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Digital Business Briefing
September 2014
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What is this briefing?
• A digest of useful information for UK digital businesses seeking funding and support, updated every month
• Brought to you by the following organisations:
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Contents
• Open funding calls• Other funding• Support for launching a new digital business• Existing digital businesses• Events• Training• Useful market research
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Open funding calls
IC tomorrow Connected Cities
Key feature: Grant funding to work with industrial partners to develop new solutions for connected cities
Scale:• Up to £35k grants, 100% funded• Specifically for micro, small or medium sized businesses
Closes: 14th October 2014
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding calls
"Smart" grants for start-ups and small businesses
Key feature: A grant scheme which offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology.
Scale:• Proof of market - up to £25k - 60% of project cost• Proof of concept - up to £100k - 60% of project cost• Prototype development - up to £250k - up to 45% of
project cost
Closes: 25th September 2014
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding calls
Food open data challenge
Key feature: A grant to use available open data to develop products and services to support people to make better choices with their food.
Scale:• Finalists receive £5k• A “Grand prize” of up to £40k for successfully evidenced
services
Closes: 27th October 2014
More info on Nesta website
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Open funding calls
Introducing driverless cars to the UK
Key features:• Grants to research how driverless cars can be integrated
onto our roads• Looking for town/city based consortia to help test in 3
urban areas• Delivered in partnership with industry funding • 18-36 month project timescaleScale:• Between £5-10m grants funding up to 60% project costs• Projects must find match-funding
Closes: 24th September 2014
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding calls
An integrated future for cities
Key feature: large-scale SBRI contracts to encourage new ways of achieving better integration of infrastructure and services across a city. Contracts will be to develop prototypes, must link up cities and will enable users to interact with multiple models to tackle different city problems.
Scale:• Contracts of between £1.5 - 2m – 100% funded• Single contract, but able to sub-contract out work
Closes: registration closes on 7 January 2015
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding calls
Social Seed Fund
Key feature: Funding and mentoring support for new digital ventures for social impact
Scale:• Between £15-50k• A “Grand prize” of up to £40k for successfully evidenced
services
Opens: 22nd September 2014
More info on Nominet Trust website
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Open funding calls
Automated cyber-defence
Key feature: Contracts to develop tools that support the planning and automated response to cyber-threats to armed forces’s systems
Scale:• Up to £500k available
Closes: on 23 October 2014
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding calls
Innovation Vouchers
Key feature: Innovation voucher scheme funding for start-up, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to work with an external expert to gain the knowledge to innovate and grow.
Scale:• Up to £5k funding for SMEs
Closes: on 22 October 2014
More info on innovateuk.org
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Open funding callsNesta Impact investment
Key feature: An equity investment fund investing in social ventures with innovative products or services that are addressing some of the UK’s most pressing challenges. Investments are made in areas that tackle:
• the health and wellbeing of an ageing population• the educational attainment and employability of children
and young people• the social and environmental sustainability of communities.Scale: between £150k - £1m
Closes: ongoing
More info on Nesta Investments
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Other Funding
Key features: Online guide to over 4,000 grants, contracts and other forms of finance:
• Fully searchable based on finance type, scale and your geographical location
• Constantly updated – especially good for businesses seeking charitable or grant funding
More info on Funding Central and Finance Finder
Funding Central and Finance Finder websites
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Other Funding
Key features: The UK’s largest crowdfunding network having launched thousands of projects
• Guides to launching a successful crowdfunding campaign
• Information on reward-based, peer-to-peer and equity crowdfunding
More info on www.crowdfunder.co.uk
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
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Launching a new digital business?• The Open Data Institute runs a start-up programme that
helps start-ups build business models around open data
• Tech City UK offers advice and support to start-ups looking for guidance in and around London. It also endorses visa applications to help recruit talent to the UK.
• Innovate UK - IC tomorrow connects start-ups and SMEs with leading commercial partners and investors, through funded contests, events, and strategic matchmaking opportunities.
• Transmit Start Ups provide financial support and mentoring to creative and digital entrepreneurs that would not normally be available via traditional banking relationships.
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Are you an existing digital business seeking non-financial advice or support?• Nesta runs a creative business mentor network for
digital businesses looking to grow
• The UKTI offers advice to help with exporting
• Tech City UK can help advise on inward investment
• The British Business Angels Association can help put you in touch with relevant business angel investors
• The Digital Catapult can help you showcase your business
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Are you an existing digital business seeking advice or support?
• Subsidised costs to work with a specialist to build and deliver business growth – GrowthAccelerator
• Email IP Audit to apply for up to £3k of free advice from an IP professional
• AngelList – helps source angel investors
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Key events in September
• Learn Do Share – London 5-6th September
• Future of online and mobile payments – 11th September
• IBC Content Everywhere - Amsterdam 11-15th September
• Mind the Product – London 12th September
• Innovate UK Derry meet-up – 18th September
• Bristol digital events – via @goramandvincent
• Wired Sussex events – via @WiredSussex
• Manchester events – via @McrDig
• For all events in and around London, check out Tech City News
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Training and skills
• Open Data in a Day training course at the ODI – 15th September
• Mobile Advertising – via @ukaop London 17th September
• Mobile Programmatic – via @IABUK - get your head around buying and selling ads on mobile platforms – London 25th September
• Digital training – via @Econsultancy - World-class training courses
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Useful market research
• 10 Great internet marketing stats – via @Econsultancy
• UK Digital Market overview via @comScoreEMEA
• Silicone Cities: Supporting tech clusters – via @Policy_Exchange
• Communications Market report 2014 – via @Ofcom consumer trends on web and mobile
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