Tech start up Wakelet moves into Manchester Tech Incubator

Fast growing tech start up Wakelet is moving to a new base in Manchester Science Partnerships’ Tech Incubator. The online content curation firm that has seen 200% year on year growth and has more than a million individual and business users including Harvard University, international sports teams FC Barcelona and Atlanta Hawks, and blue chip companies such as Airbus and Experian.

Wakelet’s new home in the Tech Incubator will see them join a community of fast growing data science and technology innovation startups and have the support of a specialist growth programme including access to funding and finance, talent and leadership services, business mentorship and product development support from MSP and its partner network.

Wakelet will be part of the new Circle Square development at the heart of the Oxford Road Corridor innovation district, next to the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jamil Khalil, CEO and co-founder of Wakelet, said: “In recent months, world-class names such as the Ashmolean Museum, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Minnesota United have joined our platform and we’ve also expanded our team. This rapid expansion meant that we’d outgrown our previous offices.

“We saw how the space and the community had developed at the Tech Incubator since its launch in May, and knew it was the best place for our team to thrive as we enter an exciting phase in our growth journey.”

Chris Oglesby, chairman of Bruntwood SciTech, a joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General Capitas, said: “Wakelet is one of the most exciting tech businesses in the North, with the clear potential to be a global player in online content curation.

“We are delighted to welcome Jamil and the team to the Tech Incubator and look forward to working with them to help them achieve their growth ambitions.

“We are sure they will benefit from being part of the vibrant, collaborative and ambitious community at the Tech Incubator and also from the unique programme of business support it offers.

“Space at the Tech Incubator is filling up fast, reflecting the strength and depth of Manchester’s technology sector, which is great to see.”

Launched in May the Tech Incubator is already supporting start-ups working in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, AR/VR and cyber security.

The aim is to create up to 2,000 jobs for Manchester’s tech sector over the next decade.