Summary of the latest funding competitions and support for Digital and Creative startups and SMEs.

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Innovate UK funding calls
Funding Competitions
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Investment
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Innovate UK and the Office for Low Emission
want to provide EV charging infrastructure and
wireless charging for electric vehicles.
KTN will be facilitating 3 scoping workshops to
identify how support could be best directed in
terms of scope
Discuss funding support for innovation in urban systems &
designs to provide Electronic Vehicle charging infrastructure
for on-street parking & wireless charging

5. GovStart Programme
Closes: 30 April 2018
Funding
GovStart is a sixth-month growth-programme to help tech startups
transform the public sector. Startups of a variety of sizes and industry
focuses are welcomed to apply. The programme will provide them with
the tailored support, strategy and networks they need to succeed in the
public sector market.
CLICK TO FIND OUT MORE

6. Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Simulation:
Collaborative R&D
Closes: 02 May 2018
Funding
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), in
partnership with Innovate UK, is investing up to £15 million in industry-
led projects. These will use holistic simulation and modelling systems to
develop approval mechanisms and standards.
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7. March 2018 Sector Competition
Closes: 09 May 2018
Funding
UK businesses can apply for a share of £19 million for game-changing
innovations with strong commercial potential that will significantly
impact the UK economy
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8. Horizon 2020: Cybersecurity
Closes: 29 May 2018
Funding
Within the next decade cybersecurity and privacy technologies should
become complementary enablers of the EU digital economy, ensuring a
trusted networked ICT environment for governments, businesses and
individuals. Businesses can apply for a share of €50m in creating
innovative solutions for Cybersecurity
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9. ConstrucTech from Virgin StartUp
Closes: 31 May 2018
Funding
Virgin StartUp has partnered with UK construction company Colmore
Tang, as part of their £10m innovation fund, to solve three of their
biggest industry challenges
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10. SME Instrument - Phase 1
Closes: 7th November 2018
Funding
Are you an innovative, high-flying small or medium-
sized business with European and global ambitions?
Phase 1 funding is a lump sum of €50 000. Projects
should last around 6 months.
CLICK TO FIND OUT MORE

11. Big Lottery Fund
Closes: various/ongoing
Funding
19 funding programmes currently open for social entreprise, community
and not for profit organisations projects.
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12. Upcoming Events
Wed 18 April, Cardiff
ISCF Clean Growth Grand
Challenge: AgriFood, Energy and
Construction Event
International Business Festival :
Call for cutting edge innovators
Closes 13th April, 2018
Wed 18th April, London
Quantum Programme £20m ISCF
Pioneer Project Briefing Day
24 April, Peterborough | 25 April,
Ipswich | 26 April, Chelmsford
3D Printing Week 2018
Wed 18 April, London
Quantum Programme £20m ISCF
Pioneer Project Briefing Day
Wed 18 April, London
Smart Manufacturing Showcase -
Making Sense of Advancing
Technologies
Thur 19 April, Brussels
HORIZON 2020 RDI & CAS Project
Cluster Conference

13. Upcoming Events
Thurs 19 April, Nottingham
Digital Business Drop-In
Fri 20 April, Ipswich
Innovate UK in the East of
England 2018
Tue 24 April, Norwich
Turbocharge Your Innovation and
Scale-up Your Business
Thurs 19 April, London
ISCF Transforming Construction:
Manufacturing Better Buildings -
Hub Programme Briefing &
Consortium Building Event
Tue 24 April, Leeds
Digital Business Drop-In
Fri 20 April, Ipswich
Innovate UK in the East of
England 2018

14. Upcoming Events
30 April, Manchester | 1 May,
Bristol | 3 May, London
Discuss funding support for
innovation in urban systems &
designs to provide Electronic
Vehicle charging infrastructure for
on-street parking & wireless
charging
Fri 4 May, Streamed via Webcast
Sustainable aviation fuel: First
Friday Research Highlights
Wed 25 April, Belfast
ISCF Clean Growth Grand
Challenge: AgriFood, Energy and
Construction
Thurs 26 April, Glasgow
ISCF Clean Growth Grand
Challenge: AgriFood, Energy and
Construction
Thurs 10 May, Sheffield
Digital Business Drop-In
22-24 May, Helsinki
Funded visit to EUREKA
Innovation Days 2018
Matchmaking
21-22 May, Cardiff
Digital Festival

15. Investment
Digital Refer now includes more than 250 organisations that provide
private investment to Digital and Creative businesses in the UK,
including:
Accelerator Programmes
Business Incubators
Start-up Studios
Venture Capital Funds
Angel Investor Networks
Corporate Venture Capital firms
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Private Investment Directory

16. Latest News Machine Learning
Intelligence Garage
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Machine Intelligence Garage is a
programme ran by the Digital Catapult
that helps businesses access the
computation power and expertise they
need to develop and build machine
learning and artificial intelligence
solutions.
Deadline: 22 April 2018

17. Latest News The £4m Unlocking
Ambition Challenge
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Applications are now open for a brand
new cutting-edge entrepreneurial
support scheme.
The £4m Unlocking Ambition Challenge is
delivered by key stakeholders from
Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem as
part of the Scotland CAN DO initiative,
backed by the First Minister Nicola
Sturgeon.

18. Latest News Diving into VR gaming with a
purpose
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Curiscope was founded by Ed Barton and
Ben Kidd on the belief that virtual and
augmented reality could offer a unique
way to connect more closely with the
world around us. Their passion for the
ocean coupled with a desire to open
people’s eyes to the impact that humans
have on this fragile ecosystem led
Curiscope to launching its first ever VR
game in December 2017.

19. Latest News International Business
Festival : Call for cutting
edge innovators
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Every two years the UK hosts the world’s
biggest international business
festival. This event will host more than 40
major global events across 9 high growth,
industry themed days, with more than
200 speakers.
We are calling cutting edge innovators –
this is your chance to showcase at the
2018 International Business Festival in
Liverpool as part of a cross-government
presence at this year’s event

20. Latest News CAP-AI
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CAP-AI is a knowledge transfer program
designed to support research intensive
data driven start ups which use Machine
Learning or other computational
methods to deliver commercial products.
This is an ERDF funded program ran by
Capital Enterprise with aim to help
support and grow London’s prominent
A.I. cluster.