{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62dfcddf4f4d8b00124d226a/6a3ee1b7a3fa97823787b839?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Inside KPMG's Tech Innovator Competition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62dfcddf4f4d8b00124d226a/1782762864286-fdafd238-0b7f-4076-ba2d-1c7e369daf4a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week's show features Salvatore DiMaggio from KPMG, alongside the Tech Innovators East of England’s competition winners Gwen Wyatt Moon (Prospectral) and runner-up Tim Smeda (Hypergen).</p><p><br></p><p>Prospectral is transforming industrial computer vision by bringing material inference to production lines in real-time - they've already secured paid pilots with Rio Tinto and the Singapore government.</p><p><br></p><p>Hypergen is solving a different problem entirely, making micro gas turbines viable for industrial power generation by running them 300-400°C hotter than competitors. </p><p><br></p><p>Both founders credit Cambridge and Cranfield's startup ecosystems with accelerating their learning curves. Key takeaways:</p><ul><li>Accelerators work best for mentorship and training, not just capital</li><li>University connections unlock validation resources (Hypergen used Cranfield's Innovation Voucher to validate their concept)</li><li>The ecosystem is bidirectional - founders benefit from and contribute back to their communities</li></ul><p><br></p><p>What Happens Next</p><ul><li>Prospectral is closing a £3.3M funding round and hiring business development talent who understands camera ecosystems.</li><li>Hypergen is securing corporate manufacturing partnerships to avoid capital-heavy production and hiring electronics engineers before their pilot launch by year-end.</li><li>The competition itself continues to the London final where Gwen will pitch again, and the UK winner advancing to the global KPMG Tech Innovator event in Portugal in November.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Headline sponsor Holden Polestar </p><p>Produced by Cambridge TV</p><p> #CamTechPod</p>","author_name":"James Parton & Faye Holland"}