Our Partners

Find out more about the different partners you will have access to, from funding organisations to business mentoring, marketing and more!

Cohort 5 Recruitment Now Open!

Apply Before Midnight June 30th

Apply Now

Transport for Wales was set-up to ‘Keep Wales Moving’ by delivering expert advice, customer-focused services and targeted investment in modern transport infrastructure.

In 2018, Transport for Wales embarked on a 15 year journey – to transform the network across Wales and the border, with new services and rolling stock, innovative solutions, and a massive programme of station investment.

In order to make this journey successful, Transport for Wales Rail understood the important of innovation. They knew they had to improve their existing processes, improve their internal thinking to problem solving and improve the entire Welsh Rail experience.

Lab by Transport for Wales was set up to create, encourage and foster a culture of innovation across Transport for Wales Rail Services.

You can find out more about Transport for Wales Rail here.

Alt Labs are the Innovation Delivery partners of Transport for Wales Rail. Alt Labs are an innovation agency, that helped Transport for Wales Rail conceive, design and develop every aspect of Lab by Transport for Wales.

Supporting and managing TfWL, and working under the Lab banner, Alt Labs are responsible for working with TfWR to identify and prioritise problem areas and challenge statements to tackle through each cohort of the lab. Recruitment of start-ups to the programme and assist TfWR key decision makers in the shortlisting process. Design, development and delivery of the accelerator programme, including additional support for start-ups across their MVP build and pitch process.

Business Wales is a free service that provides impartial, independent support and advice to people starting, running and growing a business in Wales. With regional centres across Wales, they offer a mixture of support ranging from workshops, webinars and individual advice.

We have partnered with Business Wales to deliver guidance and funding opportunities to any of the Welsh based businesses that take part in Lab by Transport for Wales.

You can discover more about Business Wales and their funding opportunities here.