How CPI uses The Data City to identify companies and support regional innovation
Discover how CPI uses The Data City to identify organisations working in emerging technologies, support innovation programmes, and provide evidence for regional strategy.
Overview
CPI is part of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult network, helping organisations translate early-stage scientific research into commercially viable technologies.
Alex Cole leads the Market Strategy team at CPI. The team analyses emerging technology landscapes, identifies organisations that could benefit from CPI’s expertise, and supports regional and Government partners with evidence to shape innovation strategy.
To identify relevant companies, explore emerging sectors, and support strategic projects, the team uses The Data City platform.
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- Identify companies more effectively
- Support bids & regional strategy
- Strengthen business development
“ The Data City helps us guide and support local government policy. It’s helped us win projects and given us the evidence we need to support bids for regional funding.
The Challenge
CPI works across a range of deep technology areas, including engineering biology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and advanced manufacturing.
Because many of these fields are still emerging, broad sector datasets can make it harder to identify the most relevant organisations and build an accurate picture of activity in niche subsectors.
CPI also works with regional partners and public sector organisations to support innovation strategy. This requires reliable evidence on where companies are located, how sectors are evolving, and which organisations are operating within specific technologies.
The Solution
CPI adopted The Data City platform to identify companies working in specific technologies, sectors, and regions.
The platform helps the team build targeted company lists for outreach and collaboration. For example, CPI uses the platform to identify organisations working in areas such as genomics, proteomics, and liquid biopsy for diagnostics innovation projects.
Machine learning list building is particularly valuable. By providing examples of relevant companies, the platform can identify others operating in the same niche technology areas.
The team also uses regional filters and search tools to understand where innovation activity is concentrated and support regional analysis projects.
“ The Data City team are incredibly collaborative. They don’t just give us the data, they explain exactly why it looks the way it does.
The Results
The Data City has helped CPI identify companies more effectively and strengthen its innovation and business development work.
The platform has supported bids and regional innovation strategy work. It also allows the team to explore emerging technology sectors quickly, and build more targeted lists of relevant organisations.
By providing a clearer view of companies operating in specialised technology areas, The Data City helps CPI connect with the right organisations and support more innovation projects.
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