Clwstwr

Name

Clwstwr

Legal name

Clwstwr (A project within Cardiff University)

Website

https://clwstwr.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Industries R&D Funding

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Research Administration & Grants Management Support (Pre/Post-Award, Compliance) (EDAEALAO)

Keywords

• Creative industries funding
• Research development partnership
• Innovation programme Wales
• Media production support
• Immersive technology projects

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Grants and project funding disbursed to creative industries recipients, Personnel costs for programme team and academic contributors, Operations and programme management at Cardiff University, Marketing and communications including events and newsletters, Technology or R&D including website development and digital infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clwstwr was a publicly funded R&D partnership programme that awarded grants to innovation projects in the Welsh creative industries between 2018 and 2023. It funded and supported 118 projects across film, television, technology businesses, and creative organisations, with funding drawn from UKRI/AHRC and the Welsh Government and delivered through Cardiff University's Centre for the Creative Economy in partnership with the University of South Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University. The programme provided grant funding combined with academic research expertise and operated bilingually in English and Welsh.

Product overview

Clwstwr was a Welsh creative industries innovation program (2018-2023) that funded and supported 118 R&D projects in collaboration with Cardiff University, University of South Wales, and Cardiff Metropolitan University. Rather than offering a commercial product, it functioned as an R&D partnership providing funding, research, and development support to creative industries companies in Wales. The program invested in innovation projects across themes including environmental sustainability, equality/diversity/inclusion, international collaboration, and news journalism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clwstwr Innovation Funding Programme Research and development partnership programme that awarded grants to innovation projects in the Welsh creative industries between 2018 and 2023. Funded 118 projects across film, television, technology businesses, and creative organisations, with grants distributed through Expression of Interest and Fullscale Application processes managed within Cardiff University's Centre for the Creative Economy.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than £20 million of additional turnover in the creative industries
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cardiff UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Cardiff University is the lead institution and Data Controller for Clwstwr. The programme was hosted within the Centre for the Creative Economy at Cardiff University from 2018-2023. Cardiff University provided academic expertise and programme management.
• University of South WalescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018University of South Wales was a key academic partner in the Clwstwr programme, contributing research expertise and supporting innovation projects in the Welsh creative industries.
• Cardiff Metropolitan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Cardiff Metropolitan University was an academic partner in the programme, contributing research capacity to Clwstwr's innovation initiatives in the creative industries.
• Creative Industries ClusterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Creative Industries Clusters is the UK-wide programme of which Clwstwr is the Welsh creative cluster, working alongside other regional clusters to drive innovation in the creative industries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Creative Wales (Welsh Government): Welsh Government team delivering creative industries support and funding in Wales. A direct regional counterpart and likely co-funder/follow-on home for any successor to Clwstwr's Welsh creative-industries mandate.
• Creative Cardiff: Cardiff-based creative industries network and advocacy organisation supporting Cardiff's creative economy. Geographic and thematic peer to Clwstwr within the Welsh creative cluster ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• British Film Institute (BFI): Lead body for film in the UK with Lottery and government funding programmes supporting screen-sector innovation and skills. Much larger and broader than Clwstwr but operates overlapping R&D and talent funding in the same Welsh screen ecosystem.
• Nesta: UK innovation foundation that has run programmes funding creative-industries R&D, including the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre. Comparable mission to Clwstwr (funding innovation in the creative economy) but at much larger UK scale.
• Innovate UK: UK's national innovation agency within UKRI, funding business-led R&D across sectors including creative industries. A broader incumbent funder that overlaps with Clwstwr's grant-distribution role but at a UK-wide scale.
• Creative Industries Clusters Programme (UK-wide network): The umbrella AHRC/UKRI programme of which Clwstwr is the Welsh strand. Operates the cross-cluster coordination, funding governance and evaluation framework that all regional clusters including Clwstwr work within.

Direct peers

• Creative Informatics (Edinburgh): Edinburgh-based Creative Industries Cluster Programme funded by AHRC, focused on data-driven innovation in the creative industries. Same AHRC cluster model and governance structure as Clwstwr, making it a close comparable.
• StoryFutures (Royal Holloway, University of London): AHRC-funded StoryFutures cluster programme supporting R&D in narrative entertainment, immersive and screen technologies. Sister cluster within the UK Creative Industries Clusters Programme with a near-identical mandate to Clwstwr.
• Future Screens NI: Northern Ireland's sister Creative Industries Cluster Programme, funded by AHRC/UKRI to support R&D in screen, immersive and creative technologies. Direct structural peer to Clwstwr as one of the UK-wide cluster vehicles.
• Future Fashion Factory (University of Leeds): AHRC-funded Creative Industries Cluster Programme focused on fashion and textile R&D, hosted at the University of Leeds. Operates the same cluster model, funding rounds and academic-led governance as Clwstwr.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clwstwr

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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