The community-funded cyber cluster for the West Midlands
We bring together cyber businesses, practitioners, universities, investors, buyers, public bodies and community groups, to make the West Midlands cyber economy more connected, more visible and better able to support companies from startup through to scale.
cyber organisations identified
micro-enterprises
small businesses
medium-sized organisations
large organisations
with external equity investment
Source: Cyber in the West Midlands regional strategic review. Figures describe organisations identified through regional mapping, not Cluster membership. Last updated 27 August 2026.
Three routes into the Cluster, depending on what you are trying to do.
For cyber businesses
Peer support, commercial validation, procurement readiness and scale-up help, from first customer to nationally significant business.
For buyers and industry
Find regional cyber capability, shape supplier readiness, and put real industrial problems in front of companies that can solve them.
For investors
Regional deal flow, co-investment relationships and curated founder introductions in a region with 147 cyber organisations and five equity-backed firms.
Starting and scaling a cyber business is difficult. Founders need more than occasional events or short-term programmes. They need trusted introductions, customers, procurement opportunities, experienced mentors, talented people, access to capital and a community that understands what it takes to grow.
The West Midlands Cyber Cluster has been created by people who have faced those challenges themselves. The region does not lack cyber activity; the challenge is fragmentation. Businesses can form and participate, but too few progress into nationally significant scale-ups.
Mentors, peer networks, procurement opportunities, investment pathways and practical growth support.
Structured opportunities for regional cyber businesses to meet CISOs, industrial buyers and supply-chain leaders.
Helping investors understand regional capability, and giving founders access to appropriate capital.
Connecting universities, colleges, students, career changers and employers through placements and skills initiatives.
Giving the West Midlands cyber sector a stronger collective identity and greater national visibility.
Supporting trusted regional capability that helps businesses and supply chains become more resilient.
The Cluster is supported by the organisations and people that participate in it. Income is reinvested into activity that benefits the wider community: founder support, skills pathways, regional promotion, events, market access and investment readiness.
We work with government, public bodies and institutional partners, but we are not dependent on a single controlling institution.
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A regional calendar bringing together events from the Cluster, the Hub, community groups, universities and partners. Hub-delivered events are labelled as such.
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Contributing to a shared regional effort to help businesses grow, create jobs, improve resilience and strengthen the West Midlands cyber identity.