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South West tech accelerator returns after helping companies raise millions

Ambitious tech companies targeting strong growth are being invited to apply to the South West of England’s only specialist accelerator programme for the whole region.

Tech accelerator Growth Forge has just launched for 2025, after helping companies boost their growth journeys and secure over £2m in funding in 2024.

This year’s enhanced edition introduces three specialist...

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Cornish firm unveils blueprint for "step change" in tidal energy design

Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced the design blueprint for their 20MW HydroWing technology to be deployed at Morlais in Wales.

The tidal energy array will incorporate the revolutionary Tocardo T3 turbine for the first time, with each of the twenty HydroWing units to be powered by two T3 turbines.

Inyanga Marine Energy Group have secured 20MW of capacity for their...

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The financial fragility of UK universities: a threat to innovation and economic growth

A storm brews in the bowels of the UK’s innovation engine.

The country’s technological and economic advancement is underpinned by a world-class higher education sector. But that industry teeters precariously on the edge of a financial crisis.

As recently reported by The Economist, the UK’s current university funding model is untenable, with institutions “running on fumes”...

Inyanga's redeployment of D10 in the Fromveur Passage (Photo Credit: Balao)

Inyanga Marine Energy Group takes over the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France

Falmouth-based tech company Inyanga Marine Energy Group, a finalist at the Tech South West Awards 2024, is taking over the D10 tidal turbine in France. The D10 tidal turbine was the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France, initially deployed in 2015.

It is located in the Fromveur Passage, off the coast of Brittany, and provides clean sustainable energy to the remote island of...

Winners at the Tech South West Awards 2023

Best in tech revealed as Tech South West Awards 2024 shortlists unveiled

3D printing materials made from recycled fishing nets, AI tools for monitoring water quality and digital literacy toolkits for young people are amongst the innovative technologies recognised in the shortlists for the Tech South West Awards 2024 , revealed today.

Now in their sixth year, the awards celebrate the best in tech from across the South West of England including Bath,...

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£300M fund to power tech innovation in the South West

A new £300m investment fund has been launched to accelerate the growth of science and technology spin-outs from universities in the West of England, with backing from the University of Bristol.

The fund is aimed at boosting early-stage capital, expertise, and support for startups working on global challenges such as sustainability, clean energy, and healthcare.

The...

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South West’s ‘truly astounding’ tech sector to be showcased on national stage

Region’s first Tech Prospectus to be launched revealing scale of blue and green sector

A national showcase of technological innovation from the South West of England is set to take place in London.

The likes of Altilium, Kelpi, Cleaner Seas Group, LettUs Grow, Oxi-Tech, Additive.earth and MolendoTech are amongst the innovative growth firms across the blue, green and...

IMP Software co-founders Will Jordan, left, and Dave Hall

IMP Software shortlisted for national Megabuyte100 Emerging Stars award for best-performing technology company

South West-based IMP Software has been shortlisted for the Best Performing Company – Government & Healthcare – Emerging Stars award at the upcoming 2024 Megabuyte100 awards.

The Emerging Stars awards identify the UK's 50 best-performing scale-up technology companies in the UK and acknowledge outstanding achievements within peer groups and overall. Evaluation criteria encompass...

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South West firm to benefit from multi-million pound government investment in medical technology

South West healthtech firm EarSwitch , winner of the Tech South West Innovation Award in 2022, has been named as one of eight companies to benefit from a multi-million pound government investment.

As part of a £10 million funding package for boosting access to medical technology, the companies will be supported to bring their devices to market and help “transform the way we treat...

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South West Innovation Expo

Following the success of the 2021 event, The South West Innovation Expo is returning in March 2024.

The flagship event for the technology sector from across Devon, Cornwall, The Isles of Scilly and Somerset will bring together talented small enterprise innovators, entrepreneurs, business, academics and investors.

Centring around the theme of RESILIENCE, the one-day event...

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