The programme supported 53 projects via New Innovators (£25k-50k), Minimum Financial Assistance (£25k-100k) & Collaborative R&D (£150k-300k) funding competitions support a wide-range of spin-outs, start-ups and scale-ups.
The successful projects ranged from open digital farming, robotics, AI adoption, sustainable energy generation to new technologies being developed in food production.
For Norfolk and Suffolk, this programme has delivered:
Connected Innovation continues to work with key partners in the region to keep driving this successful cluster such as Innovate UK Business Connect, Innovate UK Business Growth, Agri-TechE, Norwich Research Park, Cefas, Agricultural Associations, the Agri-Food Industry Council for Norfolk & Suffolk, Tastebuds Collective, Space East, the Agri-Tech Centre, NAAME and Made Smarter Adoption – East of England.
You can view some of the successful businesses, research institutes and partners featured in case studies from across the region below:
The Cluster Management for the Agri-tech and food technology in Eastern England is supported by partners across Connected Innovation, Lincolnshire County Council, Norfolk County Council Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Suffolk County Council.
This partnership provides support to the Agri-tech and Food-tech businesses across the region linking in with support providers, funding sources and a network of agricultural partners.
