Digital Catapult
Status not published
Engagement is continuous; specific SME programmes and funded calls open periodically.
Catapults are not primarily grant funders. They provide subsidised access to specialist facilities, technical expertise, collaborative R&D consortium places and SME support programmes; some run their own funded calls and accelerator cohorts.
Digital Catapult
ppp · national
Deadline: rolling — Engagement is continuous; specific SME programmes and funded calls open periodically.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: ai, deeptech, manufacturing
- Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a, growth
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Runs a large portfolio of funded accelerator programmes (for example in AI, immersive, quantum and 5G) that are frequently open to UK startups.
Source. https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked