Cambridge University spin-out Accelerated Materials is one of four UK tech companies chosen to receive Government support from the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme to accelerate plans for expansion in Japan. https://lnkd.in/ei7M6eXp
The company uncovers new and advanced materials to enhance product development and uses automation and AI to optimise manufacturing processes.
CEO Nicholas Jose said the government support was timely. He said: “Japan plays a critical role in the global advanced materials ecosystem, in both ground breaking discovery and high precision manufacturing. With increasing and challenging demands for high performance materials in electronics, localised production and sustainability, Japan will be well-positioned to capitalise on these trends.
“With the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme, we’re breaking ground to provide AM’s advanced reactor and AI technologies for nanoparticle synthesis, opening up new partnerships and markets in Japan.”
Delivered by international business development consultancy Intralink on behalf of the Government, the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme helps tech scale-ups explore and secure commercial opportunities in 11 countries across Asia Pacific.
The programme – backed jointly by the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology – is aimed at scaleups throughout the UK with significant international growth potential. The other three companies chosen are: Spaceflux, natcap and Brill Power.
Spaceflux in London develops a proprietary global network of optical sensors that provide data-driven ‘space situational awareness services’ to help space companies avoid orbital congestion and protect their satellites from the increasing volume of space debris.
Natcapemerged from the University of Oxford and provides a ‘nature intelligence platform’ to help companies measure and manage their interactions with nature.
Also Oxford based, Brill Power develops an innovative ‘battery intelligence platform’ that combines hardware, software and analytics to increase battery lifespan, predictability, flexibility and sustainability while reducing waste.
Gavin Cleary, who heads the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme at Intralink, said: “Japan offers huge opportunities for UK innovations– and the latest four companies to join our programme stood out as having particularly suitable technologies. The range of services we provide is designed to help them realise their potential in Japan and the wider APAC region and we’re happy to have them on board.”
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