Accelerate your business in 3 months
Design, develop and pitch your MVP to win a contract of work with Transport for Wales… in 3 months. Join our innovation accelerator programme and scaleup your business.
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2025 Media Cymru and Transport for Wales Challenge Statement
Media Specific Challenges as outlined by Media Cymru (Must be based in Wales for the Media Challenge): • Supporting tourism via the transport network. • Strengthening the use of the Welsh language across the network. • Creating mixed-media experiences to improve commuter journeys. • Promote the brand and/or offering using new forms of media • Attracting people to use the network via new media
Transport Specific Challenges as outlined by Transport for Wales: • Revenue Generation and Cost Efficiency o Identifying new revenue opportunities o Designing cost-effective solutions o Leveraging AI to enhance operations • Modal Shift and Engagement o Encouraging more people to use sustainable transport o Developing an integrated, sustainable transport system • Operational Excellence o Improving rail and bus performance o Enhancing safety for passengers and staff o Strengthening climate resilience |
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How we help your start-up |
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Our previous cohorts |
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Find out more about our alumni and their success. |
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Our latest demo day |
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Watch the video from our latest demo day |
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Why participate? |
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If you have a product or service that can benefit Transport for Wales processes, or improve passenger experience, we’d love to hear from you. |
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Participants will collaborate with mentors across the innovation sector and Transport for Wales. This expertise will help your start up refine and develop a product fit-for-purpose for the rail industry, and then make a pitch to decision makers from Transport for Wales. |
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Successful pitches will be awarded a contract of work, to fund the remainder of the project and produce a product or service that has real world impact across Transport for Wales. |
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Mentoring from industry experts |
Collaboration with TfW and partners |
| Guidance, mentoring and coaching from innovation delivery experts and decision makers. | Access to live data, customer feedback and testing,TfW stakeholders and funding partners. |
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Business growth |
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| The opportunity to win a contract of work and receive funding to launch your product across TfW | Work with us throughout weekly workshops, coaching you from ideation to pitch. |
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Why work with TfW? |
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Be part of a multi-billion pound, growing industry, with a wealth of investment opportunities for innovative projects. Develop technology and innovative solutions that will improve the passenger experience for millions of people and make a real, lasting improvement across Wales. |
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Showcase your product and business to the wider network of partners and stakeholders associated with Transport for Wales. Be part of an industry that will give your start-up the opportunities to be innovative, to grow and to be successful. |
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