Case studies
How we win competitive grant funding
These are real, named clients of the GrantUp team. Every application is different, but the pattern is consistent: find the right call, frame the technical risk properly, and write it the way assessors score it.
£190m+
won by the GrantUp team. Below is a sample of clients happy to be named; most of our work stays confidential.
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£305,000
Smart Grant to prove a high-risk sensing architecture
Advanced sensing startup
Deep tech: advanced sensing
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£314,000
To fund analytical validation of a point-of-care assay
Point-of-care diagnostics company
Life sciences: diagnostics
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£1,200,000
£1.2M collaborative award after a feasibility prototype hit its milestones
Aerospace technology company
Deep tech: aerospace
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€2.5M
Blended finance to de-risk a new electrode chemistry
Clean energy company
Clean tech: energy storage
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Grant awarded
NIHR i4i Connect funding secured
Directed Systems
Life sciences: surgical decision support
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Phase 3 awarded
Large-scale live trials funded
Butterfly
Clean tech: indoor air quality
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£341,810
Smart Grant secured
Neural Voice
AI / software: conversational AI
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£375,000
£375K awarded; delivery accelerated by ~2 years
HiLo Maritime Risk Management
AI / safety: maritime risk
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£1,000,000
£1M innovation loan secured
7bridges
AI / logistics: supply chain
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£350,000 match investment unlocked
Grant funding plus £350K match investment
BIRL
AI / retail tech: circular economy
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£1,500,000
£1.5M secured with zero equity dilution
Panta
Fintech: financial infrastructure
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Grant awarded
Biomedical Catalyst funding secured
Learning with Experts
Life sciences: perinatal AI
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Grant plus matched investment
Grant and investor funding aligned
Audiomob
AI / adtech: audio advertising
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£596,670
Awarded for AI risk management
Holistic AI
AI / software: AI assurance
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£699,030
For robotic polypill manufacturing
FASST
Life sciences: pharmaceutical manufacturing
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£1,170,000
£1.17M secured for emissions reduction platform
Supply chain emissions platform
Clean tech: supply chain decarbonisation
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£333,000
£333K secured for LLM-driven data platform
OdinFuse
AI / fintech: financial data
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£322,500
£322.5K won, 10m+ patients addressable
Perioperative risk prediction program
Life sciences: clinical risk prediction
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£183,682
For AI-enhanced music therapy
MediMusic
Life sciences: digital therapeutics
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£452,654
For composite production leap
Mayku
Advanced manufacturing: composites
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£495,704
For adaptable insurance product
Aurora with CodeEast
Insurtech: indirect loss insurance
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£174,506
For modular co-insurance platform
Aurora
Insurtech: modular co-insurance
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£331,000
For AI diversity impact tool
HR Data Hub
AI / software: workforce analytics
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£199,297
For real-time eligibility assessor
RDvault
AI / fintech: R&D tax assessment
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£158,942
For Creator-Assist tool
Bronze AI
AI / software: interactive machine learning
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£79,000
£79K secured for early-stage validation
Human-centric digital therapeutic platform
Life sciences: digital therapeutics
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Award won
Highly competitive national award won
TextMine
AI / software: document intelligence
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£202,900
£202.9K secured to modernise conveyancing
Conveyancing technology program
Proptech: blockchain and AI
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£50,000
£50K secured for AI fleet optimisation
EV fleet management program
Clean tech: electric vehicle fleets
Read the case studyWins on this page were delivered by the GrantUp team across UK and European funding programmes. Some clients are anonymised at their request.
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