The innovation and growth company

Solving society’s challenges through collaboration on technology with government, startups and industry.

Innovation

We’re closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity.

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Growth Partnership

Plexal is intent on creating a series of interventions with this Growth Partnership. Focusing on startups, scaleups and SMEs in target sectors, regions and technology domains that will demonstrably drive growth through increased high value jobs, exports, equity investment, customer contracts and gross value add to the economy.

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Workspace

Join our coworking spaces to work within a community. Plexal membership is open to startups, scaleups, social enterprises, creatives, freelancers or large corporates. We also have spaces in Manchester and Cheltenham hosting our innovation services.

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Events

Host your event in the heart of our innovation centre. From meetups and corporate away days to events for government, industry, startups and academia, our events spaces can do it all.

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NEWS AND VIEWS

Keep up to date on what’s happening at Plexal

Grown in Hackney: second cohort comes to the end of the programme

Grown in Hackney was a six month programme providing business support to local businesses.

North West SMEs and industry to co-create solutions for secure, greener region

Recognised for its high-growth potential and strong industrial heritage, the North West of England is the chosen location for a government-backed initiative to secure critical infrastructure and the green economy. The regional Cyber Runway: NW Net Zero programme is underway and has onboarded ten North West SMEs. These companies are equipped with capabilities to better secure […]

Cyber security scaleups set to smash through growth blockers

Plexal is pleased to announce the six scaleups selected for our new Cyber Runway Scale X cohort, which follows hot on the heels of welcoming our ambitious Grow startups and Ignite leaders. We’ve designed Scale X to help scaleups blast away business barriers, providing one-to-one advice and practical support alongside the all-important connections to build […]

Our programmes

CYBER RUNWAY

Cyber Runway is the largest cyber accelerator in the UK. It is designed to address some of the biggest challenges facing cyber security.

LASR

A public-private partnership dedicated to advancing AI security for UK national security and economic prosperity.

HMGCC

Bringing together the best in class across industry, academia, and government, to work collaboratively on national security engineering challenges and accelerate innovation.