Silicon Catalyst
Ethicronics is a Cohort 3 graduate of the Silicon Catalyst UK (ChipStart) accelerator, which supports ambitious semiconductor and deep-tech start-ups with mentorship, technical expertise and industry connections.
(04/2025 - 03/2026)
British Business Bank
The British Business Bank improves access to finance for innovative UK SMEs through loans, guarantees and investment programmes. Its initiatives help technology companies scale, commercialise research and attract private investment.
(Q4 2025)
NATO DIANA
DASA
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) funds and accelerates innovative technologies that address UK defence and security challenges. Ethicronics was selected for DASA's Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP) to develop hardware assurance technology in partnership with Thales
(05/2024 to 10/2025)
Thales
Thales is a global leader in defence, aerospace and digital security technologies. Through the DASA DTEP programme, Thales is collaborating with Ethicronics to develop trusted hardware authentication solutions for defence supply chains.
(05/2024 to 10/2025)
Panmnesia
Panmnesia develops next-generation memory and interconnect technologies for high-performance AI computing. Panmnesia is partnering with Ethicronics and the University of Oxford under a £2.5M Collaborative Research and Development InnovateUK project Ethicronics lead
(11/2024 - Present)
Judge Business School
Cambridge Judge Business School supports technology entrepreneurship through its innovation ecosystem, commercialisation expertise and enterprise programmes. Ethicronics is an EntrepriseTECH, TECHSTAR and Accelerate alumni
(2021 / 2022)
EPSRC
EPSRC is the UK's main public funder of engineering and physical sciences research. Its investment in semiconductor, cyber security and electronics research underpins many technologies that later become commercial start-ups. Ethicronics comes out of an EPSRC IAA Partnership Award hold at the University of Cambridge (hald industry funded)
(01/2022 - 10/2022)
Innovate UK
Innovate UK provides grant funding and business support to help innovative UK companies develop and commercialise new technologies. Ethicronics has delivered a first small grant and is now lead on a CR&D UK-South Korea programme, funded by Innovate UK
(11/2022 - 08/2023)
(12/2024 - present)
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a world-leading research institution with a thriving innovation ecosystem spanning AI, cyber security and engineering. We are partnering under our CR&D UK South Korea £2.5M program
(12/2024 - present)
NCSC for Startups
The NCSC for Startups programme helps cybersecurity companies refine products, understand customer needs and engage with government and industry. Alumni become part of a trusted network developing technologies that strengthen UK cyber resilience.
(09/2022 - 12/2022)
Fuse Ventures
Ethicronics was accepted to the Fuse Ventures Supply Chain 2026 Dual Use Cohort which is hosted in Bentonville, Arkansas. The program seeks to provide go-to-market strategy, mentorship, and market access.
(05/2026 - 08/2026)