Black Founders Programme
The Black Founders Programme is an accelerator targeted at pre-seed or seed stage, Black-founded companies creating innovative products and services...
Press releases
Our latest achievements and announcements.
UK Digital Twin Centre opens in Belfast to drive nationwide industrial innovation
The UK Digital Twin Centre has officially opened in Belfast, marking a major milestone in the UK’s digital innovation landscape.…
Published 2 May 2025
Digital Catapult becomes one of the first sites to join national 6G research platform
Digital Catapult has become one of the first sites to connect to the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research)…
Published 12 Feb 2025
Digital Catapult’s 5G Immersive Lab opened by UK Tech Minister
Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture,…
Published 1 Oct 2024
Black founders to benefit from creative-technology startup support
Black founders to benefit from creative-technology startup support with the Black Founders Programme
Published 19 Sep 2024
UK’s creative production edge to be sharpened by nine AI pioneers
Nine pioneering British startups will join Digital Catapult and industry supporters including the BBC and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to…
Published 23 Jul 2024
Eight innovators chosen to drive immersive technology forward in the North East
Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, welcomes eight new companies onto the ImmexCity programme, to spearhead the…
Published 22 May 2024
Extend Robotics, high growth potential startup, obtains Digital Catapult funding through new Innovate UK initiative
Digital Catapult has invested in tech startup Extend Robotics as part of a wider scheme led by Innovate UK.
Published 16 May 2024
Digital Catapult welcomes launch of SXSW London
Jessica Driscoll, Director of Immersive Technology welcomes launch of SXSW London festival in 2025.
Published 8 May 2024
Digital Catapult to launch state-of-the-art 5G Immersive Lab in partnership with North of Tyne Combined Authority to break down the barriers to digital adoption in the North East
A state-of-the-art innovation lab is coming to Newcastle City Centre thanks to £700k funding from North of Tyne Combined Authority.…
Published 30 Apr 2024
Innovative start-ups receive windfall in boost to Bristol’s creative technology centre
Seven cutting-edge companies have been welcomed onto the MyWorld programme to position the West of England as a hub of…
Published 30 Apr 2024