The Commercialising Metamaterials Innovation Network brings you its next workshop in our winter series. This webinar will bring together a variety of experts who can offer organisations the support they need to successfully scale up and commercialise. Once an aspect of metamaterials technology has been identified with the potential in a particular application, there is a need to look to scale up the production to develop demonstrators and prototypes. This activity is often associated with a start-up or SME since the technology is brought in from research. The needs of these small enterprises in progressing, from this first step to commercialisation, can include a variety of services offered from academia to investors. Very often investors will only be interested in further steps to commercialise or upscale. This webinar will bring together a variety of experts who can offer organisations the support they need to successfully scale up and commercialise. This includes modelling services from academia; advanced manufacturing scale up from catapults and academia; innovation funding and investor access from Government-funded organisations; early-stage design expertise to ensure capture of best product and application, to name just a few.

1. WELCOME
10:00 Welcome & House rules Neil Witten, Innovate UK (Chair)
10:10 - Innovation support for SME and Spin-Out’s
10.20 The Innovation Canvas John Bound, KTN
10.35 Access to markets and Pitch Training Stephen O’Leary, EEN/Innovate UK EDGE
10.45 Support for scale up and de-risking Alf Smith, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
10.55 Academic Support:
- Modelling Tim Starkey, Exeter University
- Additive Manufacturing Lyudmila Turyanska, Nottingham University
11.15 Design and engaging with designers Duncan Fitzsimons, 7TH – Design & Invention
11.30 Access to Finance – What investors are looking for? Emma Fadlon, KTN
11.45 Q&A session Neil Witten, Innovate UK
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Meeting Mojo: One-to One Meetings available with all the speakers plus experts in R&D Tax Credits and Intellectual Property. Melissa Riley of TWI will
also be available to discuss Scale Up support.
14:00 Close

2. Innovate UK
Innovation support for SMEs and Spinouts
Dr Neil Witten
Innovation Lead – Advanced Materials
Manufacturing & Materials Sector Team
Image: Duke University

3. We are the UK’s innovation agency
We invest in new ideas and technologies and
connect businesses to the right people, to
drive economic growth and social benefits
Innovate UK

4. Innovate UK – who we are
§ UK’s Innovation agency – part of UKRI
§ We are central to delivering government’s:
§ Industrial Strategy and Net Zero Strategy
§ UK R&D expenditure reaching 2.4% of GDP
§ A transformative agent for change in the UK economy
by accelerating productivity and driving disruptive
innovation.
§ We support innovation, from spin-outs and start-ups
to companies with the ambition to scale and grow in
the UK and globally.
§ We help companies of all sizes in all sectors access
the research, partners, investors and markets they
need to innovate and grow.
4

5. Where Is Innovate UK Grant Funding Deployed?
EPSRC & RESEARCH COUNCILS
TRL 1 TRL 2 TRL 3 TRL 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 9
ACADEMIC RESEARCH INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
ACADEMIA
BUSINESS
ANGEL INVESTMENT
VENTURE CAPITAL
INNOVATE UK: ‘ECOSYSTEM’
INNOVATE UK: CORE GRANT FUNDING

6. Innovate UK: A Broad Package of Support
Grants, Funding
& Finance
Growth & Innovation
Services
Centres &
Networks
Talent, Equality
& Diversity
International
Activities
• Grants to single company
projects
• Grants for collaborative projects
(B-B, B-RTO)
• Innovation Loans
• SBRI Procurement
• Managed Programmes – ATI,
ATF
• ISCF Challenge-led
Competitions
Links to Private Sector Finance:
• Investor Partnerships
• ‘PitchFest’ Programme
• EEN / Innovate UK EDGE
• Growth Advisors
• Innovation Management
Support
• Scale-Up partnering
• IP audits
• Peer-to Peer Networks
• Regional Managers Network
• Knowledge Transfer Network
(KTN)
• Catapult Network
• High Value Manufacturing
• Compound Semiconductor
Applications
• Satellite Applications
• Connected Places
• Cell & Gene Therapy
• Digital
• Energy Systems
• Offshore Renewable Energy
• Medicines Discovery
• Agritech Centres
• Knowledge Transfer
Partnerships (KTP)
• Future Leaders Fellowships
• Women In Innovation
• ‘Ideas Mean Business’ – Young
Innovators
• International Expert Missions
• Global Business Innovation
Programmes (GBIP)
• Global Incubator Programme
• Bi--laterial & Multilateral R&D
Programmes
• Programmes to support global
business development
• Innovation Policy Exchange &
Learning

7. All UKRI Funding Opportunities in One Place
- Search for funding and support
opportunities across all councils
- Funding is a competitive
application process
- Currently IUK has 8 open
competitions across various
disciplines
- SMART grant competitions open
to all
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/

8. 8
Innovate UK Smart funding
- Enables businesses to apply for grant
funding regardless of technical or
industrial area of focus
- Funding for the best proposals in a
competitive application process
- Competition currently open offering a total
of £25 million funding (closes 26/05/21)
For businesses in any sector
Paul Holt, founder, Photocentric

9. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
(KTP)
KTP partners Professor Udo Kruschwitz, Dr Miguel Martinez-Alvarez and David Benigson
- Help UK businesses innovate and grow
by linking them with an academic or
research organisation and a graduate
- KTP enables a business to bring in new
skills and academic thinking
- Academic or research organisation
partner will help to recruit a suitable
graduate
- Schemes last between 12 and 36 months

10. High Value Manufacturing
Catapult
The go-to place for manufacturing
technology innovation in the UK.
§ 7 centres across UK working with
industry, academia and government
§ bringing the best research to market
§ access to industrial-scale facilities and
engineers, scientists and technicians
§ help with manufacturing capabilities:
raw materials, product development,
optimization, digitalization and
automation

11. Compound Semiconductor
Applications Catapult
Helping the UK become a global leader in
developing and commercialising new
applications for compound semiconductors.
§ helping UK companies exploit advances in
compound semiconductor technologies
§ part of the world’s first compound
semiconductor cluster in south Wales
§ providing business opportunities for power
electronics, RF/microwave and photonics &
sensors
§ part of CS-Connected, alongside the
Institute for Compound Semiconductors and
the Compound Semiconductor Centre

12. @InnovateUK Innovate UK
Innovate UK

13. Innovation Canvas - benefits & uses
The Innovation Canvas is a strategic tool
which helps businesses succeed at product,
service or process commercialisation.
Available as a workshop pack, online app or as
part of KTN’s Innovation Leadership course, the
Canvas…
• Facilitates 1:1 or team conversations to
evaluate existing projects or inform funding
applications
• Provides a framework to identify urgent
challenges, prioritise actions to address them,
and reduce risk
• Has been used to create value by over
11,000 innovation leaders across the UK
Opportunity
Innovation Canvas 1 3
2
Use the questions on the back of
the canvas to find strengths and
weaknesses in your innovation.
Use low scores to identify your top challenges;
decide actions to solve them. Focus on what
you need to do now and next.
Mark yourself from 1 to 5 on how well you can answer
the questions. Make a note of specific issues.
=Needs work = Sorted
User needs
pain points
customer
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Offer
Capability
Top challenges:
Review the topics where you’ve given yourself a low score.
List specific challenges which you need to work on to move your
project forward. Focus on the two or three most important.
Action points:
Make a note of what you can do to address each challenge.
Be realistic and give yourself deadlines for action. You may
find it helpful to discuss options with a colleague or advisor.
User needs
Pain points
Customer
Needs
Size & trends
Barriers to entry
Competition
Market
Freedom to operate
Legislation
Standards
Rules
Identify
Assess
Mitigate
Risk
Description
User gains
Usp
Approach
Discovery
Transaction
User experience
Experience
Economic
Social
Environmental
Impact
New intellectual property
Existing ip
Licensing
IP
Champions
Management
Strategy
Leadership
Cost
Funding
Cashflow
Finance
Ideas
Design
Technology
R&D
Skills & people
Equipment & materials
Collaboration
Operation

14. Innovation Canvas - how it works

15. Innovation Canvas - tools & resources
Opportunity
Innovation Canvas 1 3
2
Use the questions on the back of
the canvas to find strengths and
weaknesses in your innovation.
Use low scores to identify your top challenges;
decide actions to solve them. Focus on what
you need to do now and next.
Mark yourself from 1 to 5 on how well you can answer
the questions. Make a note of specific issues.
=Needs work = Sorted
User needs
pain points
customer
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Organisation Project Created by Date
Offer
Capability
Top challenges:
Review the topics where you’ve given yourself a low score.
List specific challenges which you need to work on to move your
project forward. Focus on the two or three most important.
Action points:
Make a note of what you can do to address each challenge.
Be realistic and give yourself deadlines for action. You may
find it helpful to discuss options with a colleague or advisor.
User needs
Pain points
Customer
Needs
Size & trends
Barriers to entry
Competition
Market
Freedom to operate
Legislation
Standards
Rules
Identify
Assess
Mitigate
Risk
Description
User gains
Usp
Approach
Discovery
Transaction
User experience
Experience
Economic
Social
Environmental
Impact
New intellectual property
Existing ip
Licensing
IP
Champions
Management
Strategy
Leadership
Cost
Funding
Cashflow
Finance
Ideas
Design
Technology
R&D
Skills & people
Equipment & materials
Collaboration
Operation

16. “The Canvas course has been incredibly beneficial, I
really hope that future KTP Associates get to benefit too”.
Emma Buick , Life Science Group Ltd
Innovation Canvas - training course
- KTP
This 25 hour online course has
equipped KTP Associates with:
• Knowledge to manage an
innovation project
• Capability to develop an innovation
strategy
• Practice in the application of the
Innovation Canvas
• Tools for the development of a
SMART action plan
• Coaching and mentoring in
pitching and problem solving
http://bit.ly/KTPInnovationCanvas

17. Innovation Canvas - learn more…
Opportunity
Innovation Canvas 1 3
2
Use the questions on the back of
the canvas to find strengths and
weaknesses in your innovation.
Use low scores to identify your top challenges;
decide actions to solve them. Focus on what
you need to do now and next.
Mark yourself from 1 to 5 on how well you can answer
the questions. Make a note of specific issues.
=Needs work = Sorted
User needs
pain points
customer
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Organisation Project Created by Date
Offer
Capability
Top challenges:
Review the topics where you’ve given yourself a low score.
List specific challenges which you need to work on to move your
project forward. Focus on the two or three most important.
Action points:
Make a note of what you can do to address each challenge.
Be realistic and give yourself deadlines for action. You may
find it helpful to discuss options with a colleague or advisor.
User needs
Pain points
Customer
Needs
Size & trends
Barriers to entry
Competition
Market
Freedom to operate
Legislation
Standards
Rules
Identify
Assess
Mitigate
Risk
Description
User gains
Usp
Approach
Discovery
Transaction
User experience
Experience
Economic
Social
Environmental
Impact
New intellectual property
Existing ip
Licensing
IP
Champions
Management
Strategy
Leadership
Cost
Funding
Cashflow
Finance
Ideas
Design
Technology
R&D
Skills & people
Equipment & materials
Collaboration
Operation
Contact john.bound@ktn-uk.org
Visit https://www.innovationcanvas.ktn-uk.org/

19. Stephen O’Leary
Presenter Introduction
• Innovation and Growth Specialist
Innovate UK Edge

20. 1 About Innovate UK EDGE
4 Case study – Nemein Limited
5 What kind of clients do we look for?
2 What we can offer you
Agenda
3 Types of support provided

21. Specialist-led growth support for innovative SMEs
About Innovate UK EDGE
• Part of the Innovate UK family.
• Focus on SMEs with innovative products / services.
• Help to accelerate growth, scale, and internationalise.

22. Fully funded business support packages
What we can offer you
• A suite of fully funded business support offerings –
at no cost to you / your business.
• Diverse team of Innovation & Growth Specialists.
• Tailored help to address short to long term challenges
(COVID-19, barriers to innovation / global expansion).

23. Exploiting innovation, funding & finance, entering new markets
Types of support provided
• Help stabilising and future-proofing businesses.
• Developing financial strategies and investment readiness.
• Potential to partner with companies overseas.

24. IUK EDGE has helped 585
clients sign long-term
collaboration agreements
with companies overseas.
54% of clients were able
to create more jobs.
88% of clients reported
that the support helped
reduce barriers to growth
through innovation.

25. Nemein Limited

26. Nemein Limited
• Condition monitoring systems for deep drilling operations.
• Novel thermoelectric technology for energy harvesting and
storage at point of use.
• COVID-19: impacting on technology transfer to full scale
demonstrator development.

27. Nemein Limited
• Engaged on Business Growth Support offering.
• Typically 5 days of fully funded advisory services.
• Support focused on finance.
• Identifying funding sources and guidance on the preparation of
applications.

28. Nemein Limited
• Awarded an IUK Continuity Loan in the region of £500k.

29. Ambitious, innovative SMEs
What kind of clients do we look for?
• Potential to grow and scale business.
• Ideally, SMEs with £2m+ turnover and 10+ FTEs.
• But companies assessed on individual basis.

30. Pitchfest
Application deadline: 1st April 2021
Apply here

31. Get in touch!
• Innovate UK EDGE video
• Visit our website - www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/

32. @InnovateUK Innovate UK
Innovate UK

33. Copyright © 2020 Centre for Process InnovationLimited trading as CPI. All rights reserved.
Support for scale up and de-risking
Alf Smith
Centre of Process Innovation

36. • AFRC Advanced Forming Centre
• NCC National Composites Centre
• CPI Centre for Process Innovation
• AMRCAdvanced Manufacturing
Research Centre
• MTC Manufacturing Research Centre
• WMG Warwick Manufacturing Group

42. Here to support academia
Support for spin-outs
helping you to generate
revenue faster
Diversify funding sources
with flexible development
of winning bid propositions
Competitive research
council propositions
through pledges of support
in submissions
Create impact faster
with rapid analysis, scale-up,
and proof of concept
Develop your people
with an enriching experience
working in a Catapult centre
environment
Infrastructure funding
leveraged to maintain
leading scientific capabilities

43. Fee for service
• One-to-one project with CPI
• Flexible scope and project size
• Rapid initiation of projects
• Can encompass a range of
services including business and
innovation support, consultancy,
and lab-based projects
Collaborative
projects
• One-to-one with CPI or together
with a larger consortium
• Projects initiate after completion
of a detailed funding protocol
• We offer a bespoke service for
bid development and grant
landscape navigation
Funded SME
support
• Smaller projects may qualify
for total funding status from
ERDF programmes
• Regional limitations can
apply to supporting SMEs
Best option for highly
innovative projects you can’t
fully fund yourself
Great mechanism for an initial
engagement with us
Offers flexibility and speed

46. CPI -ELECTRONICS

47. WHY INTEREST IN METAMATERIALS……
…… SOME APPLICATION AREAS
• IoT
• Antennas
• Communications
• Wireless
• Sensors (all types) for a wide range
• Smart Integrated Materials and Devices
• Smart Labels
• Smart packaging
• Energy Scavenging
•
• ?????????

48. Cross-sector application of
industry standard processes
Expertise and capabilities in semiconductor
processes such as accurate and controlled
deposition, printing, patterning and
encapsulation to enable the accelerated
development of active and passive materials
in application.
Using our capabilities in clean room
semiconductor processing.

49. Volume and scale
Enabling you to demonstrate your new
materials, process and applications at an
industrially-relevant market seeding volume.
Using our capabilities in clean room
semiconductor processing.

50. Adding value by enabling new electronic form factors
Flexible form factors for connected intelligent devices
Minimising size and weight
Through development of printed and
flexible hybrid electronic systems
Embedding intelligence
Introducing smart functionality into
materials and products
Large area electronics
Overcoming the limitations of conventional
technologies with large area, continuous
electronics
High volume continuous processing
Providing a scalable high-volume route to
continuous manufacture of electronics
Minimising size and weight
Through development of printed and
flexible hybrid electronic systems

51. What is novel electronics?
Novel electronics describes a form of electronics that is
not traditional PCB based electronics.
It enables electronics to be flexible, freeform shapes or
even large area.
Uses high volume techniques such as printing and
patterning to provide printed electronics functionality and
by combining with commercial off the shelf components
we can make flexible hybrid electronics.
Enabling electronic functionality to be embedded into places
which aren’t possible using rigid PCB electronics

52. Why flexible hybrid electronics?
Hybrid electronics combine
the functionality of silicon
with large area, flexible
substrates
High functionality
Enables the functionality
imparted by conventional
integrated circuits to be
retained in flexible or
freeform form factors
Form factor
flexibility
• Thin
• Flexibility
• Light-weighting
• Large area
Flexibility of design
Large assortment of
components can be
assembled from a ‘toolbox’
of conventional electronics
and printed electronics
Embedded
electronics
Embedding flexible hybrid
electronics into other
materials can enhance form
and functionality

53. Roll to roll capabilities
R2R printing and
patterning
Functional substrate
Roll-to-roll capabilities
that enable a full end-
to-end offer
R2R assembly
IoT inlay
R2R conversion
Smart labels and smart cards
Electronic components Integration and conversion Products and systems Specification and design Quality assurance and testing
Inkjet and Inkjet Flex® Screen
Slot die Flexo Gravure
Laser patterning
Flip chip die attach Glob top
In-line testing SMT pick and place
Lamination Conversion

54. PRINTING , INK-JET, SLOT-DIE,
SCREEN, ROTARY SCREEN
BATCH AND R2R
ALD (BATCH + R2R)
VACUUM, SPUTTER, PLASMA, PLASMA ETCH
PHOTOLITH, LASER PATTERNING
NANOIMPRINT
SUPPORTING
METROLOGY

55. CPI –FORMULATIONS

56. CPI - Formulation Technical Capability Map
CAPABILITIES
Powder Handling
Powder Handling
Powder Handling Powder Modelling
Powder Modelling
Powder Modelling Micromixing
Micromixing
Micromixing Impinging Jet
Impinging Jet
Impinging Jet Microfluidics
Microfluidics
Microfluidics
Membrane
Emulsification
Membrane
Emulsification
Membrane
Emulsification
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics Batch
Batch
Batch
Powder Flow
Powder Flow
Powder Flow Complex Particles
Complex Particles
Complex Particles Polymer
Polymer
Polymer Liposome
Liposome
Liposome
Metal Oxide
Framework
Metal Oxide
Framework
Metal Oxide
Framework
Emulsion
Emulsion
Emulsion Continuous
Continuous
Continuous 4IR Learning Rig
4IR Learning Rig
4IR Learning Rig
NANO FORMULATION
COMPLEX SOLIDS COMPLEX LIQUIDS
DELIVERY
Digitally-enabled LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
High throughput EXPERIMENTATION AND CHARACTERISATION
platform
Diverse technical skillsets from industry and academia
DELIVERY
Materials characterisation toolbox

57. • Comprehensive facilities for handling large quantities of dry nanomaterials regardless of
hazard category; safely from 1mg to 10kg scale.
• Experience in processing nanomaterials into liquid formulations: inks, adhesives, coating,
thermoplastics and 3D printing resins from the 10mL to 5L scale.
• Successfully allowed multinationals and SMEs to work together by processing
development materials into formulations multinationals are able handle and evaluate.
• Record of process optimization including the materials where structure must be
preserved e.g. sol-gel materials, metal organic frameworks, materials with hierarchical
porosity and bespoke 3D printing resins.
• Formulate resin systems for 3D printing tuning the resins physical properties toward the
end application (e.g. mechanical, thermal, electrical).
• Expertise in the design of formulations toward an end application allowing new materials
or products to be integrated into existing processes.
CPI - Formulation Technical Nanomaterials

58. MTC – ELECTRONICS

59. High-resolution
3D Inkjet Printer
100 micron lines
& 200 micron vias
in a multilayer
circuit!
Dedicated
proprietary software:
Transfer Industry
standard Gerber files
into 3D file!
Nano Chemistry
+ UV Dielectric ink:
All in one process!
TECHNOLOGY
Integrating high resolution inkjet and advanced nano inks
• UV Polymer resin developed to mimic industry FR4
• Designed for compatibility with Nano Dimension AgCite ink
MTC – Private – Commercial in Confidence

60. USE CASE
Up to 12 layer 3D Printed PCB Coaxial shielding
Embedded Components
Rigid and & Flexible PCB
3D Printed Molded
Interconnect device
Conical Inductors
PCB Interposers
MTC – Private – Commercial in Confidence

62. Centre For Additive Manufacturing
University of Nottingham
Lyudmila Turyanska
Lyudmila.Turyanska@nottingham.ac.uk

63. Centre For Additive Manufacturing (CfAM)
• Group established in 1992
• Began Additive Manufacturing research in 2000
• Approx. 100 staff and Post-Grads dedicated to AM
• A number of large grants - Current funding ~£20M
• 15% direct from industry
• Centre for Doctoral Training in AM and 3D Printing
• Future Formulation for 3D Printing
• Platform Grant in Future Additive Manufacturing
• Program Grant in Next Generation Additive Manufacturing
• Industrially focused, scientifically driven
• Research focus on underpinning work
• Spin-out, Added Scientific, est 2015 for Industrial Service

64. AM Capability and Equipment at Nottingham
• Additive Manufacturing (AM) is: ”…the process of joining materials to make objects
from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive
manufacturing methodologies.” ASTM F2792
Vat Polymerisation and Nano-scale AM
Material Extrusion
PBF - Metal PBF - Polymer Material Jetting

65. You cannot consider process alone
Design
Materials
Application /
Implementation
AM
Process

66. Multi-material inkjet 3D printing technique
• Integrating different functionalities into a single device
• Outstanding resolution (20-40 µm)
• Strict formulation viscosity and solid content limitation
Materials: bulk, low-dimensional, polymeric, biomaterials.

67. Metamaterial Structures
TEM images of IR (a), UV (b) sintered samples.
Micro-structure and Electrical
Resistivity
Investigating patterns for tailored
electromagnetic response
Photograph of MicroSLA printed metamaterial structure (a);
micrograph of the meta-atoms (b) and its topography showing the
print lines
Lattice structures using Inconel 718

68. Two-photon polymerisation for gradient index optics
Feature sizes < 100nm
Truly 3D Geometries
EPSRC 2019 Photo Competition - Innovation category (first
prize): Wonderlandballs in small world by Dr Qin Hu,
University of Nottingham
Combining Optical
Trapping with Multi-
Photon Polymerization to
immobilize particles in a
matrix
Geometrical Flexibility

69. Questions?
•Lots of potential!
•Materials formulation key aspect of developing next
generation of concepts
•Processes can unlock functionality
•A lot to be done…..
Summary

74. Human needs,
wants, desires:
Tech push & Incremental
development:
Design - Where it Helps Out

75. Human needs,
wants, desires:
Tech push & Incremental
development:
designers
Design - Where it Helps Out

76. Human needs,
wants, desires:
Tech push & Incremental
development: Scoping / Design Vision
Design - Where it Helps Out
• Human centred Product design:
Match new technology to consumer
needs in new and unexpected ways
• Create a Tangible Product Vision
Pull development forwards

77. Human needs,
wants, desires:
Tech push & Incremental
development:
Scouting the
Development Pathway
Design - Where it Helps Out
• Product Development Pathway
Help navigate a route from feasibility
prototype to feasible product.
• Multi-disciplinary view
Interplay between technology, market,
human factors, regulations, manufacturing,
packaging, desirability etc. etc. etc.

78. Human needs,
wants, desires:
Tech push & Incremental
development:
Design - Where it Helps Out

79. PROTOYPING

80. PROTOYPING
Tangible Vision to Pull Development forwards…
• R&D focus
• Investors
• Future customers
• Press and news coverage
• …

85. Cutting Edge Technology? YES.
Killer Application? NOT SURE.
Share your work with >>> DESIGN STUDENTS!!!

86. www.ktn-uk.org
Emma Fadlon PhD, Investment Team
emma.fadlon@ktn-uk.org
KTN
Support for innovation
9th February 2021

87. Sources of external funding: grants
Grants Investment
Debt Finance Crowdfunding
1 2 3 4

88. Sources of Grants
Regional
§ Regional Agencies
§ Innovation vouchers
§ Devolved governments
or regions
National
§ SME Funding
§ Government Department
European
§ H2020
§ SME Instrument
§ Eurostars
Sector
§ Third Sector
§ International grants
§ Corporate venture R&D
§ Non-governmental
§ Levy Board

89. Ø Challenge Led
Ø Responsive (SMART)
Ø Investor Partnerships
Ø Managed Programmes
Ø SBRI
Ø KTP
• Other government departments
• EU programmes
• KTN Innovation Exchange
Ø https://www.ktninnovationexchange.co.uk
How can we help with securing grant funding?
• Duration?
• Amount?
• Match funding?
• Individual v consortia
• Thematic
• Capability
• Small print

90. Grants
Pros Cons
Will accept high risk Difficult to locate
Seen as zero cost Rarely 100%
Can add to credibility Can be distracting
Can act as leverage Can be paperwork heavy

91. • Grant T&Cs
• Match funding (70:30)
• Foreground & background IPR
• What agreements have been discussed?
• Corporate funding T&Cs
• What happens if meet commercial milestone?
• Negotiating Heads of Terms
Common issues: grants and collaborations

92. Support for
businesses
Electronic copy
available
ktn-uk.org/news/how-to-prepare-
the-best-application-for-grant-
competitions
V I E W G U I D E

93. Collaborations
Help in finding:
• Partners for grant applications
• Accessing technology and new innovations
• Collaborators
• Value chain partners
• Securing supply chains
• Knowledge exchange
• Stakeholders

94. • Innovation networks
• Stakeholders
• Sector networks www.i3p.org.uk
• Trade associations
• Events
• Conferences
Insights into emerging technologies, trends and sector needs

95. Sources of external funding: investment
Grants Investment
Debt Finance Crowdfunding
1 2 3 4

96. Economic Development Bank: funding partners
“Government-owned business development bank dedicated to making finance markets
work better for smaller businesses”
www.bbinv.co.uk
www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk
www.british-business-
bank.co.uk/finance-hub

97. • Investor Partnerships (Innovate UK)
• Investment showcases (External)
• Introductions
• Showcase events
• Pitching events
• Investment readiness
• Sign posting: Incubators and accelerators
How can we help with private investment?

98. STANDOUT FROM THE CROWD

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