On TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2019 Britain鈥檚 most exciting young entrepreneurs showcased聽their innovative new products at the Central Research Laboratory Accelerator Programme聽Demo Day in London.聽
Addressing global, environmental and health challenges, the inspiring inventors break the聽stereotype and, having completed CRL鈥檚 intensive six-month Accelerator Programme, are聽ready to launch their products for productive and long term business growth.聽
International and worldly, today鈥檚 inventors understand customers and they understand聽business. Britain is now home to leading, innovative small businesses and it attracts聽investors, makers and entrepreneurs from around the world who see it as a base from which聽to explore limitless opportunity in global markets.聽
The inspiring inventions that were showcased by the current Accelerator programme cohort聽颈苍肠濒耻诲别:听
- Pet Instincts鈥� wellbeing monitoring service that allows pet owners to monitor and care for their pets when they are not at home.
- 叠谤补颈苍辫补迟肠丑鈥檚 two-way brain computer interface that uses AI to deliver a range of applications for increasing productivity and happiness.
- 贰迟丑颈辞迟鈥檚 monitoring device and smart controller which will help housing associations, landlords and home owners improve indoor air quality for tenants.
- 贵颈苍诲补补鈥檚 next-generation indoor tracking system which significantly reduces costs and improves efficiency across multiple industries.
Toby Kress, Managing Director, CRL says: 鈥淭he energy and excitement at CRL鈥檚聽Accelerator Programme Demo Day 2019 was incredible! The talent displayed by the latest聽cohort members is outstanding and CRL is immensely proud of them all. Our modern British聽inventors have, without a doubt, proven that they are breaking the stereotype of what it takes聽to be an inventor today. They are an inspiration. Innovation in Great Britain has an exciting聽future ahead!鈥澛�
Pete Beckett, founder of Ethiot, says: 鈥淚t鈥檚 been incredible, it really has. The response we鈥檝e聽had has been overwhelmingly positive which echoes how I feel about the programme as a聽whole. CRL has taken Ethiot from early-stage prototype to pre-launch in a little under six聽months. And tonight was a great celebration of what has been achieved not only by us but聽all the founders in the cohort.鈥澛�
CRL supports a select group of startups and scaleups through product development,聽commercial strategy, and investor readiness. The Accelerator Programme started in 2015聽and is the longest running programme of its kind. Nine out of ten startups fail worldwide,聽however, startups that join CRL鈥檚 Accelerator Programme have an 80% survival rate. The聽CRL is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and since its launch聽in 2015, CRL has helped hundreds of startups build everything from the next generation of聽service robots to toys that help children suffering from chronic eczema.聽
To continue CRL鈥檚 success, planning permission has been secured to move to a new space聽in Hayes called the Powerhouse, which will be used as a 29,000 sq ft innovation hub for U+I鈥檚 Plus X business. The new building will have three times more capacity than CRL currently occupies, allowing work with startups as they scale to team of 40+, and with聽corporate innovation teams working alongside CRL鈥檚 entrepreneurs. The Powerhouse is due聽to be completed by the end of 2020.聽
CRL is accepting applications for its CRL Accelerator Programme 2020.聽
https://www.centralresearchlaboratory.com/programme/ The deadline for completed聽
applications is Sunday 1 December 2019.
