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The Tyre Collective

InnovationRCA

The Tyre Collective

InnovationRCA is the Royal College of Art’s centre for entrepreneurship and commercialisation, providing incubation, IP and business support.

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RCA students, alumni and staff

Patent Support Programme

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Patenting guidance and financial support for RCA graduates and alumni looking to commercialise their ideas.

Protecting innovation

Start-up Programme

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InnovationRCA’s high-growth start-up incubation programme featuring our unique design-led and user-centred methodologies, and widely recognised for its impressive track record of success.

Start-up incubation

Creative Brands Accelerator

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Creative Brands Accelerator (CBA) offers business mentoring, commercial training and advice to creative small businesses founded by RCA alumni, in addition to hot-desking facilities at InnovationRCA.

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First50 Programme

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InnovationRCA ​provides support to enable ​​its spinout and ​start-up​ companies ​ to ​achieve ​scale-up​ status.

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Business

Entrepreneurship Development Programme

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InnovationRCA helps individuals build successful businesses, stimulating and supporting entrepreneurship.

InnovationRCA Design Jam

Innovation Development Programme

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InnovationRCA helps organisations release valuable projects and establish an enduring internal culture of innovation.

User-centred innovation for organisations

Investors and investment

Our Companies, our Design & Impact S/EIS Fund and AngelClubRCA

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Working with InnovationRCA, IRCA Enterprise, an Appointed Representative of Infinity Asset Management LLP who are Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, connects investors with exciting RCA start-up and spinout companies.

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Start-up companies

Our portfolio of design-led start-up companies and spin-outs includes companies covering many sectors including agri-tech, med-tech, clean-tech, construction, fashion, interiors and more.

Start-up companies
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InnovationRCA key outcomes and impacts (July 2022)

An infographic of InnovationRCA key outcomes and impacts (July 2022)

InnovationRCA has an outstanding track record of turning RCA ideas into successful, high-impact businesses.

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More about InnovationRCA

Eight new design start-ups to join its incubation programme in 2021

Using design thinking in unexpected ways to solve real-world problems around sustainability and crime as well as creating fruitful disruptions in industries like construction, gaming, sports and computing.

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