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

The UK has built a world-class cyber ecosystem – now we must scale it

Plexal has supported the government as the UK has built a diverse and fast-growing cyber ecosystem. Now, the challenge is turning innovation into contracts, capability and national advantage. Here’s how we started and where we go now. The arrival of the first computer virus in the seventies was designed to be experimental rather than harmful, […]

Harnessing tech for good to end violence against women and girls – it all starts Here

“I have a close friend who has an automated ping sent to me when she enters a taxi and another when she leaves. I have friends whose everyday behaviours are guided by risk. They take different routes home, call each other while travelling and navigate fears of how their personal images might be used in ways they weren’t intended.” This was the thought-provoking personal dialogue from Lou-Davina Stouffs, Plexal’s Director of Consulting, when she took […]

Fast-growth founders reveal why your tech company should apply for Scaleup Programme

The four-month hybrid Scaleup Programme from Barclays Eagle Labs and Plexal, which is designed for high-growth UK tech companies tackling the challenges of scaling, is now accepting applications for its fourth edition. Through Scaleup Programme, we’ll unpack and overcome obstacles to help your business reach the next level across expert-led workshops, one-to-one support, peer learning and tailored connections with corporates, customers and ecosystem leaders. Built around real-life challenges faced by fast-growth founders, Scaleup Programme is geared towards […]

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.