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Innovate UK Business Growth South West - October 2025 |
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Welcome to the October newsletter.
This month, we're pleased to share our latest case studies with Tattva and Tremap, two South West companies that are pioneering new ways to protect the environment with support from Innovate UK Business Growth.
We're also pleased to highlight our client, Snap Analytics, which has seen explosive growth in the AI sector. As ever, we've also shared the latest funding and international opportunities from Innovate UK.
If you think we could help your business with bespoke growth support, please contact us.
Regards,
Tara Gillam
Regional Manager, Innovate UK Business Growth
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Innovate UK support cements Tattva’s growth in sustainable building innovation
Exeter-based, Tattva, is accelerating the shift to sustainable construction with a carbon-negative building material that grows in just 10 days.
With tailored business growth support from Innovate UK, the company has secured a £650,000 Innovate UK grant, raised £215,000 in private investment, grown its team from two to six, filed key patents, and established a prototype demonstration with Catnic, part of the Tata Steel Group, that is now helping scale the innovation for global use.
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Tremap plants the seeds of global growth with Innovate UK support
Cornwall-based, Tremap, is helping landowners manage tree populations and protect natural spaces. With tailored business growth support from Innovate UK, the company has secured £88,000 in grant funding, expanded into India, transformed its marketing and IP strategies and created two new roles.
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Now recruiting: Assessors from the South West of England with expertise in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
Innovate UK is expanding their Assessor pool to include a broader, more diverse range of technical commercial experts from across the UK. They have now opened the first phase of Assessor recruitment, which will focus on Advanced Connectivity Technologies (ACT), also known as Future Telecoms.
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Apply to use Bristol's Isambard-AI
Isambard-AI is the UK’s most powerful public compute facility, and you can now apply to the AI Research Resource (AIRR) to use this facility. The AIRR aims to address the acute under-provision of specialised public compute for AI users in the research and development (R&D) community.
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Bristol business grows two-person to a 150-person powerhouse in 5 years
We’re proud to have supported Snap Analytics in the early stages of their journey, offering strategic business support and helping them secure the funding that fuelled their early growth.
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Funding and international opportunities
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 Global Business Innovation Programme - Semiconductors: Singapore 2025: Innovate UK seeks ambitious innovative SMEs for a market visit and further opportunities in Singapore. Apply here by 6 November.
Global Business Innovation Programme - Women in Innovation in Health-Tech, India (Bengaluru & Chennai): Innovate UK is inviting ambitious women-led innovative companies with women in leadership positions to participate in this Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) in Health-Tech. Apply by 13 November.
Global Business Innovation Programme: Critical materials and midstream processing and recycling, Australia: Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP). Apply by 23 November.
Global Business Innovation Programme - AI Enhanced Manufacturing, USA (Boston & Pittsburgh): Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to explore AI manufacturing market opportunities with a visit to the USA. Apply by 14 November.
Global Business Innovation Programme – South by Southwest (SXSW), USA: Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP): Apply by 14 November.
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