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White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) is on course to disrupt the motorbike and scooter transportation market with electrically-powered machines that are powerful and aerodynamically efficient.

With support from Innovate UK EDGE, an innovative fabric manufacturer found ways of weaving a way through the pandemic and expanding its business.

Supported with strategy and coaching by Innovate UK EDGE, an Oxford-based company is revolutionising drug discovery.

With support from Innovate UK EDGE, a forward-thinking British company is now offering ISO standards consultancy services online.

With specialist support from Innovate UK EDGE, a UK company that makes things easier for installers of audio-visual equipment has boosted its turnover.

Two million people globally have total knee surgery each year, a figure that is predicted to rise to 3.5 million by 2030. Currently, up to 20% of patients are dissatisfied with the outcome of their surgery. Yorkshire-based med tech company Eventum Orthopaedics aims to change that, supported by Innovate UK EDGE.

Start-up Sygensys is enhancing the performance and reliability of electric vehicle (EV) charging and vehicle to grid technology. Supported by Innovate UK EDGE, it aims to ensure the effective use of renewable energy sources through its demand management and energy storage systems.

Bristol University spin-out Glaia has developed carbon-based ‘sugar dots’ that can dramatically improve the efficiency of photosynthesis – the fundamental process that underpins life on earth. It raised £1m in equity investment following investment readiness support from Innovate UK EDGE.

Asynt designs and manufactures innovative equipment that helps chemists conduct scientific research, while also driving down chemistry laboratory carbon emissions and costs. And Innovate UK EDGE is supporting the company in its bid to expand into new international markets.