September update from Business Sheffield
Delighted to say that we have now run the first two of our series of 6 ‘TechForge’ workshops.
June update from Transform SY powered by Entrepreneurial Spark
We are a week away from concluding Transform SY! On June 9th we will host our Celebration Event where all cohorts, partners, supporters and friends of the accelerator will come together to acknowledge the successes achieved by Transform SY and the businesses we supported throughout the last 18 months.
June update from STP/Cooper Project
We onboarded 3 new entrepreneurs to the Cooper Project last month, and interestingly one of them is a group of women entrepreneurs (consisting of 3 members), which is great.
April update from Twinkl
In February, Twinkl received a minority investment from Vitruvian Partners to help Twinkl grow – we are excited for what this might mean for TwinklHive! To read more about the investment, check out this Twinkl blog article. Contact: Emily Scicluna, emily.scicluna@twinkl.co.uk
April update from STP/Cooper Project
We have partnered with TeamSY to host a women entrepreneur workshop. The first workshop was on the 4th and was very successful with 9 attendees. The next one will be on the 20th, please feel free to share with anyone you know who might be interested.
April update from IoT Engine
The programme supports start-ups and SMEs to adopt, integrate and develop IoT through 1:1 mentoring and access to the MakerLab at Barnsley DMC for prototyping and proof of concept support.
April update from Blue Lake VC
Blue Lake VC is excited to announce our investment in our BLA cohort 1 graduate Humans Not Robots. The team is on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of video streaming and enable significant cost reductions for their customers. Check out our announcement here. In other exciting news, we are holding a free two-day […]
April update from AWRC
– Accelerator programme #2 R&D projects continue (each one of varying length in line with needs of company).
– Ongoing activity to recruit new mentors to our network in readiness for programme #3.
– Our community work continues with the innovation futures programme.
February update from Business Sheffield Tech Scaleup Advisors
Following a frenetic pre-xmas period, including a few memorable – or only vaguely memorable in the best cases! – Xmas events with tech sector colleagues and clients, the first half of January was a fairly slow start. At the time of writing though, things are really ramping up again and both Chris and Morgan have […]
February update from University of Sheffield commercialisation team
University of Sheffield spinout company, Phlux, has raised a cumulative £4M (LINK). Phlux Technology has designed the first infrared sensors for LiDAR using the semi-metal element, antimony, which surpass the capabilities of silicon-based sensors and is set to reshape the market for robotics and self-driving machines. They secured investment from Foresight Williams, Octopus Ventures and Northern […]
February update from STP/Cooper Project
We organised the showcase and pitching event of Project22 – a 12-week Pre-Accelerator, on 12th December. The best five businesses pitched and received valuable feedback from a panel of experienced business advisors.
February update from P4SY
Recruitment for the programme has now concluded however we are working with P4 Accelerator Programme in London with referrals – P4 have just launched recruitment for next programme https://www.p4precisionmedicine.co.uk/apply/ P4SY Cohort 2 details can be found here https://www.p4precisionmedicine.co.uk/p4sy-accelerator-programme-welcomes-cohort-2/ Cohort 2 supported until May 2023 – combination of online group & 1:1 sessions, bespoke support, F2F […]
February update for TEAM SY
In January, Unrest held a very well attended demo day for their first South Yorkshire cohort at the Barbican in London. Applications are currently open for mission-driven ambitious startups to take part in their second cohort. January also saw JUMP accelerator open applications for their Sports Tech programme which will run from April to June. It […]
February update from Transform SY powered by Entrepreneurial Spark
We from Transform SY haven’t sent an update since October, and that reflects how busy we’ve been in the last months of 2022 and the first weeks of 2023! Since October 2022, we: We extended the ‘Get up and Pitch’ event until March. Are there are founders in your network who could benefit from pitch […]
February update from AWRC
Aside from R&D/grant funding activity with companies, our focus over the last couple of months has been planning and promotion around our new community-focused programme. AWRC Innovation Futures is a regional pilot to take a group of 16-23 year olds and help them to better understand the health and wellbeing ecosystem and potential pathways they […]
February update from NorthInvest
We are closing an investment fundraise for a Sheffield startup. Cast (https://www.experiencecast.com/), will have their round closed on Friday 20th January. It will either be £125K or £150K. Currently it’s £125K but we are hopeful of adding one last investor into the mix to top it up. Contact:Giles Moore: giles.moore@northinvest.co.uk
December update from STP/Cooper Project
STP has had a busy couple of months delivering our cohort based pre-accelerator Project 22. This is coming to an end and we expect to take forward 4 businesses to Cooper Project for longer term support and potential investment. Our approach to promoting this cohort was outside our usual channels of twitter and linkedin and […]
December update from Team SY
We had some fantastic events in the last two weeks of November: the P4SY Showcase & MedTech conference on Weds 23rd; the South Yorkshire Tech Summit on Thurs 24th; and the South Yorkshire Investment Lounge on Weds 30th. Look out for write-ups about these events soon. At the Tech Summit, the SYMCA Tech Welcome grants […]
December update from TwinklHive
Contact: Em Scicluna – emily.scicluna@twinkl.co.uk
December update from P4SY
Philippa and Tamara at the Tech Summit.
Participation of P4SY and Gold Standard Phantoms in SY Tech Summit and film content – great opportunity and platform for building the ecosystem.
December update from AWRC
New project announcement – AWRC Innovation Futures As part of our work in the community, we are pleased to announce a new project that will help young people residing in South Yorkshire to explore career opportunities within health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis placed on the innovation ecosystem. As part of this pilot, we […]
December update from IoT Engine
The programme supports start-ups and SMEs to adopt, integrate and develop IoT through 1:1 mentoring and access to the MakerLab at Barnsley DMC for prototyping and proof of concept support.
December update from Business Sheffield Tech Scale-up Advisors
As usual Chris and Morgan have been highly active in the local eco-system and a recent stocktake showed we are working actively with 50 tech businesses in Sheffield. Contacts:Morgan Killick – Morgan@levelupsolutions.co.ukChris Wheater – cdw4020@gmail.com
October update from Team SY
Programme Updates We ran our second Get Funding Fit programme, this time it was designed as an intensive 2-day bootcamp. We held it in September and it was well attended (and well received by participants). 14 companies took part. Unrest have started their first accelerator programme in the region with a cohort of 7. IndieLab […]
October update from Transform SY powered by Entrepreneurial Spark
We are at the half-point of Transform SY – Cohort 2 and just delivered our in-person event ‘Acceler8’. Now we are looking forward to the Close-Out Event which will be on November 18th where our entrepreneurs will showcase the progress they’ve made on the programme. Invitations will be out once we’ve concluded the agenda We […]
October update from Business Sheffield Tech Scaleup Advisors
Within our caseload, there have been 4 investment deals closed so far this financial year, totalling just under £0.5m. Two larger £1m+ deals are in discussions right now with one of those in particular expected to close imminently. Two pre-seed deals that looked very strong fell through at the last minute with investors choosing to […]
October update from TwinklHive
We have been announced as finalists in the Investor category at the EducationInvestor Awards 2022. We have invested in GrandNanny, the UK’s first intergenerational childcare service. Parents get a local, reliable, ‘seen-it-all-before’ GrandNanny who wants to stick with their family for the long-term. In return, over 50s with childcare experience find paid work that’s local, […]
October update from IndieLab Games
We delivered an online Stakeholder briefing session on 20th July to meet partners in the region, explain our plans for the programme and discuss both immediate and long-lasting legacy gains for game developers and studios. We had 10 guests in attendance. Applications opened for a Games Developer Accelerator and Games Tech Accelerator on 9th August […]
October update from P4SY
Recruitment & Onboarding: Rolling recruitment to the programme – capacity for 6 more companies to join the programme for support until June 2023. Details regarding eligibility. Support for companies in phase 1 will be concluded at P4SY Showcase & MedTech Conference in November. 5 companies onboarded for phase 2. P4SY Showcase & MedTech Conference: Opportunity […]
October update from AWRC
Completion of second accelerator programme Our second cohort of companies have been through our curated programme which closed with a showcase on 6th September. The event was well attended and included pitching from the cohort and a number of panel sessions with guest speakers. R&D projects with the cohort are ongoing and we are looking […]
Update from University of Sheffield commercialisation team
We have established a new cell therapy regulatory consultancy business. ‘RCTC’ was founded by Dr Zoe Hewitt, an expert in stem cell technologies. The company is available to support businesses who are in pre-clinical work for regenerative cell therapies. Northern Gritstone has made its first three investments, of which the first 2 landed in Sheffield. […]
October update from Sheffield Technology Parks
Sheffield Tech Parks will start the Project22, a 12-week Pre-Accelerator program (Oct-Dec 2022) from October 10th. It is designed to help early-stage Tech/ Digital start-ups develop and validate their business idea. Great News/Stories – Cooper Business Ferrio received investment from a local angel investor Mandashi and expanded into its first office at our STP building; […]