Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator Partners

BAE Systems provides some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. It employs a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries.

Working with customers and local partners, BAE Systems develops, engineers, manufactures, and supports products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. Read More

Creagh Concrete is one of the UK’s largest producers of concrete products for a diverse range of market sectors. Creagh is leading the market with innovation in concrete, providing new solutions across the construction industry.

Creagh is changing the way people think about concrete, bringing new levels of efficiency and performance to their products, with Spantherm thermally efficient flooring and Rapidres, an offsite fastrack build system.

Driven by their principles and fuelled by passion, Creagh is committed to quality and excellence. Maintaining the highest standards in everything they do is simply the Creagh way. Read More

HS2 Ltd is the company responsible for developing the HS2 Project, Great Britain’s new high-speed railway. HS2 Ltd is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Once operational, HS2’s British-built bullet trains will provide zero carbon journeys between the UK’s two largest cities, Birmingham and London, with services continuing on to Manchester, the North West and Scotland using the conventional railway network, cutting journey times. Read More

Digital Catapult is the UK authority on advanced digital technology. Through collaboration and innovation, we accelerate industry adoption to drive growth and opportunity across the economy.

We bring together an expert and enterprising community of researchers, startups, scaleups and industry leaders to discover new ways to solve the big challenges limiting the UK’s future potential. Through our specialist programmes and experimental facilities, we make sure that innovation thrives and the right solutions make it to the real world.

Our goal is to accelerate new possibilities in everything we do and for every business we partner with the journey – breaking down barriers, de-risking innovation, opening up markets and responsibly shaping the products, services and experiences of the future.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the largest public funder of research and innovation in the UK, with a budget of over £8bn. It is composed of seven disciplinary research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. It operates across the whole country and work with our many partners in higher education, research organisations businesses, government and charities.

The UKRI vision is for an outstanding research and innovation system in the UK that gives everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, enriching lives locally, nationally and internationally. It’s mission is to convene, catalyse and invest in close collaboration with others to build a thriving, inclusive research and innovation system that connects discovery to prosperity and public good.

UKRI continues to support the research and innovation community to navigate the transitions associated with the exit of the UK from the EU.

The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund aims to bring together the UK’s world leading research with business to meet the major industrial and societal challenges of our time. The fund was created to provide funding and support to UK businesses and researchers, part of the government’s £4.7 billion increase in research and development over the next 4 years. It was designed to ensure that research and innovation takes centre stage in the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy. It is run by UK Research and Innovation.

Made Smarter is a national movement to drive growth amongst UK makers and advance the UK economy. Backed by world-renowned businesses and the UK government, it will improve the development and adoption of emerging technologies. Making a real, everyday difference to people from the boardroom to the factory floor.

The Made Smarter Review outlines there is £455 billion value-add into the UK economy by adopting industrial digital technologies, increasing manufacturing sector growth between 1.5-3% per annum, with a 25% improvement in productivity and a 4.5% reduction in greenhouse gases.

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is a world-class centre that specialises in carrying out world-leading research into advanced machining, manufacturing and materials for aerospace and other high-value manufacturing sectors. It is a partnership between industry and academia, which has become a model for research centres worldwide.

Cambridge Cleantech (CCT) connects SMEs, investors, corporates, and academics for a smarter, more sustainable future. Founded in 2011, they are the UK’s leading cleantech cluster firmly embedded in the Cambridge, national – including London and Oxford – and international technology eco-systems.

The Innovation SuperNetwork’s specialist business support gives North East businesses direct access to new market opportunities, finance and sector expertise. If you're starting out, scaling up or bringing something new to market, we can help take your company to the next level.

Plus X Innovation creates collaborative workspaces, bringing together state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, game-changing innovation programmes, and vibrant communities helping to drive positive impact and business growth.

Sustainable Ventures are a full service ecosystem empowering sustainable startups to scale through community, investment, innovation and workspace.

At Sustainable Ventures we believe in the power of commercial innovation to address the twin challenges of climate change and resource scarcity.

Since 2011, we have founded 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 500 more. Our team includes some of the country’s most talented sector specialist venture development and investment professionals, all dedicated to creating value for our community whilst making the world a better place.

The Greenhouse are pioneers in nurturing climate innovators and are one of the most established specialist climate accelerators in the world. Greenhouse start-ups have raised more than $1 billion in investment since 2012 and created over 1,500 jobs in 30 countries.

techUK is the trade association which brings together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes of what digital technology can achieve. We champion technology's role in preparing and empowering the UK for what comes next, delivering a better future for people, society, the economy and the planet.

Technology Scotland is the representative body for the Enabling Technology Sector in Scotland. Through their three networks (Photonics Scotland, MaaS Scotland & Product Design Scotland), they support a vibrant community of industrial and academic organisations who are developing technologies to deliver product advancements in markets from healthcare and communications to manufacturing and mobility.

Technology Scotland delivers clear business value to members, providing a catalyst for growth and supporting the community through networking, collaboration, lobbying and thought leadership.

UrbanEmerge LLP is a UK-registered sustainable and inclusive urban and regional development consultancy established in 2017.
As a core group of partners and consultants with an extensive network of affiliated experts, located in multiple countries, UrbanEmerge advises public and private sector clients in areas related to low-carbon, inclusive and resilient economic growth, sustainable cities, circular economy and responsible investment.

Quaisr is an Imperial College London and Alan Turing Institute spin-out founded in 2020 with the aim to revolutionise modelling and simulation efforts across multinationals. Today, the Quaisr platform delivers digital connectivity infrastructure across defence, pharmaceutical and FMCG companies, helping engineers and scientists scale simulation-backed AI workflows to mission-critical operational deployments, helping engineers to solve pressing problems in design, monitoring, optimisation and control. Quaisr is VC-backed and has raised $3.1 million to date.

Digica use intelligent AI powered software to make a positive change in the world. Through combining our AI knowledge with our teams’ experience in developing smart intelligent software solutions for Cloud, IoT and Embedded, our AI powered software addresses important health, security and safety challenges across the globe.

Material Index enables the reuse of construction components at scale. We were founded by a team of engineers, designers and software developers all with a construction background. We started by working closely with demolition contractors and are now looking to provide our auditing and material exchange platform into other parts of the construction industry and supply chain.

Thingitude is an award-winning smart technology business focused on using the Internet of Things to deliver more efficient operations for our clients, and better service delivery for the end-customer. Best known for its work with local authorities and community groups, Thingitude is also developing offerings for Manufacturing and Energy sectors.

Kinsetsu was established in 2016 and created intellectual property (IP) with an innovative IoT platform ktrack, utilsing human centred design (HCD) methodologies. We enable our customers to enhance performance through creation of their unique digital twin and insightful real-time data, gathered from unobtrusive sensors. Our goal is to help our customers reduce cost, energy consumption and risk, whilst improving experiences for their team and their clients.tion and risk, whilst improving experiences for their team and their clients.

At LinearWorks, we are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence, earth observation, and deep learning to help organizations gain strategic insights and optimize complex systems. Our solutions empower companies to synthesize disparate data into actionable intelligence that augments human ingenuity. We develop customized algorithms and models leveraging advanced techniques like neural networks, computer vision, and natural language processing.

At Infinitive Group’s core we are passionate about challenging the status quo. We believe that we make the world better by helping our customers crash through barriers to innovation and deliver business outcomes that generate revenue, optimise cost and mitigate risk.

DataFlowIQ Ltd is a technology company specialising in digitalising manufacturing processes to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase productivity. We leverage cutting-edge IoT technology, cloud-based analytics, and user-centric software solutions to transform traditional manufacturing environments into smart, sustainable operations. Our expertise spans integrating complex systems with seamless ERP connections and delivering real-time data-driven insights that drive operational excellence.

Agave Networks helps metal recyclers around the world to trade reclaimed metals securely and easily using ML & CV for product and shipment verification.

The company offers a people-focused PLM solution designed to streamline product development processes. By integrating Digital Product Passport (DPP) capabilities, they help businesses selling or manufacturing in the EU meet regulatory requirements without needing two separate systems or additional manpower. This all-in-one platform improves efficiency and compliance across product lifecycles.

Donaa is a B2B software company that uses materials engineering-based algorithms and AI to detect 3D printing defects in real-time to save costs and production timelines for manufacturers.

Heuris Energy is accelerating the transition to green, sustainable energy sources by helping businesses become less grid dependent. Heuris procures, finances and manages batteries and other flexibility assets to drive down electricity costs, up resilience and decarbonize your production site.

Remade Group's responsible procurement programme helps UK companies reduce their costs and carbon footprint without compromising quality. Our goal is to promote the uptake of remanufactured and extensively refurbished products that are up to 30% less expensive that the most heavily discounted new offers but come with warranty equivalent to that of a new product. This approach can result in up to 80% reductions in procurement related carbon emissions

Riskoa Ltd is a digital software provider specialising in sustainability. Our AI-powered tool, Emvide, delivers lifecycle assessments (LCA) to accelerate understanding of product impact and product carbon footprint (PCF), helping businesses reduce their environmental footprint.

SFS functions in an industry where we supply level monitoring solutions to any business that delivers to bulk storage tanks. We are looking at developing a product to capture visibility of storage tanks where the distributor of the liquid delivered to the tanks have no visibility due to no network coverage to send data. The new product will send data via connectivity to the end consumers broadband connection.

Our product transitions data between CAD (Design), CAE (Engineering), and CAM (Manufacturing). The Investment Readiness Programme will help us refine our approach and scale our impact, enabling faster design cycles in industries like 3D printing. We look forward to leveraging this opportunity to drive technological advancements and foster growth.