Innovate UK
The UK’s national innovation agency, providing grants and support to innovative businesses.
Innovate UK funds and connects innovative companies through grants, loans and programmes, helping de-risk R&D and commercialisation. Its Smart Grants and sector competitions are a major source of non-dilutive funding for UK startups.
Examples
A startup wins an Innovate UK grant to develop new technology. — A deeptech company joins an Innovate UK programme.
How it relates to The Startup Foundry
The dashboard’s Funding Match helps surface grants and competitions like those from Innovate UK to complement the Foundry’s equity investment.