AAA Video: Can the north of England create a Silicon Valley?

Video: Can the north of England create a Silicon Valley?

Aerial shot of Manchester
Aerial shot of Manchester

When Duncan Johnson, CEO of Northern Gritstone, started his role a year ago as head of a fund that supports university spinouts and startups in the north of England, he set a goal to create a ‘Silicon Valley of the North’.

He talks to Global Corporate Venturing about its success so far in forming an innovation hub with its partners, the universities of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.

Video by Kim Moore

By Kim Moore

Kim Moore is the editor of Global University Venturing and deputy editor of Global Corporate Venturing and produces video for the website.