Innovate UK ICURe Exploit Follow-on
Funds follow-on teams in the United Kingdom that progress from university proof of concept to early commercialization.
Innovate UK ICURe Exploit Follow-on sits under Innovate UK within UK Research and Innovation. It is the later ICURe pathway for teams that have already moved through the programme and are now preparing a spinout rather than still testing the basic market case. The record places the programme in the UK with grant awards from £100,000 to £300,000 and a median actual award of £200,000. Eligibility is limited to for-profit ICURe alumni spinouts; individuals and nonprofits are excluded, the technology band sits at TRL 3 to 5, and the same project cannot already have received the funding. The programme runs rolling and is built around 12-month projects. That makes the route a fit for teams that have already de-risked the research and now need a structured bridge into company formation. The scope is deep-tech cross-sector, and the useful signal for applicants is the commercial readiness of the spinout plan rather than a broad thematic call window.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Rolling.