Plug and Play UK

Thanks Birmingham Tech Week! Last week the Plug and Play team were in Birmingham, taking part in Birmingham Tech Week. It's great to see this ecosystem continuing to strengthen and evolve. This year Plug and Play Tech Center were more involved than ever, hosting our Plug and Play Health EXPO and the finale of the JLR Sustainability Innovation Challenge. There is so much potential in the region to become a technology and innovation epicentre: 🚀 Universities - Top quality universities across the Midlands, beginning to work much more closely together. 🚀 Demographics - Birmingham is the youngest city in Europe. With the right role models, training and education this region can develop a rich pipeline of top class entrepreneurs. 🚀 Traditional industries + new technologies - for instance, traditional skills in high value manufacturing, coupled with new technologies creates strong foundations to build future ventures. To reach it's potential, the region still needs heightened ecosystem activation and top quality support services for entrepreneurs, this will enable more high quality startups to be born. Investors globally will take note. Plug and Play Tech Center | Plug and Play UK | TechWM | Midlands Mindforge | University of Birmingham | University of Warwick | Aston University | West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA | West Midlands Combined Authority | West Midlands Growth Company | Yiannis Maos MBE | Janet Coyle CBE

🌍✨ We’re proud to share that Genomines has won the Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) Sustainability Innovation Challenge, bringing us one step closer to powering cars with our plant-based nickel! 🌟 Genomines is reimagining farming metals with JLR! Out of hundreds of impactful startups from all over the world, Genomines emerged as the winner of the JLR Sustainability Challenge Pitch Day last week, earning the opportunity for a groundbreaking collaboration! We’re incredibly excited to start this project with JLR and showcase our innovative phytomining technology, which uses enhanced hyperaccumulator plants to sustainably extract nickel 🌿🔋 ⚡ As a world leader in luxury and electric vehicle manufacturing, JLR is deeply committed to leading the way in green mobility and sustainable resource use. Together, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in decarbonizing industries and powering the green transition 🚗 A huge thank you to JLR and Plug and Play UK, for this amazing opportunity. Congratulations as well to the runners-up: Circu Li-ion, Aircela Inc, TaiSan, ENTROVIEW, Polaron, Multi-X Solutions, Tattva 🙌 Let’s keep building a cleaner, greener future 💚 A big thank to our early backers Lowercarbon Capital, Entrepreneur First, Elemental Impact, RAISE Sherpas and Bpifrance and of course, our awesome team – especially Stéphane Lopez, our amazing Head of Business Development, for representing us in the pitch and championing our vision every step of the way! 🤩 Dali Rashid, PhD. Aidan Dunning Alexandre Mouen Makoua Gaetan de Buyer Boney Kuriakose Ph.D. Naeif Matar, PhD Naeimeh Sousaraei, PhD. Muhsin Parson Zakaria Rifai, MS Danish AHMAD Mehmet Ali Recai Önal Hasan KOLKAS, PhD. Yanyan Zhao Nathan Pinatel Reem Mirza Sylvain Roulain Abhay Veer Singh Edouard LAJOUANIE Kathea Franchesca Maclang Ghislain Lescuyer Bastien Oggeri Jérôme Schmitt Chris Anderson #Sustainability #GreenTech #Innovation #Phytomining #JLR

🌟 Pleasure to share that TaiSan finished in top 8 out of 248 applicants in the Jaguar Land Rover Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024! 🌍💡 The competition brought together some of the most innovative minds focused on sustainable solutions for the automotive industry, and we’re thrilled to have made it to finals. A huge thanks to the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Plug and Play UK teams and everyone who supported us on this incredible journey. Here’s to more sustainable innovations in the future! 🚗💚 #Sustainability #Innovation #AutomotiveIndustry #JaguarLandRover #TaiSan #FutureOfMobility #InnovationChallenge2024

International Airlines Group (IAG) welcomes a new cohort to the Hangar 51 Accelerator 2024! ✈️ Congratulations to the 13 startups selected to test their solutions across IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling Airlines, Aer Lingus, LEVEL Airlines, IAG Loyalty and IAG Cargo. Plug and Play UK has supported IAG with sourcing startups for this year's program across IAG's innovation focus areas of sustainability, customer experience, airports and operations. Welcome to the 8th cohort: Aeon Blue, Aiir Innovations, beder, FlyORO, KeepFlying®, NexusLab, Noya, Oreyeon, Parloa, Tarmac Technologies, Tomorrow.io, Zero®, ZestIoT! These businesses are tackling some of the industry's biggest challenges - from cutting-edge sustainability solutions to customer experience enhancements and operational efficiency. For the next few weeks, they’ll work with IAG experts to test their solutions and prove their value. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make. 🚀

We’re thrilled to announce the first speakers for EVA Humber Innovation Day! 🏭⛴️ This event marks the first in the Associated British Ports (ABP) Energy Ventures Accelerator (EVA) series in the Humber region, where we’ll explore the future of industrial decarbonisation. Sign up at: https://lu.ma/zg3de8es. Some of the speakers are: - Max Harris, Head of EVA at Associated British Ports - Richard Gwilliam, Chair of the Humber Energy Board & UK BECCS Programme Director of Drax Group - Simon Green, CEO of Humber Freeport Powered by Plug and Play UK, this event is the first of a series of programmes within the EVA. Our mission: is to enable the energy transition by creating clusters of innovative ventures in the UK's most important industrial hubs. This is your opportunity to connect with pioneers driving the energy transition, explore innovative solutions, and see pitches by some of the most promising startups. Whether you're a corporation, innovator, investor, researcher or government organisation, this Innovation Day is your gateway to shaping a low-carbon future in the Humber. Sign up at: https://lu.ma/zg3de8es. ___ Future Humber, Drax Group, Siemens Gamesa, Air Products, Department for Business and Trade, Plug and Play Europe, Max Harris, Hugo Nicholls, Laura Wood, Pressiana Naydenova, Lex Hanham, Greg Lacey, James Westlake, Jack Stenson, Kieran Borrett, Rebecca Rosser Tomás, Jack Browning, HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub, Invest Hull, Invest East Yorkshire, Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber, British Business Bank, University of Hull;

JLR is opening a new Innovation Hub in Bangalore to accelerate its Reimagine strategy! 🇮🇳🚀 Last week, JLR announced extending its partnership with Plug and Play Tech Center to India, opening up a new office in Bangalore to take advantage of the country’s world-class startup ecosystem. The announcement is a further sign of JLR’s industry-leading commitment to open innovation and places it in great stead to continue to raise the bar for modern luxury in automotive. The India innovation hub joins locations in the UK, US, Israel, and Brazil, working with startups to develop the next generation of products and services that will help define JLR’s future client experiences. Congratulations to the JLR team, we are grateful to be a part of this fantastic initiative! 🎉

JLR’s first-ever Sustainability Pitch Day was a blast! 🚗🚀 After hundreds of promising applications, engaging conversations, and brilliant startup pitches, three standout winners emerged at the JLR Sustainability Challenge Pitch Day yesterday. A huge congratulations to Genomines, who took first place, a JLR proof of concept, and a £50,000 award. Genomines wowed the judges with bioengineered plants that boost sustainable metal extraction—critical to industries like energy and mobility. Massive congratulations to the runners-up Aircela Inc and Circu Li-ion! Aircela’s tech transforms air into carbon-neutral fuel, paving the way for efficient, clean energy, while Circu Li-ion upcycles batteries by automating dismantling, disassembly, and diagnosis processes to maximise battery reuse, reduce waste and support a sustainable circular economy. These startups will now join forces with JLR experts and get access to state-of-the-art facilities. We’re excited to see these innovative ideas shaping the future of sustainable mobility! 🎉 Well done to all the finalists: Circu Li-ion, Genomines, Aircela Inc, TaiSan, ENTROVIEW, Polaron, Multi-X Solutions, Tattva!

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It’s a wrap! The Health EXPO was a success 🚀 A huge thank you to all our attendees and brilliant startups for making yesterday’s event so memorable. It was fantastic to see your pitches and active engagement throughout the programme—yesterday was a celebration of all your hard work. A special thanks to our partners and collaborators—West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA, Medilink UK International Services, and TechWM—for your support. This event would not be possible without our wonderful speakers Dr Luan Linden-Phillips and James Friend - thank you for joining us! Looking forward to continuing collaboration in the future! 🩺 ___ Plug and Play UK’s Health Accelerator is being delivered as part of the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA, funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, in partnership with Innovate UK and the West Midlands Combined Authority. Ademen Ltd Cytecom EarSwitch Genomate Health Holly Health Intelligent Assist Medherant Limited MESOX Medicaite Pyrexia #PNPUK #healthtech #nhs #futurehealth

We’re pitching EarSwitch at the Plug and Play Health EXPO on 22nd October! Marking the finale of the Health Accelerator program, powered by Plug and Play UK and the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator - WMHTIA , we'll be taking to the stage to explain how EarMetrics is creating a new standard for medical monitoring to address health inequity and improve healthcare for everyone. If you'd like to join us and the 12 other finalists in Birmingham, there are still some tickets available :arrow_down: https://lnkd.in/en9ZjPBm We look forward to seeing you there! #healthinnovation #healthequity #healthtech #healthexpo24 #birminghamtechweek