What is CyberASAP?
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.
CyberASAP is selective and teams compete to join and complete the programme. A series of highly effective interventions (including bootcamps, workshops, and mentoring) gives participating teams essential insights into the key milestones necessary to commercialise their research.
CyberASAP benefits from the experience and specialist knowledge of an extensive network of practitioners (including in IP, New Product Development, Innovation Planning, Sales, Investment, Pitching, Communications) who contribute to the 11-month programme which culminates in a Demo Day where teams pitch and demonstrate their Proofs of Concept.
CyberASAP is funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and delivered by Innovate UK.
CyberASAP year 8 demo day highlights
Statistics
CyberASAP has helped over 170 teams from UK universities to develop their innovations, 34 companies have been formed and our alumni have secured £40 million in further funding.
£40m
Funding
170
Projects
34
Startups
Year 8 Demo Day
Find out about all the Year 8 projects
Download the programme from the Demo Day on 26 February and find out about all this year's teams.
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Related Projects
IoT- Armor
Empowering IoT’s future with education on seamless secure-by-default integration
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TwinSecure
Securing Critical National Infrastructure: A Digital Twin-Powered Decision Support System
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FORENSIC
Fast and Autonomous Platform Anomalies Detection in CPS
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BlockHawk
Monitoring Blockchains to detect attacks and misbehaviours
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CASE STUDIES
Insights from CyberASAP Alumni
The CyberASAP Case Studies booklet highlights the diverse journeys of innovators involved in the programme, showcasing the pivotal impact of commercialising academic research and underscoring CyberASAP’s role in bridging the gap between academia and industry.
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Resources
Related Opportunities
Innovation Exchange - Simulation of critical national infrastructure penetration
Opens: 18/02/2025 Closes: 19/05/2025
The UK is becoming increasingly reliant on complex interconnected infrastructure systems; this also leads to the vulnerability of attack especially from cyber connections. To address gaps in understanding cybersecurity threats and developing defences for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) system
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Defence Innovation Loans 2025-26
Next cycle closing date: 13 May 2025
Loans of up to £1m to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition, with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum.
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UK Quantum Hackathon 2025 - call for use cases
Opens: 27/03/2025 Closes: 30/05/2025
NQCC seeks innovative use cases for this year’s hackathon from businesses and organisations in the public sector, third sector, and higher education.
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Our Experts
Related Events and Recordings
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24/03/2025
CyberASAP Year 8 Demo Day: A Year of Cybersecurity Innovation Celebrated
As the Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme (CyberASAP) year 8 draws to a close, the 14 pioneering teams have pitched their work to investors, and past alumni have shared their experience with the new graduates, we look back at the culmination of this year’s programme.
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08/01/2025
Founder impact stories on commercialising cyber tech innovation – CyberASAP in focus
The Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator programme (CyberASAP) was launched in 2017, enabling promising cyber security ideas to find their way to market and make an impact in the real world. To date, its alumni have raised over £40m in further funding. The current cohort will be showcasing their projects at the Demo Day on 26 February in London.
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Are you an academic, university Technology Transfer Officer, potential investor, commercial collaborator, entrepreneur or business person and would like to support the programme or attend any of our events?