Innovation funding and grants consultancy
Deeplink: We help organisations fund and launch their
Deeplink works with universities, startups, SMEs, public bodies and accelerators. We find the funding that fits your innovation, help you apply for grants and manage them, and design the programmes and partnerships that carry an idea to launch.
Looking for help starting a data career? That’s Deeplink Coaching, part of Deeplink, with free checks in the Deeplink Toolkit.
Working across the ecosystem
Universities, Research institutions, Startups, SMEs, Public sector, Accelerators, Corporates, Investors
01The innovation gap
Great ideas rarely fail for lack of brilliance
They stall in the gap between discovery and the market, where funding is fragmented, grant rules are complex, and the people who could help each other rarely sit at the same table.
Funding is fragmented
Grants, public programmes and private investment each have their own rules, timelines and language. Finding the right route takes time most innovators don’t have.
Ecosystems work in silos
Universities, businesses, accelerators and the public sector all want innovation to succeed, but their systems rarely connect.
Momentum is hard to keep
Even funded projects lose pace without the structure, partners and strategy to carry them from pilot to scale.
Deeplink exists to close that gap.
02What we do
From first idea to funding and launch
Choose a service to explore it
Alliance technology
We match your innovation with viable, relevant funding opportunities.
Grant services
We find grants and help you manage your funding, so the right opportunities don’t pass you by.
Innovation services
Hands-on support to strengthen your innovation and the ecosystem around it.
03Who we work with
Built for every part of the ecosystem
Innovation happens between organisations, not inside one. We work with each of them, and help them work with each other.
Universities and research institutions
Turn research into real-world impact, with commercialisation strategy, funding for spin-outs and partnerships with industry.
Startups and SMEs
Find and win the funding that fits your stage, and build the strategy and partnerships to grow.
Public sector and accelerators
See how your innovation ecosystem really performs, and co-design programmes that deliver for the people in it.
Corporates and investors
Understand the innovation landscape, find the right partners and shape programmes that turn ideas into lasting value.
04How we work
A clear path from idea to launch
Discover
We get to know your innovation, your goals and the ecosystem around you. For larger organisations and programmes, this can start with a full ecosystem audit.
Design
Together we co-design the strategy, choosing the funding routes, partners and systems that fit what you are building.
Fund
We match you with viable funding and grants, and help you manage the funding once it is awarded.
Launch and grow
We stay embedded as you launch, refining the approach and strengthening the ecosystem around you.
05Why work with us
Depth, co-creation and cultivation
Deep expertise
We bring deep expertise in developing and commercialising cutting-edge innovation.
Incisive co-creation
We develop relevant, first-class methodologies together with leading universities and with businesses large and small.
Embedded cultivation
We work inside the existing innovation ecosystem, from accelerator programmes to the public sector and universities, always looking for ways to overhaul and improve what is on offer.
06Our mission
The world and its societies face challenges that would benefit from a keener systems design approach.
Innovation ecosystems are in the perfect position to apply that approach. They can help change the wider paradigm, so we are better equipped to improve our world and address the deep-seated issues we face today.
07For graduates and parents
The Deeplink family
Innovation ecosystems run on skilled people. Deeplink Coaching, our coaching service, trains graduates for data analyst and data engineer roles, with one-to-one coaching and the Data Analyst Launch Track, including an unpaid, virtual training brief based on Deeplink’s work. It also runs the Deeplink Toolkit, with free checks for graduates and parents. Deeplink Interview lets anyone practise interviews with an AI interviewer, free to start. Deeplink Insights shows what UK data jobs pay and the path into each role, from official figures.
08Launch with us
Tell us about your innovation
Whether you are looking for funding, grant support or a partner to strengthen your innovation ecosystem, we’d like to hear from you.