Daresbury start-up gets £18k grant

DARESBURY start-up Qualoria has been awarded a £18,878 ‘proof of market’ grant by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

Based at Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, Qualoria specialises in producing software to connect research, development and commercial organisations.

The grant will be used to work with Inventya, a market research consultancy also based at Daresbury, which will carry out the proof of market research.

Phil Holt, founding director of Qualoria, said: “We chose to base our business at Daresbury because of its unique and exciting environment. Multiple opportunities for communication on the campus have manifested themselves through our collaboration with Inventya.

“We are delighted to work with another Campus-based company and are looking forward to co-operation with other businesses, particularly those oriented to life science business.”

The grant is available from the NWDA to help investigate the commercial potential where the technology is at an early stage.

Steven Broomhead, chief executive of the NWDA said: “The proof of market grant will enable businesses to test the commercial potential of commercially viable products, processes or services through market research, testing and analysis.”