How we help

We work across all technology sectors and whether you are a sole entrepreneur, pre-seed, early stage, growth stage, or established innovator scaling up your business, Innovate UK Business Connect expertise is uniquely placed to help you identify the right support and services for your innovation journey.

How we support you

Innovate UK Business Connect has a wide network, deep sector expertise, and can connect you to people and organisations to help accelerate your ideas and solve technology problems. We predominantly offer support for innovative UK businesses and those seeking UK set up.

Follow the support links below as an easy starting point to discover where to go, who to talk to and what to ask. Some resources are delivered nationally, regionally and by sector, so please sign up to our newsletter follow us on social media, to find out what is happening in your area.

Good Applications Guide

Good Applications Guide

This updated guide has top tips and assessor insights to help you prepare the best application possible for our competitions.

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Support with funding

Support with funding

Search for funding opportunities across sectors and ask us for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge.

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Talent and skills

Talent and skills

Streamlined access to a variety of innovative products and services to assist businesses and partners in cultivating talent and skills.

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Support for Start-ups

Support for Start-ups

We help turn your ideas into reality across every sector and in every part of the UK, through funding, business network and growth advice, world class facilities and centres, and access to talent and skills.

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Scale up support

Scale up support

Innovate UK Business Growth empower innovation-driven businesses like yours to grow at pace, achieve their industry ambitions and transform society.

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Invest in innovation

Invest in innovation

Innovate UK Investor Connect is a secure, regulated digital marketplace for innovative businesses to connect with investors and secure capital to grow.

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Collaboration

Collaboration

Our Innovation Networks bring together industry leaders, innovators, government officials, policymakers, and academics to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Expert advice

Expert advice

Our people have expertise across a whole range of skill sets and disciplines. They are experienced collaborators who are set up to understand your innovation project and connect you to our network.

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Local support

Local support

From our Innovate Local event programme to our Net Zero Places Innovation Network, we are committed to working with you to deliver place-based activity that make a difference, wherever you are in the UK.

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Contribute to industry challenges

Contribute to industry challenges

Innovate UK programmes Innovation Exchange (iX) and Contracts for innovation fast-tracks knowledge transfer nationwide by matching industry challenges with trailblazing companies across different sectors.

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Follow us on LinkedIn

Follow us on LinkedIn

Follow us on LinkedIn to find out what is happening in your area.

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Frequently asked questions

Are you an ambitious innovator who wants to drive or acquire innovation to further grow and scale your business, if so our FAQ has been designed to answer your questions.

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