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We're super excited at TfWL with all the start-ups we have taking part in cohort 2. Due to COVID restrictions, cohort 2 has not been able to take place from our innovation Lab in Newport. Consequently, cohort 2 has been taking place remotely. We're collaborating with...

We're over way half way through cohort 2 of TfWL. In this time, we've seen 11 brilliant start-ups problem solving challenges that are facing Transport for Wales Rail. Over this 6 week period, start-ups have; Analysed and prioritised challenge areas Identified area's...

Week 4 was dedicated to stakeholder workshops. These workshops allowed start-ups to present, playback and review their progress, ideas and thoughts with their stakeholders. Stakeholders could then provide feedback, plugging in gaps, or validating assumptions that had...

Week 3 saw start-ups on cohort 2 of TfWL take part in a number of design thinking workshops. As well as this, we had guest speakers talk about additional funding and resources available to each start-up. Let's take a closer look at what went down in week 3 of TfWL's...

95% of new products fail. Let that sink in. This is a staggering number. These figures come from the Harvard Business Review. But every single one of these failed products share a few things in common. The reasons for their failure. Joan Schneider from HBR stated that...

This week We launch cohort 2 of our innovation accelerator programme. August 26th we'll be going live with our first ever remote cohort. We're a little bit excited to say the least! Cohort 1 was a great success. We helped accelerate 5 start-ups through to the...

We're excited to announce Pitch Day is underway! And cohort 2 is bigger than ever! As a result of receiving a record breaking 114 applicants, we have spread our pitching process over 2 days. When is pitch day? Pitch day is taking place on Monday 27th and Thursday 30th...

As Wales’ leading rail dedicated innovation programme, the Lab by Transport for Wales accelerator is a great way for start-ups, like you, to grow and get your product to market - fast!  Perhaps you’re a tech start-up...

Monday June 29 saw the first ever VIRTUAL Demo Day of the exciting first cohort of the innovation “Lab” by Transport for Wales (TfW).  Cohort 1 of the 12-week accelerator programme saw eight tech start-up's working with a team of Innovation experts from...