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Ranked 3rd Leading Startup Hub in the UK by the Financial Times. We support disruptive engineering and tech entrepreneurs to start up, spin out and scale up across the UK.
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🎉Ranked 3rd leading startup hub in the UK!

We are celebrating the news from the FT today that we have been named one of the leading Startup hubs in Europe for the second year running!

👉 rankings.ft.com/incubator-accelerator-programmes-europe/ranking/europes-leading-start-up-hubs

#Innovation
Proud of our Hub Member company BindEthics 🎉
The Leeds startup has raised £150K seed funding led by Lifted Ventures and Mint Ventures two women-led investor groups backing sustainable innovation.

Developing the first 100% bio-based wood adhesive!

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BindEthics raises £150,000 seed round
Women-led angel investment groups Lifted Ventures and Mint Ventures back founder Victoria Garcia
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📹 Hear from Academy CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE outside number 10 this morning, celebrating #NationalEngineeringDay!
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Dr Hayaatun Sillem celebrating National Engineering Day outside number 10 #nationalengineeringday
YouTube video by Royal Academy of Engineering
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#NationalEngineeringDay
How will engineers transform our world?
From buildings that behave like living organisms to shared dream experiences, Futurologist Tracey Follows predicts engineers will blend technologies to create innovations beyond imagination: www.raeng.org.uk/education-an...
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Did you know that Academy support for entrepreneurship goes far beyond the UK?

In addition to our UK-focused programmes, Leaders in Innovation Fellowships has over a decade of experience in driving global entrepreneurship, working with over 1,550 entrepreneurs to date. Learn more: raeng.org.uk/lif/
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Join us for a special Hub Lates on #NationalEngineeringDay, hosted in our Enterprise Hub Northern Ireland, based in Belfast.
Iain Hendrick of Neurovalens is kickstarting the conversation offering an evening of inspiration, conversation, and connection.

Register: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📍 Enterprise Hub Sheffield launch
Hear from local Hub Members and founders on the impact the support from the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub has had on their exciting start ups:

✳️ Saeed Pourfalah, CEO & Founder of Concrete4Change

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October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📍 Enterprise Hub Sheffield launch
Hear from local Hub Members and founders on the impact the support from the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub has had on their exciting start ups:

✳️ Christina King, Chief Commercial Officer at Tribosonics

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October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚀 We’ve launched our new #EnterpriseHub in #Sheffield — the Royal Academy of Engineering’s sixth regional Hub outside London, supporting deep tech innovators with funding, training & mentoring.
🔗 enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/locations/
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The Academy supports entrepreneurship that has the potential for societal or environmental impact right across the globe.

Hear how our international startup programme, Leaders in Innovation Fellowships, helped one alumni to transform cutting-edge technology into real-world impact raeng.org.uk/lif/
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This week we wrapped up our final Regional Talent Engines induction in Belfast, welcoming an incredible group of Northern Ireland entrepreneurs to the Enterprise Hub.

They’re innovating across healthcare, AI, road safety and sport, showcasing the best of Northern Ireland’s entrepreneurial spirit.
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan OBE FREng FIET turned his PhD research into PervasID, a multimillion-dollar company using battery-free RFID to transform healthcare, logistics, aviation, and retail in 40+ countries.

Read his full story: enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/enterprise-h...
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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How can AI improve road safety?
Discover how this technology can deliver benefits for people and places in our Practical AI event series: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
Improving road safety in the West Midlands using AI sensors
Join us for newly launched series of online discussions which will provide opportunities to share stories of how AI can deliver benefits for people and places.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Join us for the November edition of Hub Lates at the Enterprise Hub Northern Ireland.

Spotlighting one of the nation’s most exciting entrepreneurs: Iain Hendrick of Neurovalens, offering an evening of inspiration, conversation, and connection.

Register to attend: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Fantastic to see our CEO Hayaatun Sillem, recognised in Sifted’s 100 #WomenInTech 2025, alongside 2 Hub Members:
✳️Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder of Nu Quantum (Enterprise Fellowships alumna)
✳️ Jessi Baker, Founder of Provenance (Shott Scale Up Accelerator alumna)
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100 Women in Tech in Europe in 2025
Spotlighting 100 women who are making a real impact and shaping the future of Europe's tech ecosystem
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October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last week, our international startup programme, Leaders in Innovation Fellowships, brought together 40 world-changing alumni in Rio de Janeiro for its recent community week. Catch a glimpse of the networking event hosted by Rio’s Consul-General Anjoum Noorani.
Learn more about LIF: raeng.org.uk/lif/
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A busy and inspiring day at Enterprise Hub Wales as we welcomed our new Regional Talent Engines Cohort and hosted an evening Hub Lates networking session.

We’re delighted to welcome:
Ross Miller, Kevin Easom, Carwyn Balch, Dr. Rachael Rowlands-Jones, Oliver Vaughan-jones
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We welcomed an exciting group of eight entrepreneurs from across the #NorthWest to our Liverpool Enterprise Hub yesterday to kick off their induction to Regional Talent Engines. Part of our place based approach to nurture entrepreneurs across the North of England and #NorthernIreland.
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our Regional Talent Engines programme welcomed Cohort 6 in the North East at the Catalyst in Newcastle, just down the road from our Enterprise Hub Newcastle in the innovation district.

Meet the cohort: Alex Ventisei, Chirag Kumar, Jari Pallari, Laura Richards, Stephen Carr, Stuart Armstrong.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Brilliant deep tech start up and winner of our 2025 MacRobert Award - well worth a listen...
How do you preserve an organ outside the body? 🫀

OrganOx‘s life-saving technology is offering hope for thousands of patients requiring liver or kidney transplants. Find out how at our next Innovation Incoming event: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
Innovation Incoming: Adventures in organ preservation
This special edition of our Innovation Incoming series spotlights OrganOx, organ preservation pioneers and the 2025 winner of the MacRobert Award.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Brilliant to see Hub Members elected to Fellows of the Academy
New Fellow: Dr Daniel Elford FREng is a scientist, engineer, entrepreneur and founder of Sonobex – a startup developing next generation noise control. He was an early success of @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk and continues to mentor other entrepreneurs. raeng.org.uk/about-us/fel...
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RAEng Fellow 2025: Dr Daniel Elford FREng
Dr Elford is a scientist and engineer who is internationally recognised for his contributions to solving engineering problems in the acoustic engineering industrial noise pollution market.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Great to see more #investment for innovation and entrepreneurs in the #SouthYorkshire region.

We are working in partnership with AMRC to provide a pathway into this new programme for our Regional Talent Engines alumni.

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AMRC launches South Yorkshire startup programme - The Engineer
Sheffield AMRC launches FerretWorks: Startup to help engineers turn ideas into ventures, driving jobs and innovation in
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October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎉Congratulations to our first cohort from our Science and Technology Venture Capital Fellowship, who graduated yesterday.

VC's who have committed to deep learning in the deep tech and life sciences sectors, want to further explore their potential and how to fully realise it.
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In our latest Spotlight, we speak to Professor Neil Barron, the innovator behind Barronium®, a groundbreaking material tough enough to resist angle grinders.

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September 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are in #Scotland, with the Science and Technology #VC Fellowship, sharing insights into real world #SpaceTech applications, #Quantum computing and local #innovation across the region

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September 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
What happens when you bring brilliant minds together to tackle climate challenges? At #HEATFestival, we’re hosting climate + sustainability roundtables led by Hub Member Arthur Kay.

Hub Members: use our Academy discount, contact us!
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September 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM