More than 100 business connections, over 60 businesses showcased and £2.2 million leveraged into local businesses. Our new Impact Report captures two years of collaboration, opportunity and growth across Coventry and Warwickshire's creative and immersive technology sector.
Coventry and Warwickshire is home to one of the UK's most diverse creative technology communities, spanning games development, immersive technologies, film, television, digital creative businesses and innovators applying creative technology in areas such as healthcare, education and advanced manufacturing. The region is home to:
But what happens when creative businesses, technology innovators, universities, local authorities and industry partners are all pulling in the same direction?
According to our newly published Impact Report, quite a lot.
Since launching in 2024 through Innovate UK's Coventry and Warwickshire Immersive and Creative Technologies Launchpad programme, we've spent the last two years helping connect businesses with opportunities, support, collaborators and platforms to showcase their work. Alongside our partners, we've worked to bring together a world-class but previously fragmented sector and create stronger connections across Coventry and Warwickshire's creative and immersive technology community.
What our Impact Report reveals
Over the last two years, we've evolved into a gateway connecting businesses with funding opportunities, support programmes, partnerships, knowledge and wider regional activity.
CWX has brought together start-ups, SMEs, researchers and established organisations from across the creative technology landscape. Attendees at events and activities have included organisations such as Motionhouse, alongside representatives from major employers and innovators including Jaguar Land Rover, helping create opportunities for knowledge-sharing, collaboration and cross-sector connections.
The report also highlights examples of collaboration emerging through CWX activity. One example saw Hollywood Gaming connect with local agency Glued, resulting in a new partnership and the development of a VR training simulation. The report also features organisations including Fish in a Bottle and Motionhouse, demonstrating the breadth of innovation taking place across the region's creative and immersive technology community.
As Clare Green, CWX Principal Investigator, reflects in the report:
"What comes through strongly in this report is the value of bringing people, ideas and sectors together.
Coventry and Warwickshire already had extraordinary talent, creativity and innovation. Over the last two years, CWX has focused on creating more opportunities for businesses and organisations to connect, collaborate and learn from one another.
The statistics are important, but behind every figure is a conversation, a partnership, a project or an opportunity. That's where the real story sits."
While this report looks back at the first two years of CWX, it also marks the start of what comes next.
We're continuing to develop the CWX gateway, strengthen cross-sector collaboration and expand the support and resources available through the website. You'll continue to see us sharing opportunities, attending events, showcasing great work from across the region and championing Coventry and Warwickshire's creative and immersive technology sector.
Read the full Impact Report to explore the people, projects, partnerships and opportunities that have shaped the network so far.
