CyberASAP Year 8 - Demo Day
Discover cyber security prototypes with real commercial potential at the CyberASAP Demo Day.
Overview
As advancements in cyberspace continue to develop at an ever-accelerating pace, so too does the need to keep our highly-connected world safe. To do this, we need a continuous pipeline of innovative cyber security services and products.
Many of those originate in academic labs throughout the UK, with prototypes of some of the very best developed and accelerated via CyberASAP (Cyber Security Academic Start up Accelerator Programme), dedicated to helping realise the commercial potential of academic cyber research.
Now in its eighth year, CyberASAP provides academics with the expertise, knowledge and training needed to convert their research into technologies, products and services in this key sector of the global economy. The programme creates a pipeline to move great cyber security ideas out of the university lab and into the commercial market.
Alumni of the programme have raised over £40million in funding since leaving the programme, and have formed 32 companies to date; with some having been acquired (including by Google) and others licensing their technology. Notable Alumni include KETS Quantum, Mindgard, Lupovis, CAPSLOCK, Cavero Quantum and FACT360.
About the Event
Taking cohorts with innovative cybersecurity solutions through their journey to commercialisation, the CyberASAP Demo Day is your chance to get involved with the development and implementation of these prototypes and bring them to market.
The CyberASAP Demo Day is your chance to get a first-look at these proofs of concept and meet the talented teams behind them for the very first time.
And as well as meeting our current cohort, Demo Day will also feature a selection of our Alumni, all at various stages of commercialisation. See below agenda.
Watch the highlights from last year’s Demo Day below:
Who should attend?
All those interested in supporting the cyber security ecosystem are invited to attend this event, particularly Investors and potential commercial collaborators.
As there is limited capacity at the venue, we would invite you to express interest in attending by registering for the event, and one of the team will be in touch.
Agenda
12:30 – Registration
12:30 – 14:00 – Networking with lunch and Alumni Showcase, featuring:
14:00 – 16:15
- Welcome & Introduction – Dr Emma Fadlon, Co-Director CyberASAP, Innovate UK Business Connect
- Keynote Talk
- Pitches from the CyberASAP Year 8 finalists (See team details below)
16:15 – Demonstrator Showcase, networking & drinks reception
19:00 – Event close
CyberASAP is funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and delivered by Innovate UK.
CyberASAP Year 8 Finalists
See the full list of teams who will be pitching their concepts on the day:
AI360Degree – Anglia Ruskin University
Elevating fintech security with automated compliance and advanced AI protection.
AI-enabled Multi-tier Trust Management in the Internet of Medical Things (AIMTI) – University of East Anglia
AIMTI Provides robust, scalable, and easy end-to-end security solutions for personal healthcare devices.
ARMOREX – University of London
ARMOREX helps SMEs stay secure while streamlining the underwriting process for insurance providers.
CyberMATI – Sheffield Hallam University
AI-based solution for detecting phishing and malicious websites.
CyberThemis – Teesside University
EU AI Act compliance assistants for software development organisations.
CyDRA – London Metropolitan University
Stand-alone software product for cyber security by design that is affordable, reliable, custom-tailored and user-friendly.
GridGuardian – University of Sheffield
Cybersecurity solution that protects solar energy systems and electric vehicle charging stations from cyber threats by ensuring compliance with security regulations.
LockEyeGaze – University of St Andrews
LockEyeGaze introduces an innovative gaze-enhanced authentication technology that integrates advanced gaze stimuli with eye-tracking to create customisable eye movement biometrics for enhanced user verification.
MetaGuard – Aston University
MetaGuard is an AI-powered security platform that protects decentralised finance (DeFi) and crypto transactions by delivering real-time risk assessments, semantic verification, and robust defence against cyber threats.
Pentestify – University College London
A continuous, post-deployment smart contract vulnerability detection SaaS.
RapidRANDefender – Queen Mary University London
Adaptive and cost-effective solution for securing open and programmable next-generation wireless networks.
SIROCCO – Anglia Ruskin University
Tailored cybersecurity solutions for wind farms using tamper-proof AI models to prevent disruption to operations and damage to high-value components.
TeleHealth-CyberShield – De Montfort University
TeleHealth-CyberShield is a high-performance, future-proof cybersecurity solution that combines quantum-resilient methods with traditional cryptographic algorithms to deliver fast,real-time, and cost-effective protection for medical data at rest and in transit.
VeriBee – University of Manchester
Advanced verification and AI for identifying, repairing, and learning from security vulnerabilities in source code.
Related programme
CyberASAP
The only pre-seed accelerator programme in the cybersecurity ecosystem, CyberASAP (Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme) plays a unique and vital role in supporting cyber security innovation and commercialisation.