Recent data from PitchBook shows Liverpool has the lowest median startup valuation of any city in the UK at just £1.22 million. In part that’s a reflection of how young the city’s startup scene is, compared to cities like Oxford and Cambridge where many companies are...

AI is currently the hottest topic in tech. But when we started the CAP AI project (part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund) in 2017, it wasn’t obvious how quickly this sector would evolve. Six years on, we have delivered targeted support to hundreds of...

Just over two years ago we launched the extension of the P4 Precision Medicine Accelerator for South Yorkshire. Originally based on the P4 model, which I co-founded in 2019, this new accelerator – dubbed P4SY for its location – was designed with a three-pronged...

I meet a lot of founders working with Capital Enterprise and it’s not uncommon for them to ask for marketing pointers. What sets these companies apart is that most of them are deep techs, which means they could be anywhere from many months to years away from actually...

We are thrilled to share the news that Caroline Gorski, an entrepreneur and innovation leader from Rolls-Royce, will join Capital Enterprise as our new CEO, effective from 1st September. With over 25 years' experience in emerging technologies and digital...

We recently hosted a celebration in Sheffield marketing the culmination of the first phase of TEAM SY. It was great to see so many friends and collaborators from across the Sheffield ecosystem come together to celebrate an incredible startup support project. As...

We caught up with Peter Mountney, CEO of Odin Vision and an alum of our P4 Precision Medicine Accelerator. A pioneer of cloud-connected endoscopy, Odin Vision recently announced that they would be acquired by Olympus, a world-leading manufacturer of endoscopy...

It is with immense pride and enthusiasm that we announce OneTech's evolution from a project within Capital Enterprise to a fully independent not-for-profit. This significant milestone, set to occur in the coming weeks, marks an exciting new chapter in OneTech's...

A flurry of headlines erupted after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a new Unicorn Kingdom initiative to create more billion-dollar startups in the UK. Some people didn’t like the name; others questioned the decision, announced in the Autumn Budget, to slash...

Arta Selmani (above right, pictured with her co-founder Dr Livia Ribeiro de Souza) is a two-time founder and the CEO of Mimicrete, a deep tech startup working to create self-healing concrete systems. We chatted at Mimicrete’s base in Cambridge. Capital Enterprise: How...

Nineteen teams from Cancer Tech Accelerator came together at IDEALondon for a pitch day which saw six promising projects selected to move forward to Phase II of the programme. Now in its second year, the consortium, backed by Cancer Research UK, its innovation engine,...

We caught up with Elise Jenkins and Ben Woodington, alums of our Cancer Tech Accelerator and the founders of Opto Biosystems. A bioelectronics startup, Opto aims to revolutionise healthcare with miniaturised sensors that can be implanted into the brain to deliver a...