Cyber Runway Pitch Days – get your startup in front of investors

Register your interest for one of four Cyber Runway Pitch Days in March taking place nationwide. You’ll have the opportunity to pitch your cyber security solution to a selection of investors and industry experts.

It’ll be a great chance for startups to network with senior leaders in the field and receive feedback on how they can tailor their propositions to relevant groups. Startups will also hear about how to better engage with the local ecosystem and the various innovation programmes available.

Food and refreshments will be provided on the day, and travel to the event will be subsidised for pitching companies. All you need is your pitch deck to apply!

Due to train strikes two of the days will be virtual. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Space – Harwell – 16 March [virtual]

Do you have a cybersecurity solution that can be applied to the Space industry?

Pitch your cybersecurity solution to the European Space Agency (ESA).

Internet of Things – Scarborough – 16 March [virtual]

Do you have a cybersecurity solution that can be applied to the IOT space? Apply if your solution can address the following challenge statements: 

1. Restrict access to networked controllers that need access to wider services to perform critical operations.
2. Secure data communications from IoT and smart devices.
3. Improve general standards of cyber security posture and awareness.

Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)– Lancaster – 20 March [in person]

Do you have a cybersecurity solution that can be applied to the Critical National Infrastructure space?

Apply if you have a solution to the cyber security challenges present in the critical national infrastructure space with specific relevance to industry customers in the North West, particularly addressing:

1. Restrict access to networked controllers that need access to wider services to perform critical operations.
2. Secure data communications from IoT and smart devices, particularly for healthcare applications.
3. Improve general standards of cyber security posture and awareness, for example when handling sensitive patient data.

Cyber Security – Cardiff – 22 March [in person]

Do you have a cybersecurity solution that you’d like to pitch to investors and industry experts?

Apply if your solution is more general, or has a broader range of cyber security applications for protecting networks and devices from malicious interactions.

Plexal are pleased to be partnering with the Cyber Innovation Hub to deliver this pitch day.

Cyber Runway, funded by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), is the UK’s largest cyber security accelerator. We work with founders from idea to scale up to fast-track their growth. Over the past two years we’ve supported nearly 200 companies and helped them launch products, raise funding and secure pilots.

Our second Cyber Runway programme has just closed, with the Graduation Conference taking place in Birmingham and attracting founders from all over the UK, as well as Croatia and Singapore.

• Eight to ten startups will have the chance to do a ten-minute pitch to a panel of experts/potential customers.
• Our industry partner will:

1. Share their key challenges.
2. Provide feedback on your solution/service.
3. Share how startups can best work with them for their innovation programmes, pilot schemes and more.

To apply please submit a pitch deck to Ria Khan at ria.khan@plexal.com and Cc: Arutyun Arutyunyan at arutyun.arutyunyan@plexal.com which covers:

• What your solution is
• Why it’s applicable to this sector
• Uses cases and traction (where applicable)
• Team overview

The deadline for applications is 23:59 Sunday 26 February 2023 If your application is successful, the Plexal team will be in touch w/c 27 February with information on next steps.