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Jaymac Solutions £2.2mLand Digital £700kNE Spinout Inspire Fund £22.5mInnovation partnerships £23.7mNorthern scale-up fund £150mAspire Technology Solutions £200m

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Newcastle Quayside. Nine is one of several Tyneside technology businesses on this year’s list. TECHFastest 50

Nine Software Is the Tech Standout in This Year’s Fastest 50

The Newcastle firm ranked 11th with average growth of 45.92%, ahead of every other pure software business on Ward Hadaway’s list.

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Grey Street, Newcastle. Citations.io will keep the city as its base as it grows.FOUNDERSStart-upsNewcastle AI Search Start-Up Citations.io Prepares for Its First Raise16 Oct · NewcastleKeel Square in Sunderland city centre.FOUNDERSCybersecuritySunderland’s OneClickComply Raises £1m to Automate Cyber Compliance25 Sep · SunderlandThe Toffee Factory in Newcastle’s Ouseburn, home to Noggin HQ.FOUNDERSFintechNoggin HQ Raises £2.3m and Becomes an Authorised Credit Reference Agency19 Aug · NewcastleDurham, where Atom Bank was based before moving its headquarters to Newcastle in 2025.FOUNDERSFintechAtom Bank Co-Founder Mark Mullen Steps Down as Chief Executive11 Sep · Newcastle

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14 OctDEALSJaymac Solutions Secures £2.2m From Lloyds to Double Turnover14 OctDEALSSunderland’s OnPath Energy Agrees Sale of Leeds Solar Park to Octopus Trust25 SepBUSINESSPrudhoe’s OpenWorks Engineering Expands to the US After Rapid Growth25 SepDEALSGosforth’s SmartCarbon Acquired by Private Equity Firm TVI Group

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2 OctINNOVATIONFour North East Projects Share £23.7m to Turn Research Into Business25 SepDEALSNewcastle University Spinout Dragonfly Advanced Materials Lands £1m18 SepDEALSMagnitude Biosciences Secures £1.3m to Speed Up Drug Discovery4 SepTECHLockheed Martin Signs Long-Term Research Agreement With Northumbria University

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The Tyne at dusk, with BALTIC and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.ANALYSISFunding£150m Northern Scale-Up Fund: Can the North East Get Its Share?11 Sep · Region-wide

Deals & Funding

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CompanyBaseBacker / dealAmount
Jaymac SolutionsWashingtonLloyds£2.2m
Dragonfly Advanced MaterialsNorthumberlandNorthstar Ventures + Innovate UK£1m
OneClickComplySunderlandNE Accelerate, Venture Sunderland, Northstar EIS£1m
Magnitude BiosciencesSedgefieldNorthstar Ventures, Maven, angels£1.3m
Noggin HQNewcastleBlackfinch Ventures (lead)£2.3m

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