EPIC Centre

Name

EPIC Centre

Legal name

EPIC Electronics & Photonics Innovation Centre

Website

https://epic-centre.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paignton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Office and Lab Tenancy: EPIC Centre generates revenue through providing office spaces, fully-equipped labs, and cleanroom facilities to tech businesses on a tenancy or membership basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EPIC Centre provides physical workspace, fully-equipped laboratories, a classified cleanroom, and a £3.5M+ prototyping suite to technology businesses on a tenancy and membership basis. Tenants gain access to advanced manufacturing, testing, and metrology equipment, collaborative community networks through the Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster, and business support services, primarily serving microelectronics, photonics, MedTech, AgriTech, MarineTech, and aerospace companies.

Product overview

EPIC Centre (Electronics and Photonics Innovation Centre) is a purpose-built technology innovation facility located in Torbay, Devon. The centre provides a unified ecosystem of physical infrastructure and technical capabilities, consisting of world-class labs, office spaces, and a classified cleanroom for R&D and product innovation. The Prototyping Suite offers access to over £3.5M worth of technical equipment. The centre also hosts the Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster community and provides podcast studio facilities. Together, these offerings serve companies across Microelectronics, Photonics, MedTech, AgriTech, MarineTech, and Aerospace sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electronics and Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC Centre Facility)

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to £3.5M+ worth of technical equipment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Torbay CouncilcoreOthersEPIC Centre is operated on behalf of Torbay Council. The council provides economic development support and funding for the centre as part of its strategy to develop the local technology ecosystem in Torbay.
• TDA GroupcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTDA Group (Torbay Economic Development Company Limited) operates EPIC Centre on behalf of Torbay Council. TDA Group manages the facility and provides business support services to tenants.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• The Welding Institute (TWI): UK-based R&D and innovation centre for materials joining and engineering technologies. Comparable as a UK membership-funded innovation organisation providing shared technical capability to industrial members.

Direct peers

• Sci-Tech Daresbury: UK science park offering lab and cleanroom space to tech businesses, with a similar model of providing shared advanced equipment to deep-tech tenants in the North of England.
• SETsquared Partnership: Network of university-linked tech business incubators across UK universities (Surrey, Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton). Closely comparable as a deep-tech incubator/tenant ecosystem model.
• Compound Semiconductor Centre: Wales-based innovation centre for compound semiconductors, jointly backed by Cardiff University and IQE. Closely comparable photonics/semiconductor focus and academic/government backing.
• Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult: UK government-established Catapult focused on compound semiconductor applications. Highly comparable to EPIC in mission, government-backed funding model, and deep-tech tenant focus on semiconductors and photonics.
• Innovation Birmingham (Aston University): University-affiliated innovation hub providing workspace, prototyping, and accelerator programmes to tech startups. Comparable incubator/tenancy model with regional scope.
• Harwell Science and Innovation Campus: UK R&D campus hosting deep-tech tenants with cleanroom, advanced instrumentation, and cluster community structure. Directly comparable tenancy-as-a-service model for science-led startups and scale-ups.

Broad incumbents

• Cambridge Science Park: Long-established UK science park offering tenancy to tech and life-sciences companies. Comparable as a broader, more mature incarnation of the science-park tenancy model EPIC operates.
• Bruntwood SciTech (Manchester Science Park): UK science park operator providing lab, office, and cleanroom space to tech and life-sciences businesses. Comparable business model at greater scale and broader sector mix.

Regional players

• PhotonDelta: Netherlands-based photonic innovation ecosystem combining foundry, incubator, and cluster development. Comparable mission in accelerating photonic startups, but operating in a different European geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/epic-torbay

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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