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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city with a long-established gaming heritage. This heritage has attracted very large companies in the past, with Sony taking over Psygnosis, (a racing game development company) in 1984.
Since then, Liverpool’s games development sector has continued to grow and was identified as one of the cluster’s most notable sectors. Alongside Games Development, both Software Development and Advertising & Marketing were the top three most prominent types of digital business in the Tech Nation report.
With that said, IoT and HealthTech are also becoming more and more popular with young developers and entrepreneurs in the area. Kevin McManus, Investment Manager at Liverpool Vision, is excited for the future, commenting, “Liverpool has the beginnings of an eHealth and tele-care cluster. We have a chance to steal a march on other UK cities in this field.”
With regards to property, there are a number of agencies and organisations set up in order to assist digital businesses, entrepreneurs and makers. Baltic Triangle, Liverpool DoES, Launch22 and Liverpool Science and Innovation Park all provide space for individuals and businesses looking to create and begin new adventures.
Liverpool has seen a rise of 119% in digital companies incorporated between 2010-2013, with almost 10,000 people now employed in digital business in the cluster.
Support:
- Liverpool Baltic Triangle – area for creatives in Liverpool
- Liverpool Santander Incubator
- DOES Liverpool – Co-working space for startups
- Liverpool Vision – The city’s economic development company which integrates economic development, business and enterprise support designed to accelerate the city’s growth
- Launch22 – Offer workspace, finance and mentoring
- Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), – covers six local authority areas. Especially focused on developing its “innovation economy”, low carbon solutions and encouraging the influx of tourists
- Liverpool Cotton Exchange – Office space now hosting a large amount of tech companies
Funding:
- Idea Alive accelerator which seeks to support early-stage digital businesses
- Spark Up; funding and mentoring programme supported by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce which intends to create 500 Merseyside “super businesses” over the next five years
- Merseyside Special Investment Fund – Offers support and funding to local small and medium sized enterprises
Studio Mashbo is a digital development agency that focuses on online problem-solving for businesses. It enables users to streamline web applications and make mobile & tablet websites more responsive.
LivingLens turns users’ video content into a searchable knowledge base. It takes the user’s video content and enables them to search speech within the videos.
Ripstone Publishing is an independent games publisher specialising in digital distribution. Ripstone is best known for games such as Pure Chess and Knytt Underground.
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