Createch
Innovate UK industrial research competition for commercial digital platforms.
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What did Createch offer UK digital platform businesses before closing?
Timeline for Createch
Closed to applications with up to £10m on offer
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK keeps its funding calendarBackground
Createch is an Innovate UK industrial research competition that closed to applications on Monday 20 July 2026, offering a share of up to £10m for commercial digital platforms.
Innovate UK, the UK's innovation funding agency, runs Createch as part of its regular industrial research competition calendar, targeting projects that build or scale digital platforms with clear commercial applications rather than pure early-stage research.
The competition's closure coincided with Innovate UK opening a separate scheme, Advanced Connectivity Technologies, on 15 July, illustrating the agency continuing its scheduled funding rounds even as other parts of the UK innovation ecosystem debate state-backed versus private financing.
