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UK innovation agency, part of UKRI, funding deep tech and hard tech businesses in priority sectors

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About Innovate UK

Innovate UK is the UK's innovation agency, part of UKRI. It backs high-potential deep and hard tech businesses in the UK's Industrial Strategy priority sectors. Support comes as grants, loans, expert help and connections, and funding now runs through sector-focused programmes and competitions.

Services

  • Grants: funding for business-led innovation in priority sectors.
  • Loans: loans that sit alongside grants for high-potential businesses.
  • Expert support and connections: help for businesses that want to start, scale and stay in the UK.
  • Sector programmes and competitions: funding routes that replaced the open Smart grants, which are now closed.

Who it serves

High-potential deep and hard tech businesses in priority sectors, and business-led innovators across UK regions.

Key facts

  • Part of: UKRI
  • New operating model: Introduced from April 2026

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Trust Score

4/ 100
Trust Score: New

An earned signal from verification, reviews, awards, transparency and engagement - the vendor can't buy it.

Verification
0/100 · 20%
Reviews
0/100 · 30%
Awards
0/100 · 15%
Transparency
18/100 · 20%
Engagement
0/100 · 15%
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Updated 9/17/2026

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