Innovate UK Growth Catalyst December 2025
Innovate UK Growth Catalyst is an Innovate UK programme designed to help startups and scaleups with high growth potential to grow faster.
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Fund Overview
Innovate UK Growth Catalyst is an Innovate UK programme designed to help startups and scaleups with high growth potential to grow faster. Innovate UK Growth Catalyst December 2025 combines grant funding, aligned private investment, and structured support services to help innovators progress through key growth milestones.
This competition comprises a £100 million programme to support innovative companies in six of the industry growth sectors identified in the government’s Industrial Strategy. It seeks to support innovative companies seeking to scale in:
Advanced manufacturing
Clean energy industries
Creative industries
Defence and security technologies
Digital and technologies
Life sciences
Batteries
Eligibility
To be eligible for this competition, applicants should:
Be planning to scale rapidly
Be seeking both grant funding and private investment
Be able to demonstrate evidence of high growth potential
Have established traction with at least one Innovate UK investor partner who must be identified in the application and have confirmed their support through an expression of interest (EOI) before the application closes
Your project must fall into one of the following categories:
Feasibility studies
Total project costs: £50,000 to £300,000
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Grant funding: Up to 70% of costs
Industrial research
Total project costs: £100,000 to £1 million
Duration: 6 to 24 months
Grant funding: Up to 70% of costs
For feasibility studies and industrial research projects, aligned private investment must be at least equal to the grant amount. This investment does not need to directly fund the project but must be committed to the business before the grant can be made.
Experimental development
Total project costs: £250,000 to £2 million
Duration: 12 to 24 months
Grant funding: Up to 45% of costs
For experimental development projects, aligned private investment must be at least twice the grant amount. This investment does not need to directly fund the project but must be committed to the business before the grant can be made.
