New event for founders: Why you need an Exit Strategy now
Do you have a plan to exit your business? It’s never too early to start!
Snakes and Ladders - navigating your investment journey
A workshop for tech founders and directors who are new to the investment journey.
New event launches - Achieving Net Zero: a toolkit for businesses
Join us for an event on November 8 at St John's Innovation Centre that will help your business achieve its Net Zero ambitions.
Express your tech: communicating your complex innovation
New event launched! Learn how to communicate your complex innovation to customers and investors at this Cambridge event.
Date for your calendar: Becoming irresistible: how to recruit and retain tech talent
Is your company struggling to recruit and retain the best tech talent? If so, this event is for you.
Date for your diary: Design Thinking for Competitive Advantage
A Cambridge event focused on the principles of design thinking and the role of design in business growth.
Breaking Down the Barriers to Agri-tech
Join Innovate UK EDGE, NIAB and Agri-TechE for an event at NIAB in Histon, Cambridge, on Thursday 1 December, that aims to tackle some of the challenges to agri-tech adoption and implementation.
Find out about alternative funding and finance for innovation
Alternative sources of funding and finance are ever changing. So, aside from grant funding, what is out there today that can help your innovation-driven business to grow and scale?
Innovate UK EDGE launches second round of Pitchfest for the East of England
Innovate UK EDGE Pitchfest supports innovative and ambitious UK small to medium sized businesses to get investment ready and develop their investor pitch to help raise finance.
PervasID pivots to overcome pandemic impact with Innovate UK EDGE help
A spin-out from Cambridge University has had support from Innovate UK EDGE to pivot into new markets with its patented inventory tracking system, after orders from the aviation spares industry collapsed during the COVID-19 crisis.
Claim your free ticket to new ‘AI Festival’ to hear an impressive line-up of inspiring speakers
Cambridge Network members have the opportunity to get free tickets for the newly launched AI Festival next week (24 and 25 February 2021). Facebook, Google, and BT are just some of the leading technology companies set to share their knowledge and insights at the event.
International talent: How to retain, recruit & motivate overseas hires
This month, all eyes fall on the Brexit transition period which is steadily creeping up on us. Join Enterprise Europe Network and KPMG for a webinar on retaining, recruiting and motivating international talent during the transition period.
OKRA raises ambitious target to 6 million predictions in Life Sciences by end of 2020
OKRA empowers the pharma industry with real-time insights amid Covid-19 uncertainty.
EEN virtual workshop on funding pathways features Silicon Valley Bank
Join Enterprise Europe Network and Flavia Richardson, VP in the Early Stage Practice at Silicon Valley Bank, for a virtual workshop next month on funding pathways for early and growth-stage companies.
AttoCore supports expansion of broadband in Chalke Valley
AttoCore, the developer of ultra-mobile core network software technology, has announced its participation in the expansion of fixed and mobile broadband services in the UK’s Chalke Valley.
Applications now open for Pitchfest 2019
St John’s Innovation Centre is now accepting applications for the Pitchfest 2019 Spring cohort of ambitious companies with innovative products and services who have the potential to scale or who are already scaling and are looking to raise between £100k – £1m.
Humanise your tech: UX specialist talks killer design strategy
St John’s Innovation Centre is hosting the fifth in a series of Merlin ICT interactive workshops aimed at researchers, post-docs, early-stage founders and SMEs to accelerate the growth of their ventures on their way to successful commercialisation.
New workshop to help entrepreneurs create experiences turning users into customers
Building on the success of the MERLIN ICT Cambridge workshop ‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ - with David Gill as a guest speaker exploring principles of effectuation as an approach to entrepreneurship - the team at St John’s Innovation Centre is inviting researchers, post-docs, SMEs and start-ups to the fifth event in a series, ‘Interpreting the Customer and UX’ on 22nd January 2019.
Apply to join a fully-funded space mission to Silicon Valley
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to be a part of Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme, delivered by Enterprise Europe Network, organising a visit to Silicon Valley for businesses working in the space and satellite sector.
UX strategist to share how to find customers for innovative technologies
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Anna Mieczakowski as a guest speaker to its Customer Discovery event and networking lunch, taking place at the Centre on Monday 24th September 2018.
Ramp up your pitching game: applications for new Pitchfest cohort open
St John’s Innovation Centre is now accepting applications for the Pitchfest 2018 Autumn cohort of ambitious companies with innovative products and services, which have the potential to scale or are already scaling and looking to raise between £100k – £1m.
Applications for next Pitchfest cohort open
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce the dates for the Pitchfest 2018 Autumn Edition!
Pitchfest gains an experienced ally
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce its partnership with The Invested Investor for the 2018 Pitchfest series.
Pitchfest is back! Call for ambitious companies looking to raise between £100k – £1m
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce the return of Pitchfest for 2018.