Innovation SuperNetwork

Get involved this September! 🎉 Join the Innovation SuperNetwork team across the North East this month as we bring you a range of support, workshops and more! Come along and find out more at one of our events 👇 📍Pathways to Funding: September Drop-in 📅4th September, 10am-4pm TusPark, Newcastle If you’re an early-stage business or looking to scale, our team can talk you through the support options available to you through our Pathways to Funding programme. 📍Tees Valley September Drop-in & Chat 📅10th September, 10am-4pm, The Wilton Centre, Redcar If you’re an early-stage business or looking to scale, our team can talk you through the support options available to you through our Tees Valley Securing Investment Programme. 📍EXPO Sunderland Challenge Launch 📅11th September, 9am - 12.30pm, City Hall, Sunderland Are you an innovative Sunderland business or voluntary organisation working in Future Home, future living or future city? Come along to learn about new opportunities available. 📍Copyright vs Copywrong: How to Protect your IP 📅17th September, 12pm-1.15pm, Online Inviting founders to connect with experts from Muckle LLP for a comprehensive lunchtime session surrounding the complex world of copyright! 📍Investment ABCs for SMEs 📅24th September, 10am-12.30pm, The BIS Hartlepool This workshop will help founders adopt investor lingo so you can discuss your fundraising strategy and approach investors with confidence 📍Innovating for the future: Making finance work for you 📅25th September, 9.30am-3pm, NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, Newcastle The British Business Bank are bringing their flagship Finance Week event to Newcastle, bringing insight, inspirational stories and opportunities for North East businesses to explore the finance available to them. View our full event listings and sign up for the events here: https://lnkd.in/eCtbpxSX Looking forward to seeing you there! 👋

Join us on Tuesday 1st October at Flok Middlesbrough at our networking mixer for businesses of all sizes, whether you are a startup or scaling business 🚀 It will be an informal networking session to get to know business founders across the Tees Valley and meet our lovely Tees Valley Securing Investment Team. We will have some inspirational businesses talking about their entrepreneurial journey and there will also be the chance to sample some tasty food!😋 Sign up for a ticket today 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXAehrEz

Join us on Wednesday 23rd October at The Lumen, Newcastle with a networking mixer for businesses of all sizes, whether you are a startup or scaling business 🚀 We are inviting you along for an informal networking session to get to know business founders across the North of Tyne and meet our lovely team at Innovation SuperNetwork 🌟 We’ll be featuring some inspirational businesses that are operating across a range of sectors and you will be able to sample a range of tasty food courtesy of Hey your Food is Ready! Sign up today 👉 https://ow.ly/Ou8J50Szujw

💷 Investment ABCs for SMEs 💷 Join the Tees Valley: Securing Investment team on 24th September, at The BIS, Hartlepool, for a morning of workshops helping #founders become business jargon confident! 💪 Unlock a range of increasingly important terminology, covering everything businesses need to know, from approaching investors to understanding their deal mechanism. Plus, put investment knowledge to the test after the session with buzzword bingo to check if you are investor ready 🏆 📅 Tuesday 24th September 📍The BIS, Hartlepool Find out more and book your place today 👉 https://ow.ly/wBgo50SzuL1

🚀Sunderland Expo Challenge Launch Event! 🚀 This morning we had the pleasure of attending the Sunderland Expo Challenge launch event, where local innovators, entrepreneurs and stakeholders came along eager to explore new opportunities🌟 The Expo Sunderland Challenge provides a great opportunity to bring together those who want to see the potential of Sunderland as an amazing city in which to live, work, learn and do business, and to ensure that the innovators of Sunderland can access growth opportunities that will deliver social as well as economic benefit. 🚀 Here’s a glimpse of the event – it’s a fantastic start to what promises to be an exciting journey ahead! 🌟📈 #SunderlandExpo #InnovationSupernetwork #UKSPF #FundingOpportunities #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #SunderlandEvents

#Innovation is the key to unlocking the full potential of your #business and building the business of tomorrow 💡 Whether you’re a cutting-edge #start-up bringing the latest #product to #market or a business simply looking to stay #competitive and meet the needs of your #customers, using #finance to stay ahead of the curve is vital 💷 Join us with British Business Bank for a day of #inspiring #events showcasing how #businesses can embrace #innovation Book your spot now 👇https://ow.ly/O4HY50ST5co

Innovation SuperNetwork and Muckle LLP | B Corp™ are inviting founders to connect with experts for a comprehensive lunchtime session surrounding the complex world of copyright! The workshop will cover: 💡What is IP, when to get it, and how ❌Common IP mistakes and how to avoid them 💰The cost of not protecting IP 🔍Copyright vs. trademarks vs. patents 📈IP in relation to investment The session will be delivered by Tom Justice, Associate Solicitor at Muckle LLP and Charlotte Scott, Senior Investor Relations Manager at Innovation SuperNetwork. Book now 👉https://ow.ly/8yr450SNnw5

Are you an innovative business in the hydrogen economy looking to raise funding? Innovate UK is holding a day long face-to-face event in Darlington on 17th October for some of the UK’s most exciting businesses to pitch for investment. Innovations in scope to apply to pitch at this event can come from across the hydrogen economy landscape including: ✨Production: Renewable sources of hydrogen or generation coupled with CCS ✨Distribution: Processing, storage, and transmission ✨End-Use: Mobility, energy, industry ✨Digital: Digital technologies to monitor, control, and optimise the production, distribution, and use of hydrogen. Applications will close on 13th September 2024 at 23:59 Apply to pitch today 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCWJUp-x

Brilliant night for our Startup Standup invitation only event as part of our Pathways to Funding Programme!

What does a cutting-edge 5G innovation lab look like? Step inside and find out! There’s still time to register for our exclusive event taking place in Blyth, England, on the 19th of September. You'll get to learn from industry leaders, enterprises, and Industry 4.0 advocates, who will explore the transformative power of this technology in the North East. Register here: https://ow.ly/67qV50TiSqj The North East Combined Authority and the Port of Blyth are making waves with this groundbreaking 5G innovation lab, set to transform the offshore renewable energy sector. The facility will serve as a playground for the latest technologies, including extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics. All aiming to transform digitalisation. Learn how this new lab is driving innovation, creating new opportunities, and shaping the future of renewable energy in our latest article. Don't miss out on this exciting development! Find out more here: https://ow.ly/QmBu50TiSwV #Private5G #Innovation #RenewableEnergy #PortOfBlyth #NorthEastCA