Creative Industries

The KTN Creative team helps organisations interested in innovation in the Creative Industries to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.

We can help you take the next step by connecting you with the right funding, people and expertise. 

Our people have a deep expertise and work with a wide range of companies who are developing new technologies, platforms, products and solutions that enable the Creative Industries to thrive. These companies are innovating in the areas of production, creation, distribution and sales of creative content. They are improving workflows and ways of doing things, enabling inspiring media and content to be produced and sold across the globe.The kind of Creative industries companies we work with are developing new technologies for use in sectors like Broadcast, Streaming and Film, VFX, Immersive and VR, Games, Live Events. They are utilising technologies such as AI, IoT, Machine Vision, fast 5G and telecoms tech, cybersecurity and online safety technologies, advanced projection and lighting, smart and green fabrication and manufacturing

The Creative Industries team will help you find out about opportunities for the sector including funding. We’ll also support you when applying for funding so you maximise your change for success. We’ll identify partners best suited to your needs from our network of innovators, across sectors and technology areas.

By helping connect organisations and people across all sectors, we help shape the future and build a better and stronger innovation system. 

Click here for open funding opportunities for the Creative Industries.

Our current focus in this area

Helping businesses in six English regions convert their creative potential in to creative growth.

The Creative Catalyst is a £30 million programme of phased financial and non-financial activities to provide end to end innovation support for high potential businesses in the creative sector.

Immerse UK brings together industry, researchers and research organisations, the public sector, entrepreneurs, innovators and end-users to support the UK in becoming the global leader in applications of immersive technologies: high-end visualisation, virtual, mixed, and augmented reality, haptics and other sensory interfaces with data.

Empowering UK organisations to harness the power of AI through support and funding, bridging the AI divide for a more productive UK.

Related Opportunities

Innovate UK Smart grants: January 2023

Opens: 19/01/2023 Closes: 14/06/2023

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. The dates for this round of Smart have been extended to maximise funding opportunities for applicants.

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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2023 to 2024 Round 1

Opens: 30/01/2023 Closes: 30/03/2023

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) link forward thinking businesses with the UK’s world class knowledge bases to deliver innovation projects led by inspired graduates.

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Innovation Exchange challenge: Airport Navigation in the Metaverse for Improved Accessibility

Opens: 06/03/2023 Closes: 18/04/2023

This Innovation Exchange challenge, delivered by Innovate UK KTN through the Global Alliance Africa project, is supporting Kenya Airways to identify innovative solutions for airport navigation via the metaverse. They would like to harness the opportunities that next generation technologies provide t

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Related Events and Recordings

Tue
18
Apr
2023

DCMS Create Growth Programme – Investor Roundtable 1

10.30 - 16.30 | London

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Wed
15
Mar
2023

Digital Business Meet-up: Creative Industries

10.00 - 12.30 | Online

Recording coming soon
Thu
9
Feb
2023

Digital Modernisation of Textiles and Fashion

10.00 - 16.00 | Manchester

Event slides now available
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