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Innovate UK
UK government innovation agency replacing open-competition grants with a portfolio management model from April 2026.
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#1029 Jun
Contributed a GBP400k Investor Partnerships grant
UK Startups and Innovation: Exeter spinout raises GBP3m for epilepsy#916 Jun
Committed £27m across three offshore-wind innovation streams
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK puts £27m in offshore wind#915 Jun
Supported Neubond through the ICURe (Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research) programme
UK Startups and Innovation: Neubond seed is Japan VC's UK first#73 Jun
Mentioned in: Apoha bets £26.7m on lab data
UK Startups and Innovation#627 May
Provided grant funding alongside Mykor's equity round
UK Startups and Innovation: Mykor's £4m grows panels from mushrooms#520 May
Mentioned in: CircuitHub raises $28m led by Plural
UK Startups and Innovation#411 May
Opened two competitions on 11 May: FOAK26 rail prototypes (£4.3m) and Defra agritech partnership (£5m)
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK opens £9.3m rail and agritech competitions#47 May
Mentioned in: Onwurah: DSIT has no coherent strategy
European Tech Sovereignty#55 May
Opened Counter UAS and Dual-Use Aviation competitions totalling £15m for SME defence-tech
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK opens £15m drone competitions#329 Apr
Launched £3.5m Contracts for Innovation: Cyber Scale in Critical Sectors competition
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK opens £3.5m cyber competition#328 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names UK chip five at RUSI
UK Startups and Innovation#221 Apr
Mentioned in: FCA names eight firms in AI Live Testing round two
UK Startups and Innovation#216 Apr
Mentioned in: SAIU names seven firms in first cohort
UK Startups and Innovation#214 Apr
Mentioned in: DTC Quantum names four Harwell cohort firms
UK Startups and Innovation#11 Apr
Published new prospectus replacing open grant competitions with Velocity portfolio model
UK Startups and Innovation: Innovate UK adopts DARPA-style portfolio model#11 Apr
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