Black Founders Programme

Opportunity

Apply now for our Black Founders Programme with Sony Music UK, Sony Music Publishing UK and Channel 4.

Open date: 4 Sep 2025 Close date: 5 Oct 2025

Making the best of both worlds a reality for content creators: Why we invested in Camera Intelligence

Case study

We invested £550,000 in our accelerator alum and deep tech startup, Camera Intelligence. Here’s why.

Terra Datum: Measuring energy consumption during virtual production

Case study

Understand how virtual production can be made more sustainable through the Terra Datum project at the Advanced Media Production Studio.

Innovate UK BridgeAI: Year two in review

Publication

Discover the latest insights in the newest edition of the Innovate UK BridgeAI annual report. Learn more about the rapidly…

Published 13 Jun 2025

SymphoMe: case study

Case study

Part of the Black Founders Programme, Digital Catapult supported SymphoMe to get investment ready and receive business expertise.

Carbon Accounting: Recommendation for Data Management in UK Manufacturing

Publication

The Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy (DECaDE) is a National Research Centre exploring how emerging data-centric technologies, such as…

Published 20 Mar 2025

Digital Catapult becomes one of the first sites to join national 6G research platform 

Press Release

Digital Catapult has become one of the first sites to connect to the JOINER (Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research)…

Published 12 Feb 2025

ORAgen: Emerging Futures for Tokenisation and Digital Media Rights

Publication

The Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy (DECaDE) is a National Research Centre exploring how emerging data-centric technologies, such as…

Published 12 Dec 2024

Revolutionising the fashion industry with AI: the Truss story

Case study

Read more about how Truss, a UK startup, is reshaping the resale market with AI. Their solution, AutoID, makes cataloguing…

Digital Catapult’s 5G Immersive Lab opened by UK Tech Minister

Press Release

Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture,…

Published 1 Oct 2024