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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Feb 27

🎉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

featuring a smiling Hub member with the offficial FT Statista badge for Leading Start up Hubs in Europe. Text reads Ranked 3rd Leading Start Up Hub in UK by the Financial Times and Statista

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 10h

📍 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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Saeed Pourfalah, CEO & Founder of Concrete4Change
“The Regional Talent Engines programme was the first UK based grant and support system we accessed. This proved to be really critical for us in the development of our startup and how we would eventually demonstrate traction in the UK market. Shortly after completing the programme, we raised £500k pre-seed investment”.

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 1d

📍 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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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 2d

🚀 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/

People standing on a grand staircase at the Enterprise Hub Sheffield launch.

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 9d

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/

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 13d

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.

seven new Regional Talent Engine entrepreneurs

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 15d

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...

Hub Member spotlight: Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan Founder and President of PervasID

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Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk · 21d

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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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 16d

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/...

Hub Lates Northern Ireland, Ormeau Labs, 5 November 4pm - 6pm

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 17d

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

sifted.eu

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 17d

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/

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 20d

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

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 21d

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.

8 entrepreneurs - a mix of men and women stood looking to camera as a group in modern building

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 23d

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.

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 24d

Brilliant deep tech start up and winner of our 2025 MacRobert Award - well worth a listen...

Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk · 24d

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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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 27d

Brilliant to see Hub Members elected to Fellows of the Academy

Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk · Sep 25

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...
#RAEngFellows

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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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · 28d

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.

www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news...

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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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Sep 23

🎉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.

First cohort from our STVC programme at PPH

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Sep 11

In our latest Spotlight, we speak to Professor Neil Barron, the innovator behind Barronium®, a groundbreaking material tough enough to resist angle grinders.

Full story enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/enterprise-h...

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Sep 9

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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featuring Ana Avaliana from the Royal Academy of Engineering, Academy Fellow, Sir Jim McDonald and Professor Ramana Nanda from Imperial Business School

Featuring 3 men and a woman on a panel at the front of an audience in a modern room

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Sep 2

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!
theheat.io/

A counterintuitive climate tech festival Harwell Science Innovation Campus oxforshire

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Aug 14

Meet Rizwan Wadan, founder of Mr Helix, the engineering mind behind custom gimbal & exoskeleton systems used on The Favourite, Wolf Hall, and Luther.

In our latest Spotlight Series, he shares how the Regional Talent Engines programme shaped his vision.

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Hub member spotlight Rizwan Wadan, founder of Mr Helix

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Aug 13

Co-working spaces. Local events. Local expertise, leadership and community that supports you where you are.

Whether you worked from a regional Hub or joined us for events, we’d love you to reflect that experience in the FT–Statista alumni survey.

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Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Aug 13

We need your voice!

We’re proud that we've been recognised by the FT and Statista as a top startup hub, two years in a row.

This recognition comes from you, our alumni.

Take the 5 min survey and help validate the support that helped you grow
engage.statista-research.com/index.php?r=...

Ranked £rd leading startup hub and 1st for networking in the UK for 2o25. Featuring a Hub Member smiling and the official badge from the FT and Statista

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Aug 12

'We want to help drive innovation and grow the economic future for everyone in the Liverpool City Region.” Sir John Lazar, Academy President.

Learn more about the Royal Academy of Engineering's Enterprise Hub #Liverpool and the support we can provide in this short video

#Innovation

Enterprise Hub @enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk · Aug 12

Sam Marshall, Founder of Snippit Mirrors, turned a kitchen-table idea into a smart mirror platform, transforming barbershops.

Read his story in our latest Hub Member Spotlight>> enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/enterprise-h...

Hub Member spotlight Sam Marshall, founder of Snippit Mirrors