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Growth Forge 2026: A New Era of Always‑On, Stage‑Based Support for South West Tech Founders

Growth Forge returns for 2026 with its most flexible and founder‑focused evolution yet. This year introduces a stage‑based learning journey , giving founders a pathway tailored to where they are right now — Early, Growth or Scale — ensuring every module and interaction is directly relevant to their challenges. Alongside this, Growth Forge now runs as an evergreen accelerator , allowing...

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Falmouth’s inaugural immersive tech conference showcases the future of industry

Academics, students, tech experts, innovators and professionals got together at Falmouth University recently to explore what to expect from the metaverse and how key sectors like retail, healthcare, wellbeing, education, gaming and creative can utilise the trend.

250 people attended the Plug into the Metaverse conference over the two-day event last month (23-24 Feb), which was...

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Siloton’s first-generation OCT chip (Akepa), with a British £1 coin for scale.

Bristol startup achieves breakthrough in eye scanning technology

Bristol-based startup Siloton Limited has acquired a sub-surface image of the retina in a synthetic eye, using its revolutionary photonic chip technology. The synthetic eye, more commonly known as a retinal phantom, is anatomically analogous to a real eye and is used to calibrate clinical devices.

The development will make it easier to monitor key parts of the eye affected by macular...

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Up-and-coming cyber security provider Stripe OLT appoints new director

Cyber security specialist and Microsoft partner Stripe OLT has announced that Ryan Pullen has joined the company board as its Director of Cyber Security.

Pullen originally joined the company in 2020 as Head of Cyber Security. He has spent the last three years establishing an award-winning managed cyber security arm of the business which has brought continued growth year-on-year....

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Government urged to support South West’s future skills

The Heart of the South West LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) is calling on Government to accelerate upskilling the region’s workforce with the skills of the future.

Companies in the Heart of the South West area (Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay) are struggling to recruit in growing areas including data science, cyber, robotics, machine learning and customer service. This ‘...

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Dorset marine tech firm part of campaign to protect vitally important seagrass meadows

Data from the South West is being used to help to protect global seagrass habitats from being destroyed, thanks to a new partnership between Dorset marine tech company savvy navvy, not-for-profit Clean Sailors and the Ocean Conservation Trust.

Seagrass is one of the Ocean’s most valuable habitats. The global ‘#protectourbeds´ campaign aims to bring greater awareness to water-users on...

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Cornish startup selected to work on floating wind technology challenge with Equinor

Tugdock, a startup company based in Cornwall, has been selected to join the 2023 cohort of the National Launch Academy programme, run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

Launch Academy is ORE Catapult’s national flagship technology accelerator programme, designed to enhance the UK’s offshore wind supply chain and support cost reduction by advancing innovative solutions...

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Launchpad is a venture studio embedded within Falmouth University.

Cornish-based startups up for awards

Two startups supported by Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, have been shortlisted for this year’s South West England Startup Awards.

Web-based easy parking payment solution, Find Park Pay , is up for the Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp of the year.

Founder Tim Macknelly said: “We’re delighted to be shortlisted for this award; it validates that we’re...

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New website launched to tackle gender inequality

New website aims to create gender equality in leadership roles and speaker line-ups in tech for the southwest.

Cornwall Community Interest Company (CIC) TECwomen in collaboration with Software Cornwall and the team behind the annual Falmouth-based conference Agile on the Beach have created a new platform aimed at creating gender equality among speakers at tech events in the southwest...

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Jurassic Fibre beats industry average for opportunities for women in tech

Ultra-fast broadband provider Jurassic Fibre has announced a 209% rise in the number of women in its workforce in just two years – many in tech, construction and engineering roles traditionally occupied by men.

The South West company employs over 460 people at its office base in Exeter and satellite base in Honiton.

Marking International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8 March,...

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Optimising IT Certifies as a B Corporation

Optimising IT has announced its certification as a B Corporation, joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Optimising IT has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit.

The...

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