Creative Industries
The Innovate UK Business Connect Creative team helps organisations interested in innovation in the Creative Industries to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
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We can help you take the next step by connecting you with the right funding, people and expertise.
Our people have a deep expertise and work with a wide range of companies who are developing new technologies, platforms, products and solutions that enable the Creative Industries to thrive. These companies are innovating in the areas of production, creation, distribution and sales of creative content. They are improving workflows and ways of doing things, enabling inspiring media and content to be produced and sold across the globe.The kind of Creative industries companies we work with are developing new technologies for use in sectors like Broadcast, Streaming and Film, VFX, Immersive and VR, Games, Live Events. They are utilising technologies such as AI, IoT, Machine Vision, fast 5G and telecoms tech, cybersecurity and online safety technologies, advanced projection and lighting, smart and green fabrication and manufacturing.
The Creative Industries team will help you find out about opportunities for the sector including funding. We’ll also support you when applying for funding so you maximise your change for success. We’ll identify partners best suited to your needs from our network of innovators, across sectors and technology areas.
By helping connect organisations and people across all sectors, we help shape the future and build a better and stronger innovation system.
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Digital Catapult Black Founders Programme in Creative Industries, 2025
Opens: 04/09/2025 Closes: 05/10/2025
A 14-week accelerator for up to 15 high-growth potential pre-seed or seed stage companies in the creative industries, with Sony Music UK, Sony Music Publishing UK, and Channel 4.
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European Space Agency: Space for Metaverse
Opens: 22/09/2025 Closes: 14/11/2025
ESA seeks to establish commercial services integrating metaverse elements with space technologies into existing/new services and applications.
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HMGCC Co-Creation: Realistic prosthetic facial masks for training
Opens: 15/09/2025 Closes: 16/10/2025
Join a national security challenge to create advanced synthetic skin for realistic, reusable face masks used in sensitive surveillance testing.
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