Oxentia

29/05/2025

🚨 Feeling swamped with admin, falling behind on bids, and drowning in data?

You’re not alone, but there’s a better way that Sahand will be covering at KEUK 2025. Sahand will lead a practical demonstration on how to harness AI to stay ahead in the fast-moving world of research and knowledge exchange.

Join us at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday, 3rd June at 11:30 where you'll learn to:

✅ Cut your admin load
✅ Automate repetitive tasks
✅ Improve bid writing
✅ Generate sharper insights
✅ Do it all securely and ethically

If you’re serious about using AI to get ahead (and not get left behind), make sure you attend this session!

21/05/2025

The future of shared TTOs is an issue where we'd like to hear voice, and on June 4th, at KEUK in Birmingham, we're running a workshop to enable your contribution:

“The future of shared TTOs: Next steps and actions” – chaired by our own Alexandra Bush (Oxentia), with input from Andreea Iacoban and Bruno Reynolds, Knowledge Exchange UK, Wellspring, and more. During a six month period Research England funded 13 pilot projects in the CCF-RED Shared TTO services call. We’ve gathered insights, seen what works in practice, what doesn’t, and now we’re asking: what’s next?

That’s where you come in.

This workshop is designed to share findings and shape the roadmap ahead. If you work in knowledge exchange, research commercialisation, or policy, your experience is essential to this conversation:

✅ Help refine the models
✅ Share what your institution needs
✅ Influence a white paper that could set the direction for KE collaboration

After all, this is just the pilot, the real work starts now!

📍 Join us on June 4 | KEUK Conference | Birmingham
🔗 https://keconference.com/registration

02/05/2025

One week to go!

Only 1 in 200 startups gets the funding they need to scale. The rest are held back by missing the right opportunity, like the final week to apply for the SantanderX Global Challenge | Circular Economy Revolution.

Startups and scaleups tackling circular economy challenges have until 9 May 2025 to apply for:

• €120,000 in prize money
• Santander X 100 membership, a global network that opens doors to partners, markets, and scaling opportunities
• Expert support to sharpen your business and accelerate growth

If you're building solutions to tackle resource and sustainability challenges, seize this opportunity to create a more sustainable future.

Apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/3RhBtGG

24/04/2025

Building a circular economy startup shouldn’t feel like you’re going in circles.

You’ve built the solution and proven the concept, and the SantanderX Global Challenge | Circular Economy Revolution can help you with the capital, credibility, and connections to actually grow it, with:

✅ A share of €120K in funding
✅ Exposure to the global Santander X 100 community with Santander X's most outstanding startups and scaleups
✅ Access to expert support and international connections

If you’re turning waste into value, redesigning supply chains, or building regenerative models, this opportunity is built for you.

🔗 Apply now: https://bit.ly/41XJl53

14/04/2025

The planet needs bold, practical solutions. If you’re building one, don’t miss this 👇👇👇

🌍 Founders: the planet is calling for your innovation. The SantanderX Global Challenge | Circular Economy Revolution is now open. We at the Oxentia Foundation are delivering the challenge along with Norrsken Barcelona to share this funding opportunity with startups and scaleups solving problems around waste, sustainability, and clean energy.

What’s on offer:
💶 €120,000 in prize funding (6 winners)
🌐 Entry into the global Santander X 100 startup
network
🧠 Expert support and international visibility

Who should apply?
Startups and scaleups from 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 working on:

♻️ Recycling, recovery, reuse
🧪 Circular materials and products
💡 Circular business models
⚡ Renewable energy & smart grids

If your mission is building a better, more sustainable future, then this is your moment.

📅 Deadline to apply: 9 May 2025
🚀 Apply now or tag someone who should: 👉 https://bit.ly/3RhBtGG

08/04/2025

When the right people come together, change happens.

Last week, we had the privilege of hosting an exclusive Pro Vice-Chancellor roundtable discussion, where 26 institutions from across the UK were represented.

Our keynote speaker Professor Dame Jessica Corner helped fuel invaluable discussions into strategies aimed at strengthening the innovation and Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation (KEC) missions of UK universities.

Four key themes which will form a white paper included:

🔵 Funding sustainability in Knowledge Exchange
🔵 Strengthening the R&D ecosystem
🔵 Place-based innovation and regional impact
🔵 Commercialisation and entrepreneurial support

What stood out was how productive the event was when PVCs could engage directly with each other without any distractions to discuss the future of higher education openly and honestly. At Oxentia, we’re here to make connections that matter.

Learn more about our services to university and research organisations: https://www.oxentia.com/uro/

07/04/2025

Last week, our Managing Consultants Dr Irene Dal Poz and Dr Fabio Bianchi were in Manila, Philippines, as part of an ISPF-funded British Council project to support the Philippine’s Department of Science and Technology (DOST Philippines) in developing a harmonised policy framework for Technology Transfer in the country.

This included presentation of the draft framework to DOST’s Executive Committee on Tuesday, before running a national consultative conference on Thursday, where for the first time in the Philippine’s history, over 200 professionals from the private and public sector gathered to input their concerns and priorities for the new Policy Framework.

07/04/2025

04/04/2025

Join us at Oasis London on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 for an exclusive FREE pitch event, where you'll witness Türkiye's rapidly growing startup hub.

With environmental sustainability at the core, these innovative Turkish startups are addressing global challenges in clean energy, sustainable agriculture, circular economy, and more. If you're focused on impact, this is your chance to discover high-growth opportunities that align with the future of sustainability.

Why attend?

✅ Free entry: No cost to explore the next wave of groundbreaking startups.
🕡 Convenient timing: Evening event, 17:30 - 20:00 BST, fits into your busy schedule after work.
🤝 High-value networking: Connect with forward-thinking founders and industry leaders.

Startups pitching include:

🔵 E-Dison: AI-powered EV charging platform driving sustainable mobility
🔵 Agrovech: AI-driven agtech using drones and satellite data to enhance farming efficiency
🔵 Sensgreen: IoT platform optimizing energy use in buildings
🔵 Yugen: Sustainable biomaterials made from pomegranate peel
🔵 Blueit: Water and wastewater management software for industrial facilities
🔵 Some Carbon: Transforming industrial CO₂ into sustainable fuels using CCUS
🔵 Wastespresso: Upcycling coffee waste into eco-friendly consumer products
🔵 Pabbler: Cross-border e-commerce reducing shipping emissions via unused luggage space
🔵 MilkWinner: Empowering farmers to reduce dairy food waste and improve supply chain efficiency

We at the TRUK Accelerator, a collaboration between DenizBank ’s innovation arm, NEOHUB, and Oxentia, Oxford’s Global Innovation Consultancy, cannot wait to see you there!

📅 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025
🕒 Time: 17:30 - 20:00 BST
📍 Location: Oasis London
🔗 RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pitch-showcase-networking-turkish-startups-expanding-to-the-uk-tickets-1306923536479

13/03/2025

Is red tape holding back your breakthrough idea?
Estonia can help.

Accelerate Estonia and Oxentia are joining forces to give UK innovators a unique opportunity to navigate regulations and unlock new markets.

If you’re working on a disruptive solution that could benefit from regulatory intervention and market access, this is for you!

Get direct access to policymakers and test your groundbreaking ideas in Estonia — a country known for its innovation-friendly environment.

We’re hosting a pitching and networking event in London on April 23, 2025, gathering the brightest ideas that need regulatory support to thrive.

✅Submit your application by April 11, 2025 for a chance to pitch in this exclusive event
✅More details about the call: https://accelerate.ee/uk/
✅Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eQp8Zzdg

Let’s turn obstacles into opportunities — together.

19/01/2025

If you're struggling to bring your research to the market and navigate commercialisation, the PRIME Project is here to help! Applications are now open to this one-of-a-kind programme supporting scientific research commercialisation. 🚀

🌟 PRIME is an accelerator programme designed to commercialise research for scientists like you! We're excited to partner with Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej (FNP) and be funded by European Funds for Modern Economy (FENG) to bridge the gap between science and market success.

💡 How PRIME addresses your needs:
✔️ Get expert-led commercialisation training, workshops, and bootcamps in Poland and the UK
✔️ Access top-tier business mentors
✔️ Learn to tailor your strategy to validate your research’s value.
✔️ Develop spin-offs or partnership pathways to maximize your impact.

💰 What’s in it for you?
✔️ Generous funding: Up to PLN 313,904 per team (approx. £60,000).
✔️ A structured, guided journey toward commercialisation success.

If you're a scientist (at any career stage, from early researchers to seasoned experts)employed by a Polish research institution then be sure to apply by 13 February 2025!

👉 Learn More & Apply: https://www.fnp.org.pl/oferta/projekt-prime-wsparcie-komercjalizacji-nauki/

17/12/2024

What does climate change have to do with health? Quite a lot, actually!

It was fantastic to meet the Trust team in person last week to discuss the findings of our heat and health study, which aims to help shape Wellcome’s research funding strategy. Our colleagues Andreea, Britta and Frank travelled to Wellcome’s HQ in London to deliver a workshop that explored the heat and health research priorities in Asia, what innovations are emerging to address those priorities, and who are the key stakeholders conducting or supporting research in this field.

We have been working with Wellcome for the past five months to map the research and innovation activities at the intersection of human health and heat in Asia and to identify opportunities to protect communities from heat through biomedical innovation.

To validate our findings, we have worked collaboratively with the Wellcome team to:

✅Analyse more than 100, 000 publications, patents and grants in heat and health
✅Interview 15 stakeholders from 10 countries
✅Launch a survey that reached more than 350 people

Our findings will be shared at the First GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum in January 2025.