A group of 15 start-ups have been chosen to embark on the Ignite North East pre-accelerator programme.
Each of the participating teams will receive £10,000 grant funding along with mentoring from tech entrepreneurs, and workshops led by founders and investors in the six month programme. The North of Tyne Combined Authority-funded scheme is the third to be delivered by Ignite as part of a regional partnership that hopes to build North East digital businesses.
Among the businesses to starting the pre-accelerator on January 9 is Affectronics, which uses pain monitoring and reporting to help clinicians treating babies in intensive care. That team is joined by smart ticketing operator Brava and 'co-working as a service' idea Floe which helps landlords use unoccupied commercial spaces.
