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

Scott James O'Brien

Director, Innovation Finance

Nigel Walker

Deputy Director, Lending and Investor Partnerships

Dave Wilkes

Director of Innovation Ecosystem

Past deals in Energy

Tewke

Grant in 2024
Tewke, established in 2020 in London, specializes in developing AI-driven home automation technology to reduce energy consumption and enhance living experiences. The company's flagship product, Tap, is an intelligent light switch that requires no rewiring, serving as the foundation for Tewke's energy control and home automation platform. Tap has been recognized internationally, including winning the Red Dot Design Award.

AceOn

Grant in 2024
AceOn Group is an innovative energy storage and battery manufacturer that develops a diverse array of battery solutions for utility-scale, residential, and off-grid portable applications. The company specializes in custom battery design and assembly, along with distribution and storage systems tailored to the needs of commercial, industrial, and utility-scale sectors. By focusing on providing high-quality energy storage solutions, AceOn enables clients across various industries to effectively address their energy storage challenges.

Pipeline Organics

Grant in 2024
Pipeline Organics is an early-stage cleantech company focused on generating clean, renewable electricity from wastewater through its innovative biofuel cell technology. This patent-pending system harnesses the untapped chemical potential of waste, enabling industrial facilities to meet their power demands in an environmentally sustainable manner. By offering a quick and cost-effective retrofit installation, Pipeline Organics provides immediate benefits, including reduced energy costs, reliable continuous electricity supply, and lower carbon emissions. The company aims to promote a shift away from fossil fuels, empowering industries to contribute to a greener future while generating their own clean energy.

Marine Power Systems

Grant in 2024
Marine Power Systems Ltd. is a Swansea-based company focused on developing innovative marine renewable energy technologies. Established in 2008 by engineering graduates from Swansea University, the company specializes in the WaveSub, a wave energy converter designed to harness wave energy for electricity generation. The WaveSub operates underwater, adjusting its depth to optimize energy capture and to withstand severe weather conditions. By utilizing orbital motion with the waves, Marine Power Systems aims to reduce the costs associated with wave energy generation, contributing to the advancement of sustainable energy solutions.

enee.io

Grant in 2024
enee.io specializes in designing and developing battery monitoring systems aimed at enhancing the efficiency and longevity of energy systems, particularly in the renewable power sector. By providing essential data and insights, the company empowers both users and suppliers of renewable energy, enabling them to optimize energy consumption and improve system health. This technology is especially beneficial for individuals and businesses in regions with unreliable grid access, as it facilitates more reliable and affordable energy solutions. Through its innovative approach, enee.io contributes to the effective management of backup power supplies and extends the operational life of batteries, ultimately supporting the profitability of renewable energy systems.

Eco Wave Power

Grant in 2024
Eco Wave Power is a Sweden-based company specializing in wave energy technology. It is the sole inventor, owner, and developer of the EWP wave energy converters, which are designed to convert ocean and sea waves into clean electricity. The company's innovative technology utilizes point absorber floating devices, known as floaters, that can be installed on existing marine structures like piers and breakwaters or in locations where such structures are needed. Eco Wave Power's approach is aimed at providing a smart and cost-efficient solution for energy harvesting from waves. The company has been recognized for its advancements in the field, having received the Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award, marking a significant achievement in the wave energy sector. With projects in places such as Gibraltar and Israel, Eco Wave Power is positioned to become a leader in renewable energy generation through wave power.

Energy Local

Grant in 2023
Energy Local is a groundbreaking social venture that brings together communities and local renewables to build local fair energy markets that keep more money in the community.

AceOn

Grant in 2023
AceOn Group is an innovative energy storage and battery manufacturer that develops a diverse array of battery solutions for utility-scale, residential, and off-grid portable applications. The company specializes in custom battery design and assembly, along with distribution and storage systems tailored to the needs of commercial, industrial, and utility-scale sectors. By focusing on providing high-quality energy storage solutions, AceOn enables clients across various industries to effectively address their energy storage challenges.

ev.energy

Grant in 2022
Ev.energy is a London-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in smart charging software for electric vehicles. The company develops an energy intelligence platform designed to optimize the charging process, making it both environmentally friendly and cost-effective for utility providers and their customers. By wirelessly connecting to various electric vehicles and Level 2 chargers, Ev.energy intelligently manages the charging of these vehicles in accordance with utility and network signals. This approach not only helps to reduce carbon emissions but also engages customers through a mobile application that rewards them for their participation. Through its innovative solutions, Ev.energy aims to facilitate affordable and sustainable electric vehicle charging for drivers at home.

enee.io

Grant in 2021
enee.io specializes in designing and developing battery monitoring systems aimed at enhancing the efficiency and longevity of energy systems, particularly in the renewable power sector. By providing essential data and insights, the company empowers both users and suppliers of renewable energy, enabling them to optimize energy consumption and improve system health. This technology is especially beneficial for individuals and businesses in regions with unreliable grid access, as it facilitates more reliable and affordable energy solutions. Through its innovative approach, enee.io contributes to the effective management of backup power supplies and extends the operational life of batteries, ultimately supporting the profitability of renewable energy systems.

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. The new Ovon heating system, with our 5G, cellular-enabled 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 and the ability to interface with any boiler on the market, Ovon’s products have the potential to revolutionise home servicing while improving comfort.

AceOn

Grant in 2021
AceOn Group is an innovative energy storage and battery manufacturer that develops a diverse array of battery solutions for utility-scale, residential, and off-grid portable applications. The company specializes in custom battery design and assembly, along with distribution and storage systems tailored to the needs of commercial, industrial, and utility-scale sectors. By focusing on providing high-quality energy storage solutions, AceOn enables clients across various industries to effectively address their energy storage challenges.

Connected Energy

Grant in 2021
Connected Energy Ltd, founded in 2010 and based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, specializes in energy storage solutions by utilizing recycled electric vehicle batteries through its innovative E-STOR technology. This system allows businesses to convert used car batteries into energy storage systems, enabling them to store excess energy for later use. Connected Energy's offerings include software and services that enhance load management, optimizing efficiency and cost savings across various sectors, including healthcare, education, industrial, retail, and utilities. The company has established a diverse client base and operates systems across the UK, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, with capacities ranging from 60 kW to 1.2 MW, and plans for larger installations in the future. As a subsidiary of Future Transport Systems Ltd, Connected Energy aims to commercialize the research and development conducted by its parent company.

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’.

enee.io

Grant in 2020
enee.io specializes in designing and developing battery monitoring systems aimed at enhancing the efficiency and longevity of energy systems, particularly in the renewable power sector. By providing essential data and insights, the company empowers both users and suppliers of renewable energy, enabling them to optimize energy consumption and improve system health. This technology is especially beneficial for individuals and businesses in regions with unreliable grid access, as it facilitates more reliable and affordable energy solutions. Through its innovative approach, enee.io contributes to the effective management of backup power supplies and extends the operational life of batteries, ultimately supporting the profitability of renewable energy systems.

Mocean Energy

Grant in 2020
Mocean Energy is a technology developer based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializing in harnessing wave energy to promote a transition to a zero-carbon future. Established in 2015, the company has created an innovative energy converter that efficiently transforms kinetic energy from ocean waves into electricity. This converter supports a power take-off mechanism, allowing for the reliable and cost-effective generation of renewable energy. Mocean Energy's solutions are designed to power various subsea applications, including control systems, remotely operated vehicles, and autonomous underwater vehicles, thereby enhancing the use of sustainable energy in maritime operations.

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. The new Ovon heating system, with our 5G, cellular-enabled 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 and the ability to interface with any boiler on the market, Ovon’s products have the potential to revolutionise home servicing while improving comfort.

Corridor Technology

Grant in 2020
Corridor Technology is a technology company. It will entail the development of a fully standardised imagery and video data review system to allow asset inspectors in road, rail and energy corridors to review remote condition monitoring data (RCM), output from Corridor’s Machine Learning systems.

Evince

Grant in 2020
Evince Technology is a UK-based startup focused on the development of innovative electron devices utilizing synthetic diamonds. The company aims to revolutionize the high-frequency electronics industry by introducing a new type of solid-state switch that serves as a foundational element for effective electrical energy control. Its products are designed for various applications, including metrology, healthcare, communications, and advanced manufacturing. By harnessing the superior thermal and electronic properties of diamonds, Evince Technology provides manufacturers and developers with the potential for enhanced performance through its licensed thermionic valve technology.

Evince

Venture Round in 2020
Evince Technology is a UK-based startup focused on the development of innovative electron devices utilizing synthetic diamonds. The company aims to revolutionize the high-frequency electronics industry by introducing a new type of solid-state switch that serves as a foundational element for effective electrical energy control. Its products are designed for various applications, including metrology, healthcare, communications, and advanced manufacturing. By harnessing the superior thermal and electronic properties of diamonds, Evince Technology provides manufacturers and developers with the potential for enhanced performance through its licensed thermionic valve technology.

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’.

SolarisKit

Grant in 2020
SolarisKit is a cleantech startup that has developed the world’s first flat-packable solar thermal collector. The company specializes in manufacturing solar heating equipment, allowing users to effectively collect and harness solar energy to meet global heating demands. Its innovative product enables clients to heat water for various applications, offering an affordable solution to renewable energy needs. By focusing on sustainability and practicality, SolarisKit aims to contribute to the transition toward cleaner energy sources.

ev.energy

Grant in 2019
Ev.energy is a London-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in smart charging software for electric vehicles. The company develops an energy intelligence platform designed to optimize the charging process, making it both environmentally friendly and cost-effective for utility providers and their customers. By wirelessly connecting to various electric vehicles and Level 2 chargers, Ev.energy intelligently manages the charging of these vehicles in accordance with utility and network signals. This approach not only helps to reduce carbon emissions but also engages customers through a mobile application that rewards them for their participation. Through its innovative solutions, Ev.energy aims to facilitate affordable and sustainable electric vehicle charging for drivers at home.

Inclusive Energy

Grant in 2019
Inclusive Energy specializes in remote monitoring and analytics solutions tailored for solar and biogas companies in the Global South. The company develops energy monitoring and control devices that capture real-time data from biogas digesters and solar photovoltaic systems. This data is transmitted to the cloud for analysis, providing valuable insights and automated control functions. By bridging the gap between off-grid energy providers, end-users, and carbon markets, Inclusive Energy aims to enhance customer engagement and support efficient management within the clean energy sector.

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’.

Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology

Grant in 2019
For over 20 years CREST (Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology) has overseen the research and development of the most progressive renewable energy technologies. New technologies to develop viable fossil fuel alternatives and support rapid growth within the global sustainable energy sector are essential. CREST continues to instigate, lead and deliver high quality, original research, collaborating with industry and international academic networks.

UrbanChain

Grant in 2019
UrbanChain is a renewable energy technology firm that specializes in facilitating peer-to-peer (P2P) energy exchange services. By leveraging blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, UrbanChain has developed an innovative energy exchange system aimed at creating local energy markets. The company's solution allows consumers to purchase green energy directly from renewable generators, resulting in significant savings on energy bills and aiding large consumers in achieving their net zero carbon emission targets. UrbanChain's platform profiles consumption behaviors and production patterns to ensure effective matches between consumers and energy producers, promoting safe and transparent transactions. The company is regulated by Ofgem and Innovation Link and is expanding its presence in the UK and global markets, streamlining the connection between renewable energy sources and consumers while dis-intermediating the energy market.

Brilliant Planet

Grant in 2019
Brilliant Planet is a company focused on utilizing algae as a sustainable solution for carbon sequestration at a gigaton scale. It employs an innovative process that facilitates the growth of microalgae in open-air pond systems situated on coastal desert land, without the need for fresh water. This method not only contributes to the health of oceans and air but also addresses the increasing demand for protein. By harnessing natural processes, Brilliant Planet offers an effective and affordable way to permanently and quantifiably remove carbon from the atmosphere, positioning itself as a leader in environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation.

D-Wave Systems

Grant in 2017
D-Wave Systems Inc. is a pioneering company in the field of quantum computing, recognized as the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, D-Wave specializes in the development, fabrication, and integration of superconducting quantum computers. The company offers a range of products, including the D-Wave Two System, a commercial quantum computer, and D-Wave Hybrid, an open-source platform for creating hybrid quantum-classical applications. Leap, its cloud-based service, provides real-time access to quantum computing resources along with development tools and educational content. D-Wave’s quantum computers are applied across various sectors, addressing challenges in mission planning, logistics, machine learning, and optimization problems, among others. The company serves diverse industries, including defense, finance, energy, and academia, and also offers professional services, training, and customer support to enhance user experience and application development.

Dearman

Grant in 2017
Dearman Ltd., established in 2011 and headquartered in London, specializes in developing and delivering clean cold and power technologies. The company's core product, the Dearman engine, is a piston engine driven by the expansion of liquid nitrogen or liquid air, producing zero-emission power and cooling. This technology is applied in various sectors, including refrigerated transport systems for cooling cargo in trucks, backup power and cooling for buildings, and assisting the main drive engine in city buses and urban vehicles. Dearman's innovations aim to reduce operating costs, fuel usage, and emissions, while maintaining low capital costs. The company is currently in commercial trials for its transport refrigeration application, with plans for multi-country trials later in 2016.

Onzo

Grant in 2015
Onzo, Ltd. is a London-based company specializing in the design of energy management systems for residential use. Established in 2007, Onzo offers a range of products including smart energy kits, which consist of sensors and displays integrated with a website, enabling consumers to monitor and manage their energy usage effectively. The company's display tools provide users with valuable insights to better understand their energy consumption, while the ONZO Insights platform allows utility companies to analyze various data dimensions. By combining technology and design expertise, Onzo aims to empower consumers to reduce their energy consumption, lower their bills, and minimize carbon emissions, while also offering utilities innovative solutions to enhance customer engagement and operational efficiency. The company also has an office in Denver, Colorado.

ZOEX

ZOEX is the world's first wave energy converter system that is dependable, modular, and commercially feasible.
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