UK Aerospace Accelerated - Issue #30

Ksenia Kurileva @KseniaKurileva

So much fun bringing the @ukaeroaccel ✈️ female founder community together! Thank you to Jacqui Sutton, CCO – Civil Aerospace at @RollsRoyce and Co-Chair @TheWiAACharter, and @nicholabates, @Boeing #HorizonX Global Ventures Lead in the UK for joining us 🙌 https://t.co/fZL2qNPt65

News from us:

Programme Director Gabi recently talked to Rolls-Royce Programme Leads Alistair Donaldson and Ben Von Bertele. They discussed innovation, startups and much more…

We were really excited to have Cranfield University's Veronica Rigby and Barclays' Elizabeth Boadi in to meet the cohort this week. If you haven't heard about AVIATE+ yet, we'd recommend reading up!

News from the network:

A big congratulations to Cohort Two member Makersite on their win in the 2021 Global Excellence Awards! Learn more about them here.

We enjoyed this short but powerful inspirational keynote from Anna Keeling at the 2019 FL National Awards & Summit. Well worth a watch!

Another congrats to Cohort One member Gravity Sketch for making Business Cloud's shortlist. Vote for them – and the other innovative UK companies shortlisted for creating tech to transform the production and delivery of media and the arts!

Nearly 1,200 companies across the UK will share over £130m in investment from Innovate UK, through its latest dedicated COVID-19 innovation recovery fund. Winners will develop 'green innovations' with sustainability at their core.

London-based Isotropic Systems has developed the world's first low profile and most spectrally efficient, multi-band and electronically steerable antennas gets funded. We're excited to have them in for an ABA fireside chat someday soon!

Gabriela Matic @Gabrielaellala

Super excited for next week's fireside chat with @nirushika @peakonteam! We discuss: 👉 diversity and inclusion 👉 belonging in tech 👉 inclusive recruitment and much more! @ukaeroaccel Get your free ticket here 🎟️: https://t.co/OihqRiRui9

Events:

Yep, it's almost time for our 2021 Demo Day! Sign up for a ticket to our virtual event and hear what the cohort have achieved during the 12 week programme.

We're delighted to host Sheree Atcheson for our next public webinar. Register for tickets to her Peakon's Global Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion discuss inclusive recruitment, effective DE&I initiatives, women in leadership and much more.

Two webinars from the University of Nottingham's Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, providing an overview of Digital Manufacturing technologies, the opportunities, and how businesses can utilise them today

Ever wanted to adopt technology but don’t know where to start? Started your journey and want to develop your digital strategy further? Learn from other UK manufacturers about how to adopt technology into your business.

Wil Benton @FatKidOnFire

Personal/ professional worlds colliding this am with dad @timgbenton (+ @ChathamHouse colleague Dr. Dan Quiggin) Zooming with the @ukaeroaccel #ATIBoeingAccelerator cohort 🕺 An inspired debate about climate change, sustainability & aviation (amongst *a lot* of other things) 🌍 https://t.co/58WUeUhRuz

Routes to Funding:

The aim of this competition is to improve the productivity and competitiveness of foundation industry companies and supply chains, by funding cross-sector collaborative research and development projects.

Smart is Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme. Innovate UK is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas, including business-focused proposals from STEM startups.

The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is a new programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain. This will be to support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK.

We are also always looking to hear from potential partners, investors and stakeholders on how we can create the best programme for aerospace startups in the UK. If you’d like to have a chat, please get in touch! 👇

For more information, please contact the ATI Boeing Accelerator team:

Gabi Matic (Programme Director):  gm@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/gabrielamatic

Wil Benton (Venture & Ecosystem Director): wb@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/fatkidonfire

Ksenia Kurileva (Programme and Marketing Manager):  kk@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/kseniakurileva