Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.

Event
Designed for Ageing – Pre-Competition Workshop
This workshop will introduce a new competition from the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge for UK companies to develop innovations that help people as they age.
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Case Study
Graphene pioneer goes global with £1.9m South Korean investment
A Gloucestershire-based graphene developer has secured £1.93m in investment from a South Korean advanced materials company, following international support from Innovate UK EDGE and funding from Innovate UK.
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News
Using prototypes to help you successfully navigate the design to manufacture journey
Achieving commercialization success with an innovative product is challenging. In the case of hardware innovations, most promising ideas result in failure sometimes due to technical reasons but more often, the root cause is insufficient product development knowledge, low cash flow or poorly considered market or customer needs. KTN helps to support innovators navigating the design to manufacture journey.
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News
Innovate UK funds smart mobility and ticketing technology | G7 series
Innovate UK has invested in an advanced smart mobility and ticketing technology to simplify journeys and drive a greener, smarter economy.
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News
Cropdesk's cloud benefits for data hungry farming sector | G7 series
A cloud computing start-up that monitors farm productivity has raised £235,000 in Innovate UK funding, launched a recruitment app and expanded its software development team – all with help from Innovate UK EDGE.
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Case Study
Turning marine constructions into thriving ecosystems
A Cornwall-based innovator has begun re-establishing the world’s lost ocean reefs, building artificial habitats around off-shore constructions.
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Case Study
Offshore renewable energy to isolated coastal communities
Renewable energy innovator finds UK and overseas partners and prepares to launch Canadian subsidiary following international support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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G7 Series - Med-tech innovator's prognosis improves after COVID hit
A medical technology innovator is seeing significant growth following support from Innovate UK EDGE to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic.
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Case Study
Hydrogen innovator boosts transition to Net Zero
A Cornwall-based innovator in hydrogen technologies is planning global expansion, following marketing, innovation and internationalisation support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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KTN's Diversity & Inclusion KTM, Siwan Smith, has won WeAreTheCity's Rising Star Award for Diversity
We’re proud to announce that our Diversity & Inclusion Knowledge Transfer Manager, Siwan Smith, has won WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Award for Diversity, sponsored by Citi.