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65 funding opportunities for manufacturers in Wales

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    Accelerated Growth Programme

    Business Wales

    Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme is a Welsh Government advisory service providing intensive, one-to-one support to high-growth-potential SMEs based in Wales. It is not a cash grant — it is a relationship-managed package of strategy, finance, leadership and connections support, typically over 12–24 months. AGP routes innovation-ready companies into SMART Cymru and equity-ready companies into Development Bank of Wales finance. Best suited to ambitious Welsh SMEs already trading with clear scale intent.

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    SMART Cymru R&D Funding

    Business Wales

    SMART Cymru is the Welsh Government R&D grant for Wales-based SMEs developing new products, processes or services. It funds technical feasibility, industrial research and experimental development at intervention rates tiered by company size and project stage. Best suited to companies with a defined R&D project and matched funding ready to commit. Typical next steps are scaling into Innovate UK Smart Grants or a Knowledge Transfer Partnership once Welsh-funded R&D has de-risked the technology.

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    Wales Business Fund

    Development Bank of Wales

    Loans and equity from the Development Bank of Wales for SMEs based or expanding in Wales. Loans and equity investments for Wales-based SMEs from the Development Bank of Wales. Replaces previous Welsh business funds. It is aimed at Wales-based SMEs seeking growth, working capital or acquisition finance. Eligibility typically requires SMEs based in or relocating to Wales. Standard commercial lending assessment. Application: Typically several weeks from full submission.

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    Wales Flexible Investment Fund

    Development Bank of Wales

    Larger, patient debt and equity from Development Bank of Wales for established Welsh businesses. Larger, longer-tenor debt and equity for established Welsh businesses, providing patient capital for growth. It is aimed at Established Welsh businesses needing significant growth or acquisition finance. Eligibility typically requires Wales-based businesses needing larger or longer-tenor finance than standard products. Application: Several weeks; complex deals longer.

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    Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (aKT)

    Innovate UK

    Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (aKT) is a UK funding programme. UK businesses partnering with an academic to deliver a 4-month feasibility-style KTP. Funding: Up to £35k. SMEs accessing rapid academic feasibility support. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    Advanced Propulsion Centre Collaborative R&D

    Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

    Advanced Propulsion Centre Collaborative R&D is a UK funding programme. UK automotive supply chain consortia developing low-carbon propulsion technologies. Funding: £5m–£25m typical. UK automotive R&D consortia. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    Advanced Propulsion Centre Funding

    Advanced Propulsion Centre

    Funding for low-carbon automotive R&D. Funding competitions supporting R&D in low-carbon automotive propulsion and zero-emission vehicle technologies in the UK. It is aimed at Automotive R&D collaborations. Eligibility typically requires UK-based automotive supply chain R&D projects. Competition-specific criteria. Application: Competition rounds.

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    Aerospace Technology Institute Programme

    Aerospace Technology Institute

    The Aerospace Technology Institute programme is a long-running UK aerospace R&D fund jointly delivered by DBT, Innovate UK, and the ATI. It funds substantial, multi-year, industry-led collaborative R&D projects aligned with the ATI's published technology strategy — typically zero-carbon flight, advanced systems, structures, and propulsion. Project costs commonly run from low millions to tens of millions; intervention rates follow standard subsidy control rules. Not appropriate for early-stage start-ups working in isolation or projects with no clear path to a UK aerospace supply chain.

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    Aerospace Technology Institute Programme — Strategic R&T Portfolio

    Aerospace Technology Institute

    The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme co-invests with industry in UK civil aerospace R&D, with delivery in partnership with DBT and Innovate UK. Funding supports collaborative research projects from technology development through to demonstrator stages. A long-term UK government–industry co-investment in civil aerospace R&D. Eligibility typically requires UK aerospace businesses and academic partners with qualifying collaborative R&D projects. Funding is typically Match-funded aerospace R&D grants.

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    Automotive Transformation Fund

    Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

    Automotive Transformation Fund is a UK funding programme. UK strategic investments in electric vehicle supply chains: battery, motor, hydrogen and power electronics gigaprojects. Funding: Multi-million capital. Strategic UK EV supply-chain investors. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    BGF Growth Capital

    BGF (Business Growth Fund)

    BGF Growth Capital is a UK funding programme. UK and Irish SMEs with turnover £1m+ raising minority growth equity (£1m–£15m initially). Funding: £1m–£15m. Profitable UK SMEs raising £1m–£15m minority equity. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    British Design Fund

    British Design Fund

    Equity and mentoring for UK product design startups. Private investor-led fund providing equity investment and mentoring for UK product design and manufacturing startups. It is aimed at UK product design/manufacturing startups. Eligibility typically requires UK product/design-led startups seeking equity investment. Selection criteria apply. Application: Cohort intakes.

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    Centre for Process Innovation — Open Calls

    Centre for Process Innovation

    Centre for Process Innovation — Open Calls is a UK funding programme. UK process manufacturers accessing CPI capability via Innovate UK competition and CPI-led projects. Funding: Project-dependent. UK process and biotech manufacturers. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Open Calls

    Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult

    Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Open Calls is a UK funding programme. UK companies developing applications of compound semiconductor technology. Funding: Varies. CS-application SMEs prototyping next-generation electronics. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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    DRIVE35 Funding Programme

    Capital and R&D funding for the UK automotive industry in the design, development and manufacturing of zero-emission vehicles and their supply chain.

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