A new accelerator programme at MediaCity海角视频 has been launched in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tech accelerator UP Ventures Group, backed by MediaCity海角视频 and The Connected Places Catapult, said its 鈥楽mart City Innovation Testbed鈥 aims to find tech-based solutions to improve the quality of life for people and businesses post pandemic.
It will use MediaCity海角视频鈥檚 technology infrastructure, and provide opportunities to pilot innovations within a real-life setting, it said.
Candidates will have access to online learning and workshops and will be supported by technologists, industry experts, dedicated coaches and investors drawn from UP鈥檚 international network.
Stephen Wild, managing director of MediaCity海角视频, said its 鈥楽mart City鈥 lab will be the 鈥渟pringboard鈥 for some of 鈥渢he greatest innovations of our time鈥.
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鈥淥ur world is rapidly evolving and by supporting an important accelerator programme such as this means we鈥檙e able to invest in the talent who, going forward, can make a positive difference to the way we lead our lives in a post-Covid world,鈥 he said.
The programme will take place from January 2021 and is set to last two weeks.
The programme is fully funded and there is no equity exchange with any partner.
Applications are now open and will close on October 23.
UP Ventures managing partner Steven Thomas said 鈥淥ur mission with this programme is to find and enable the technologies that can have a profoundly positive impact on citizens and the places that they live and work.
鈥淥ur team and partners are hugely passionate about technology and how it can help people and businesses thrive again in such difficult times.鈥
