New £22.5m fund to supercharge high-growth businesses from university research
Universities for North East England and the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness have officially launched a £22.5m fund to support spinout businesses in the region. The North East Spinout Inspire Fund will particularly support early-stage spinout businesses. This is where risk is higher and funding is often harder to secure from private sector investors alone. […]
Exciting opportunities revealed at high-impact pitch dinner for investors and spinouts
Northern Accelerator welcomed leading investors, founders and regional partners to a successful pitch and dinner at Blackfriars, Newcastle on 3 June 2026. The event brought together over 30 attendees, including angel investors, venture capital firms, spinout teams and key stakeholders from across the North East innovation ecosystem, to showcase emerging investment opportunities from the Northern […]
£1.1m investment for Newcastle spinout to scale Parkinson’s technology
Newcastle University and Plymouth University spinout Gnosis Health has secured £1.1m in funding to scale-up its digital healthcare technology designed to transform the management of Parkinson’s disease. This funding will allow Gnosis Health to develop its AI-powered digital healthcare assistant MAXine, designed as a patient-centric solution to an urgent clinical need. Integrating data from wearables, […]
Durham spinout brings carbon-negative ACLA® to its most beautiful project yet at the Chelsea Flower Show in a world’s first concrete mix
Durham University spinout Low Carbon Materials’ ACLA® biochar-mineral aggregate features in a net zero concrete mix at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The innovative product is used throughout the Silver medal-winning Asthma + Lung UK Breathing Space Garden. Photo credit: Rebekah Kennington The concrete, developed by Getjar with Tarmac, combines oyster shells, ACLA®, and […]
Considering creating a company? Pre incorporation funding call now open
Is your research reaching the point where you’re asking serious questions about commercialisation to achieve real-word impact? If so, Northern Accelerator’s pre-incorporation funding can help accelerate your journey to commercial impact. Our funding call is for academics whose projects are approaching a commercial decision, and who want support to determine whether and how their research […]
£1.5m investment for Durham spinout to scale clean energy technology
Durham University spinout H2CHP has secured £1.5m in funding to scale-up its clean energy technology. This support strengthens the company’s advances to be a leading provider of flexible, clean power. H2CHP is developing next-generation distributed electric generators for use in data centres, ports, construction, back up power, and microgrid development. Its fuel-flexible technology means the […]
Boost for Newcastle spinout with £6.5m investment to scale innovative platform
Newcastle University spinout NunaBio has secured £6.5m in funding to scale-up its proprietary DNA platform. The funding will allow Nunabio to continue its advances in a completely new approach to DNA manufacturing. And in doing so they will address a critical bottleneck in biotech by producing high‑quality synthetic DNA rapidly and at scale, enabling faster […]
Want to join the experienced execs leading high potential university spinouts? How to get started
If you’re an experienced commercial leader curious about working with high potential university spinouts, join us for a short, informal webinar about Executives into Business. Executives into Business is our flagship programme connecting senior executives with cutting edge academic ventures. Join us online on Monday 27 April at 10am – Book here This session is […]
Executives into Business – new and improved registration
If you’re interested in becoming an executive leader of a spinout business in the North East, it’s now easier than ever to register to hear about opportunities as they arise. If you’re already in our Executives into Business pool, you’ll have received an email about our new process. This gives you the chance to tell […]
From research to commercialisation – our latest cohort of Future Founders
Northern Accelerator has celebrated the completion of the latest Future Founders cohort, bringing together researchers from Durham, Northumbria, Newcastle and the University of Sunderland for a five week delve into research commercialisation. Future Founders is designed specifically for academics who want to explore the commercial potential of their research. Delivered by innovation and venturing specialists […]