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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£50,000
£50K secured for AI fleet optimisation
EV fleet management program
Clean tech: electric vehicle fleets
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£202,900
£202.9K secured to modernise conveyancing
Conveyancing technology program
Proptech: blockchain and AI
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Award won
Highly competitive national award won
TextMine
AI / software: document intelligence
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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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£158,942
For Creator-Assist tool
Bronze AI
AI / software: interactive machine learning
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£199,297
For real-time eligibility assessor
RDvault
AI / fintech: R&D tax assessment
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£331,000
For AI diversity impact tool
HR Data Hub
AI / software: workforce analytics
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£174,506
For modular co-insurance platform
Aurora
Insurtech: modular co-insurance
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£495,704
For adaptable insurance product
Aurora with CodeEast
Insurtech: indirect loss insurance
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£452,654
For composite production leap
Mayku
Advanced manufacturing: composites
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£183,682
For AI-enhanced music therapy
MediMusic
Life sciences: digital therapeutics
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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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£333,000
£333K secured for LLM-driven data platform
OdinFuse
AI / fintech: financial data
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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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£699,030
For robotic polypill manufacturing
FASST
Life sciences: pharmaceutical manufacturing
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£596,670
Awarded for AI risk management
Holistic AI
AI / software: AI assurance
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Grant plus matched investment
Grant and investor funding aligned
Audiomob
AI / adtech: audio advertising
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Grant awarded
Biomedical Catalyst funding secured
Learning with Experts
Life sciences: perinatal AI
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£1,500,000
£1.5M secured with zero equity dilution
Panta
Fintech: financial infrastructure
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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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£1,000,000
£1M innovation loan secured
7bridges
AI / logistics: supply chain
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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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£341,810
Smart Grant secured
Neural Voice
AI / software: conversational AI
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Phase 3 awarded
Large-scale live trials funded
Butterfly
Clean tech: indoor air quality
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Grant awarded
NIHR i4i Connect funding secured
Directed Systems
Life sciences: surgical decision support
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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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£1,200,000
£1.2M collaborative award after a feasibility prototype hit its milestones
Aerospace technology company
Deep tech: aerospace
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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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£305,000
Smart Grant to prove a high-risk sensing architecture
Advanced sensing startup
Deep tech: advanced sensing
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.
In their words
What clients say about working with us
“GrantUp provided clear guidance, support and review of our application and we wouldn't hesitate in recommending them.”
“The GrantUp team are excellent. They are proactive in suggesting grants to go for and honest if they don't think an application is right for us. That has saved us time and money.”
“GrantUp offered excellent advice, leading to us winning an Innovate UK Smart Grant with a score of 98%.”
“They understood the science immediately. We didn't have to teach our own technology to our grant writer, which meant the EIC Accelerator narrative was strong from the first draft.”
“The most valuable part was the honesty. We were told which Horizon Europe call to target and which to skip, and that focus is the reason we were funded.”
“Working with GrantUp turned an ESA bid we dreaded into a structured project with clear deadlines, and everything was submitted with time to spare.”
We write for the funders backing UK innovation
From Innovate UK competitions to Horizon Europe and defence innovation calls, we start from your technology and match it to the programme most likely to fund it.
Innovate UK
CR&D competitions, Launchpads and Innovation Loans
UK Research and Innovation
EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR research funding
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Horizon Europe
EIC Accelerator, Pathfinder, Transition and EIT calls
European Space Agency
Space technology and downstream applications
Advanced Research + Invention Agency
High-risk, high-reward programmes
Aerospace Technology Institute
Aerospace R&D co-funded with industry
Eurostars
International R&D-performing SME collaborations
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA)
Innovation for defence and security challenges
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GrantUp is an official partner of SETsquared, the university enterprise partnership behind the UK's top-ranked startup incubation network (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey). SETsquared ventures are supported by GrantUp with grant funding and R&D tax relief.
GrantUp is an official partner of Grow London Local, part of London & Partners, the Mayor of London's growth agency. London's small businesses are referred to GrantUp for grant writing and R&D tax relief support.
GrantUp is an official partner of Stotles, the public sector opportunities platform, where GrantUp supports businesses competing for government contracts and funding.
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