitoring. Formerly known as Snap40 Limited, the company rebranded in December 2018 to better reflect its mission.

GridDuck

Grant in 2017
GridDuck transforms homes and businesses into part of the smart grid. GridDuck's gateway uses a Zigbee wireless network to connect to our plugs and relays. It monitors consumption data and executes your rule-sets. It connects to the cloud via ethernet, wireless or cellular network. The company's wireless plugs, relays and switches monitor real-time consumption patterns. Then can also monitor grid conditions and immediately respond to commands from the GridDuck gateway.

Botprobe

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Botprobe’s fully-managed cyber security-as-a-service portfolio for the remote workforce, protects corporate homeworkers from cyberattack, cyber intruders and loss of confidential information. Businesses don't think twice about providing homeworkers with anti-virus for their pcs. But what about other internet-connected devices on employee’s home networks that are invisible to IT departments; smart assistants, webcams, gaming consoles, entertainment systems, home monitoring and security, smart home infrastructures such as heating and thermostats, the list goes on. It only takes a single exposure in any one of these devices for a cybercriminal to gain access to a home network. Once an attacker is on a home network, it is only a small jump to the corporate network. Think of us as an “anti-virus” for your home networks.

GridDuck

Grant in 2016
GridDuck transforms homes and businesses into part of the smart grid. GridDuck's gateway uses a Zigbee wireless network to connect to our plugs and relays. It monitors consumption data and executes your rule-sets. It connects to the cloud via ethernet, wireless or cellular network. The company's wireless plugs, relays and switches monitor real-time consumption patterns. Then can also monitor grid conditions and immediately respond to commands from the GridDuck gateway.

GridDuck

Grant in 2015
GridDuck transforms homes and businesses into part of the smart grid. GridDuck's gateway uses a Zigbee wireless network to connect to our plugs and relays. It monitors consumption data and executes your rule-sets. It connects to the cloud via ethernet, wireless or cellular network. The company's wireless plugs, relays and switches monitor real-time consumption patterns. Then can also monitor grid conditions and immediately respond to commands from the GridDuck gateway.

Sensing Feeling

Grant in 2015
Advanced human behaviour sensing products for business. At the core of Sensing Feeling's products is a new IoT (Internet of Things) technology, powered by computer vision and machine learning, that significantly enhances the reliability and effectiveness of measuring aggregated human behaviour of groups of people in physical spaces to enable organisations to better understand risks, improve safety and enhance customer experiences.

Onzo

Grant in 2015
Onzo, Ltd. specializes in designing energy management systems for residential use, aimed at helping consumers reduce energy consumption, lower utility bills, and decrease carbon emissions. The company offers a smart energy kit that includes a sensor and display, along with an integrated online platform. This kit provides users with valuable insights into their energy usage, enabling them to take control of their consumption. The ONZO Insights platform allows utility companies to analyze various data dimensions, enhancing their service offerings. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Onzo also has an office in Denver, Colorado. By combining technology with design and commercial expertise, Onzo develops innovative products and services that benefit both consumers and utility providers.

Moixa Technology

Grant in 2015
Moixa Technology develops the Maslow intelligent energy storage solution, enabling homes to store energy and benefit from revenue streams generated by trading energy through GridShare, an SaaS platform that aggregates energy from groups of Maslow energy storage systems. . The company develops smart DC technologies to power DC lighting, computing, electronics from grid-shifted storage or local PV from smart DC hubs, variable DC networks and sockets. The technology and IPR reduces grid peak by shifting DC device load and powering DC devices efficiently without inverters or AC/DC adaptors, together with providing smart control and energy management. The technology aims to address the 1 trillion kwh + lost annually in power conversion, and the significant growing DC demand in homes, offices from ICT, LED lighting and the rise in internet connected devices.

Moixa Energy Holdings

Grant in 2012
Moixa Energy is the UK's leading smart storage and cloud aggregation platform.

Moixa Technology

Grant in 2010
Moixa Technology develops the Maslow intelligent energy storage solution, enabling homes to store energy and benefit from revenue streams generated by trading energy through GridShare, an SaaS platform that aggregates energy from groups of Maslow energy storage systems. . The company develops smart DC technologies to power DC lighting, computing, electronics from grid-shifted storage or local PV from smart DC hubs, variable DC networks and sockets. The technology and IPR reduces grid peak by shifting DC device load and powering DC devices efficiently without inverters or AC/DC adaptors, together with providing smart control and energy management. The technology aims to address the 1 trillion kwh + lost annually in power conversion, and the significant growing DC demand in homes, offices from ICT, LED lighting and the rise in internet connected devices.
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