Unveiling Cornwall’s Creative Champions: Winners of Innovate UK’s Competition #1

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The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is supporting the development of high growth potential creative industries in six appointed regions in England through targeted support. As part of the programme, Innovate UK is providing a finance fund of up to £7 million to help creative businesses in the Create Growth Programme regions to explore new innovation projects that will stimulate growth and attract private investment.

Eligible businesses in Create Growth Programme regions will be able to apply to Innovate UK for grants and investor partnerships. The first of two competitions ran from November 2022 to February 2023, and details of the next round will be announced soon. For more details and to find out more about Innovate UK, head to their website.

Creative UK are delivering the business support programme for Cornwall with partners Screen Cornwall, Falmouth University and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP. In our continued efforts to celebrate the Creative Industries in Cornwall, we want to introduce the five Cornwall based winners of DCMS Create Growth Fund: Competition 1 as issued by Innovate UK…

Tanuvi EthunandanData Duopoly

Tanuvi Ethunandan, Data Duopoly

Data Duopoly is the ‘Waze’ for footfall management in places. Founded by Tanuvi Ethunandan, Data Duopoly connects spaces, places and people together using data and AI.

Their mobile app (and API) encourages people to explore venues, cities and places via sustainable transport, providing personalised location-based notifications of unique experiences nearby. They have worked with the Eden Project, the National Trust, a major university and a town council. Their technology provides insightful data around visitor movements to drive efficient investment in a place.

They are now working with transport providers to incentivise sustainable exploration via their mobile app plug-in. Their tech was recognised by the UK Government in the recent ‘Net Zero’ showcase at the Shard as one of ten companies nationwide.

Website: https://www.dataduopoly.com/

Sarah CudmoreHomegrown Learning

Sarah Cudmore, Homegrown Learning

When I had children, I suddenly saw the school system from their perspective and realised that home-educating them was going to give them, in my opinion, the best chance in life. Shortly after starting that journey, I began to panic about the number of photos, videos and bits of paper I was storing to evidence they were learning, and I realised that I needed a personalised, central, electronic storage system. This didn’t exist and is where Collage was born. I am now looking to expand the team and grow Collage through access on the App Store. This will then enable me to access the 2.6M global market.

Website: www.collageapp.co.uk

Shaz YousafMind Feast Games

Shaz Yousaf, Mind Feast Games

Shaz Yousaf, Co-Founder at Mind Feast, has been making and releasing games for 10 years with the latest being the co-op, action-puzzle game BFF or Die which was released on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Amazon Prime and AirConsole, reaching over 100,000 players and a million views on YouTube and Twitch. Mind Feast Games work on games and tools that help people feel more connected, socially and emotionally. Their current project is a comedic hospital-themed game called Co OPERATION: MultiTurn.

Website: https://www.mindfeastgames.com/

Tanuvi Ethunandan, Data Duopoly

Data Duopoly is the ‘Waze’ for footfall management in places. Founded by Tanuvi Ethunandan, Data Duopoly connects spaces, places and people together using data and AI.

Their mobile app (and API) encourages people to explore venues, cities and places via sustainable transport, providing personalised location-based notifications of unique experiences nearby. They have worked with the Eden Project, the National Trust, a major university and a town council. Their technology provides insightful data around visitor movements to drive efficient investment in a place.

They are now working with transport providers to incentivise sustainable exploration via their mobile app plug-in. Their tech was recognised by the UK Government in the recent ‘Net Zero’ showcase at the Shard as one of ten companies nationwide.

Website: https://www.dataduopoly.com/

Sarah Cudmore, Homegrown Learning

When I had children, I suddenly saw the school system from their perspective and realised that home-educating them was going to give them, in my opinion, the best chance in life. Shortly after starting that journey, I began to panic about the number of photos, videos and bits of paper I was storing to evidence they were learning, and I realised that I needed a personalised, central, electronic storage system. This didn’t exist and is where Collage was born. I am now looking to expand the team and grow Collage through access on the App Store. This will then enable me to access the 2.6M global market.

Website: www.collageapp.co.uk

Shaz Yousaf, Mind Feast Games

Shaz Yousaf, Co-Founder at Mind Feast, has been making and releasing games for 10 years with the latest being the co-op, action-puzzle game BFF or Die which was released on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Amazon Prime and AirConsole, reaching over 100,000 players and a million views on YouTube and Twitch. Mind Feast Games work on games and tools that help people feel more connected, socially and emotionally. Their current project is a comedic hospital-themed game called Co OPERATION: MultiTurn.

Website: https://www.mindfeastgames.com/

Henry and Sasha GarfitNewlyn School of Art

Henry and Sasha Garfit, Newlyn School of Art

Newlyn School of Art is a dynamic and innovative art school situated in the heart of the famous artistic colony of Newlyn. The school provides a wide range of high-quality and exciting short art courses, online short courses and Year-long courses; all taught by over thirty of the most respected artists working in Cornwall today. They offer several excellent online pre-recorded short courses and over 60 Online Life Drawing Sessions that students can access which enable them to study in their own time from home.

Website: https://www.newlynartschool.co.uk/

Kelli Fairbrother and Mark ChaplinXigXag

Kelli Fairbrother and Mark Chaplin, XigXag

At xigxag, we’re disrupting the incumbents who’ve been neglecting the £40Bn digital book industry for decades. We’re making books more accessible, more social and more sustainable with an exclusive listen-and-read concept and the most advanced digital book platform ever imagined.

Website: https://xigxag.co.uk/

Henry and Sasha Garfit, Newlyn School of Art

Newlyn School of Art is a dynamic and innovative art school situated in the heart of the famous artistic colony of Newlyn. The school provides a wide range of high-quality and exciting short art courses, online short courses and Year-long courses; all taught by over thirty of the most respected artists working in Cornwall today. They offer several excellent online pre-recorded short courses and over 60 Online Life Drawing Sessions that students can access which enable them to study in their own time from home.

Website: https://www.newlynartschool.co.uk/

Kelli Fairbrother and Mark Chaplin, XigXag

At xigxag, we’re disrupting the incumbents who’ve been neglecting the £40Bn digital book industry for decades. We’re making books more accessible, more social and more sustainable with an exclusive listen-and-read concept and the most advanced digital book platform ever imagined.

Website: https://xigxag.co.uk/