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Innovate Local returns to East Midlands.

Join us on 10 July for a showcase event in collaboration with the Carbon Trust, Innovate UK Business Connect, Jacobs, and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

Join us for an online briefing event to learn more about the Advanced Energy and Sustainability Innovations Global Incubator Programme in New York.

With support from Innovate UK, Birmingham-based diagnostics company, Linear Diagnostics, is redefining rapid testing with its pioneering light-based platform for point-of-care diagnostics.

With Innovate UK support, Newcastle-based digital innovator, Uptivity, is scaling its international footprint with a next-generation e-commerce platform tailored for underserved markets. Designed to be more adaptable and sector-specific than mainstream alternatives, the platform enables independent retailers to build and manage online stores with greater ease and control.

With support from Innovate UK, Dorset based Latent Drive is accelerating the shift to low-cost, clean hydrogen with the world’s first commercial direct seawater-to-hydrogen electrolyser stack, a device that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, using electricity.

Cornwall-based software innovator, KuasaSemi, is accelerating the global development of Wide Bandgap (WBG) semiconductors—crucial components in electric vehicles, laptops and clean energy systems.

With targeted business growth support from Innovate UK, Carbon Cell, a London-based materials innovator, is pioneering a low to negative carbon alternative to traditional polymer-based foams such as polystyrene.

Eventum Orthopaedics, a Leeds-based medical technology company, is advancing precision in orthopaedic surgery with its innovative surgical solutions. Through tailored business growth support from Innovate UK, Eventum has secured regulatory approvals, expanded internationally and raised significant grant and investment funding.

Do you want to grow or improve your business but aren’t sure how to get started or where to turn? Then join us at Innovate Local: South East along with fellow business leaders, innovators from your region and experts from the innovation ecosystem.