Innovate U.K. is a NPO that offers funding services to support science and technology innovations. The organization offers services and information on births, deaths, marriages, business, self-employed, childcare, parenting, citizenship, law, disabled persons, transportation, education, environment, housing, money, tax, travel, immigration, and jobs. Innovate U.K. is based in Swindon.
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 Metals and Mining
Ultima Forma
Grant in 2024
Ultima Forma is a manufacturer based in England that specializes in producing lightweight, high-strength, multi-functional metallic engineering components. The company is focused on developing an innovative manufacturing process that enables the creation of complex 3D multi-material components with locally tailored nanoengineered characteristics. By offering customized solutions, Ultima Forma aims to redefine traditional manufacturing methods and deliver components with specific shapes and material properties, enhancing the performance and functionality of various applications.
Rivelin Robotics
Grant in 2024
Rivelin Robotics specializes in the development of advanced robotic solutions for metal additive manufacturing post-processing. The company's AI technology, known as NetShape®, enables robots to autonomously perform tasks such as cutting, grinding, and polishing metal, thereby enhancing efficiency in manufacturing. By integrating state-of-the-art sensors and processes, Rivelin's robots offer improved dexterity and versatility, making industrial operations safer and more efficient. This innovation aims to eliminate repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, ultimately reducing costs and protecting the health of workers in the manufacturing sector.
Productive Machines
Grant in 2023
Productive Machines that enable machining companies to be faster to the best part, first time, in an automated way. Unlike competitors who are stuck in a labour intensive iterative cycle to produce parts. Productive Machines have a digital twin of the physics, mechanics, dynamics, distortion and vibration of the machining process for metal cutting, enabling the company to test millions of parameters in simulation to enhance CAM and Gcode to improve productivity and part quality. Productive Machines is a spin out from the UK Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
British Lithium
Grant in 2020
British Lithium discovers, evaluates, develops, and operates mineral resource projects.
FuelActive
Grant in 2020
FuelActive Ltd specializes in the manufacture of fuel delivery systems aimed at addressing fuel contamination issues. Founded in 1998 and based in Cardiff, United Kingdom, the company offers solutions that help eliminate fuel-related breakdowns, reduce machine downtime and maintenance, and improve fuel efficiency. Its innovative fuel pick-up units and associated technologies are designed to prevent filter blockages and engine failures, serving various sectors including construction, mining, transport, military, power generation, marine, and agriculture. Originally established as Fairwater Fuel Systems Limited, the company rebranded to FuelActive Ltd in June 2007 to reflect its focus on advanced fuel management solutions.
Space Forge
Seed Round in 2020
Space Forge Limited, founded in 2018 and based in Bristol, United Kingdom, focuses on developing reusable satellites for manufacturing unique materials in space. The company's innovative approach allows for the production of super materials that cannot be created on Earth, utilizing the advantages of the space environment. Space Forge manufactures alloys, metals, and crystals used across various industries, including computing, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. By leveraging space-based manufacturing, the company aims to contribute to a cleaner industrial revolution, helping clients reduce energy loss and carbon emissions while producing lighter vehicles and improving material properties. The company operates laboratories in Bristol and Wales to support its research and development efforts.
Cella Energy
Grant in 2013
Cella Energy Limited is an advanced materials and technologies company based in Didcot, United Kingdom, with additional offices and a laboratory in Florida. Founded in 2011, it specializes in developing and producing hydrogen storage materials capable of storing significant amounts of hydrogen per gram, facilitating transportation at room temperature. The company offers a range of products, including smaller-scale tray-type and industrial-scale freeze-drying facilities, flowable pellets, static and cartridge systems, and flowing pellet systems. Cella Energy serves various applications across low, medium, and high power sectors, including unmanned aerial vehicles, lower-emission diesel vehicles, and zero-emission vehicles. Additionally, it provides military power solutions for unmanned systems and radiation shielding materials designed to protect satellites from harmful radiation, thereby extending their operational lifespan.
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