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An additional £ 335,000 was leveraged by three Propel innovators.

Economic growth

We support the acceleration and spread of healthtech innovatio leveraging extra investment to drive regional economic growt

A landmark year for Propel Healthtech

Our flagship accelerator Propel Healthtech secured £ 4.5m from West Yorkshire Combined Authority via the UK Government’ s Investment Zone, marking a milestone year.
The funding is helping 240 innovators over four years, expanding Start-Up and Scale-Up programmes and launching Propel Connect, the UK’ s first digital platform designed to connect innovators with partners working across health innovation.

Impact

An additional £ 335,000 was leveraged by three Propel innovators.
The first cohort of 30 innovators is already driving solutions across healthcare, strengthening the region’ s position as a leading healthtech hub. 20