Innovation at Plexal

We enable diverse organisations to deliver on shared missions, creating positive impact for society.

Our work helps to

Identify

OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE

Accelerate

ADOPTION OF TRUSTED TECHNOLOGIES

Strengthen

THE UK’S ABILITY TO SOLVE COMPLEX CHALLENGES

Ensure

LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIES PROSPER

Our products

Strategy and insight

We help organisations identify the technologies, challenges and opportunities that will shape the future. Giving them the insight and confidence to make better decisions.

Our work includes:
Research and market analysis
Challenge definition and needs accelerators
Capability scouting
Operating model transformation and implementation

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Technology development and adoption

We help organisations explore and test new technologies, reducing risk so that promising ideas become proven solutions.

Our work includes:
Technology experimentation
Proofs of concept (PoCs)
Co-creation projects
Proposition design

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Programmes and ecosystems

We design and deliver programmes that bring together the organisations needed to solve important challenges. Then create the conditions for great ideas to be adopted and scaled.

Our work includes:
Accelerators and scaleup programme design and delivery
Alumni and community engagement
Ecosystem mobilisation

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Places and clusters

We build workspaces and innovation clusters that bring people together to develop new technologies, strengthen communities and grow local economies.

Our work includes:
Innovation cluster strategy
Workspace design and operation
Virtual ecosystem development
Events and networking

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WE’RE A TEAM OF 120

With offices based in London,
Manchester and Cheltenham.

SUPPORTING THE UK STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

Plexal’s alumni

141

of the companies supported by Plexal programmes have received funding…

…collectively raising

£898m

in investment and £69m in innovation grants.

SOME OF OUR WORK

UK’s largest cyber accelerator

Cyber Runway provides the innovation fast track for cyber entrepreneurs, startups and scaleups.

Post-Olympic regeneration

Plexal brings startups and innovation to the Here East campus, the 2012 Olympic Games regeneration project contributing towards £700m GVA to the economy.

Rapid growth for scaleups

Partnered with Barclays Eagle Labs, Scaleup supports founders to navigate their rapid growth trajectory.

20,000 sq ft tech workspace

Cheltenham’s largest coworking and event space dedicated to the local tech community.

Advancing AI security

The Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) is a public-private partnership advancing AI security for UK national security and prosperity.

Startup growth: adding value and structure

Plexal is helping SimplyDo to define their G2M strategy and value proposition through our Growth Partnership work.

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