The innovation and growth company

Solving society’s challenges through collaboration on technology with government, startups and industry.

Innovation

We’re closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity.

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Growth Partnership

Plexal is intent on creating a series of interventions with this Growth Partnership. Focusing on startups, scaleups and SMEs in target sectors, regions and technology domains that will demonstrably drive growth through increased high value jobs, exports, equity investment, customer contracts and gross value add to the economy.

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Workspace

Join our coworking spaces to work within a community. Plexal membership is open to startups, scaleups, social enterprises, creatives, freelancers or large corporates. We also have spaces in Manchester and Cheltenham hosting our innovation services.

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Events

Host your event in the heart of our innovation centre. From meetups and corporate away days to events for government, industry, startups and academia, our events spaces can do it all.

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NEWS AND VIEWS

Keep up to date on what’s happening at Plexal

Hub8 Connect debuts to deliver insight, ideas and community-driven innovation in Cheltenham

Tuesday 20th January marked the date of the first Hub8 Connect event – an opportunity for founders and innovators to assemble for an action-packed day featuring lively discussions, one-to-one workshops and networking opportunities.

The reskilling roadmap that led the founders of CAPSLOCK to secure MBEs

Recognising talented people were being locked out of the cyber sector due to their background, confidence, finances or not knowing the “right” route inspired the creation of educational organisation CAPSLOCK, which has been on a non-stop mission to reskill adults into cyber security professionals since 2019. The business prides itself on inclusivity, welcoming learners with drive and ability to qualify for placement, rather than relying on degrees. With this approach, CAPSLOCK paves the way to new opportunities and long-term […]

Plexal in 2025: Strengthening UK technology, unlocking SME peak potential and growing our team

‘Tis the season to collaborate, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Innovation, growth and progress, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. In case you couldn’t tell, we’re in a great mood over here at Plexal HQ and the Plexmas spirit has taken hold! 2025 has been a fulfilling year for us, during which we’ve grown our team by 35 people who’ve joined our shared mission of generating economic growth and making the UK safer with innovation. We’re doing this by uniting startups, government, industry and academia to generate sovereign solutions to national problems, strengthening the UK’s technology base and empowering leaders to scale. […]

Our programmes

CYBER RUNWAY

Cyber Runway is the largest cyber accelerator in the UK. It is designed to address some of the biggest challenges facing cyber security.

LASR

A public-private partnership dedicated to advancing AI security for UK national security and economic prosperity.

HMGCC

Bringing together the best in class across industry, academia, and government, to work collaboratively on national security engineering challenges and accelerate innovation.