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    • About us
          • Digital Catapult is a deep tech innovation organisation driving business value by accelerating the application of advanced technologies.

            3,000

            Companies supported since 2018

            £555m

            Investment raised by startups since 2018

            20+

            Advanced technology facilities nationwide

    • Our ambition
          • Our ambition is to realise the practical application of deep tech through four interventions

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            Enabling UK deep tech companies to scale

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            Improving UK industrial supply chain resilience

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            Driving industrial decarbonisation

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            Advancing UK development and use of data driven and open future networks

    • Our people
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            We are an organisation made up of almost 300 innovators.

            We pride ourselves on the skilled and talented people from varied backgrounds that make up our team – we harness the expertise, perspectives and connections of people of more than 40 nationalities, thereby bringing together a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds.

            Susan Bowen

            CEO of Digital Catapult

    • Our places
    • Startups and scaleups
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            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...
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            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
    • Government and Public sector
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            Hydrogen Innovation Programme

            Discover more about the the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative and the deployment of hydrogen technologies to address pressing energy and environmental...
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            Digitalising Energy Programme

            Energy Systems Catapult and Digital Catapult have partnered to explore the groundwork for a UK-wide initiative to accelerate a digitalised,...
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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Led by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre will make digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It will actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Corporates and Industry
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            Green Hydrogen Certifier

            This report looks at the Green Hydrogen Certifier - an end-to-end demonstration of a potential digital certification solution for hydrogen production...
    • Academia
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            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
    • Investors
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            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...
    • Services
          • Bespoke software & data systems

            Developing proof-of-concept demonstrators to showcase the viability and benefit of deep tech solutions.

            Platform engineering service

            Designing, building and operating physical and digital facilities. Providing testbeds for deep tech discovery and experimentation.

            Technology & innovation consultancy

            Consultancy services helping organisations addresses market preparedness gaps, evaluate financial viability and navigate technology change management.

          • Acceleration programmes for business

            Creating acceleration programmes to support businesses.Helping them grow through mentorship, technology support, networking, and investment opportunities.

            Facilitating and convening

            Bringing together and developing ecosystems of companies to explore, test and demonstrate how deep tech works in practice.

    • Technologies
    • Facilities
    • Opportunities
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    • Current interventions
          • ORCA-020

            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Led by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre will make digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It will actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Case studies
          • Black Founders Programme Showcase event.

            SymphoMe: case study

            Part of the FutureScope's Black Founders Programme, Digital Catapult supported Nyangibo Gallery to get investment ready and receive business expertise
    • Events
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            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
    • Blogs
    • Publications
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            Get involved

            Be the first to know about upcoming resources, events and activities in the BridgeAI programme.
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            The Programme

            Find out more about how the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme and how it aims to stimulate the adoption AI and...
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            Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series

            Join Digital Catapult for a three-part webinar series under the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, designed to help businesses explore and adopt Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether you're new to LLMs or seeking advanced capabilities, these sessions offer expert insights, practical tools, and hands-on guidance. Attend one or all three webinars to support your AI journey.
            Find out more Innovate UK BridgeAI: Large Language Models Webinar Series
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Investors

Enabling investors to engage with our curated ecosystem.

We help the investment community connect with early-stage high-growth companies that are generally sector agnostic but often focused on the software applications of deep-tech.

Investors can add unique early-stage curated deal-flow to their pipelines, increase their exposure to our innovator ecosystem and enhance their visibility within the startup community through profile-building activities.

We collaborate with investors in a number of ways:

We selectively introduce early-stage high-growth companies to investors in our network, carefully matching for strategic fit, quality and alignment to investment thesis.

Opportunities to refer portfolio companies to our no-fee, no-equity accelerator programmes.

Exposure to our cohorts during our programmes, such as participating in mentorship, running sessions and attending demo-days.

Insight reports that summarise and analyse the activities of the businesses participating in our programmes, and provide valuable contextual information on the investment landscape and market and technology trends.

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