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Every figure on this website, where it comes from and the pages that use it. Each is quoted in one wording, with its period.

How we quote figures

  • Each figure is quoted in the registry’s own wording, with its period or as-at date.
  • CBIT’s figures and Professor Xiao Ma’s career figures are labelled, so the two are never confused.
  • A figure that is not in the registry does not go on the website until it has been added to the registry.

The registry: CBIT figures registry v1.8, 1 October 2026, owned by Professor Xiao Ma, Director, CBIT.

Figures on this website

18 figures appear on the website. Each entry gives the figure in its wording, its period, where it comes from and the pages that use it.

  1. CBIT

    £5.5m+ in public funding secured for research and innovation, with partners

    Period
    since 2022
    Source
    CBIT’s records of the public funding awarded to its projects since 2022. Research projects and grants
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  2. CBIT

    £4m+ of private investment raised by ventures while in the programme

    Period
    since 2022
    Source
    CBIT Venture Builder records of the investment ventures raised while in the programme. Ventures
    Used on

  3. CBIT

    30+ live ventures in the CBIT Venture Builder

    The approved short form of this figure.

    Period
    since 2022
    Source
    CBIT Venture Builder records. Ventures
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  4. CBIT

    30+ corporate partners

    Period
    as at Sep 2026
    Source
    CBIT’s partnership records
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  5. Career and CBIT

    1,600+ entrepreneurs across the CBIT Venture Builder and its WMG Accelerator predecessor

    Period
    career to date
    Source
    CBIT Venture Builder and WMG Accelerator records, across Professor Xiao Ma’s career and CBIT
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  6. CBIT

    7,000+ hours of training delivered across 5 countries

    Period
    since mid-2023
    Source
    CBIT’s training records
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  7. CBIT

    600+ executives trained in AI in 2026, 500+ of them in Thailand

    Period
    2026
    Source
    CBIT’s programme records
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  8. CBIT

    600+ executives trained in AI in 2026

    Period
    2026
    Source
    CBIT’s programme records
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  9. CBIT

    500+ executives trained in Thailand’s national AI programme

    Period
    2026
    Source
    CBIT’s programme records for the Thailand national AI programme, delivered with CMU STeP
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  10. CBIT

    500+ professionals trained in Thailand (MHESI and Chiang Mai University programmes, 2024–2026); 30+ Thai entrepreneurs hosted in the UK under the STEAM Founder programme

    Shown as “500+ professionals trained in Thailand (MHESI and Chiang Mai University programmes, 2024–2026)” and “30+ Thai entrepreneurs hosted in the UK under the STEAM Founder programme”

    Period
    2024–2026
    Source
    CBIT’s records of its programmes in Thailand and in the UK. National AI skills programmes
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  11. CBIT

    BeefTwin £1.2m (Project Lead, Round 1) and EASE £1.2m (Project Co-Lead, Round 2) — the only UK researcher to have won awards in both rounds of UKRI's Cross-Research Council Responsive Mode

    Period
    2025 and 2026
    Source
    UKRI’s awards under its Cross-Research Council Responsive Mode: BeefTwin in Round 1 and EASE in Round 2. EASE is co-led with Dr Iryna Kuksa, NTU School of Art & Design. UKRI’s page on the scheme
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  12. CBIT

    £290K Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership — KTP 10063869, Nottingham Trent University × Elite Capital / BarberBoss

    Period
    2024–2026
    Source
    The record of Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership 10063869. Research projects and grants
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  13. CBIT

    £500K+ of Thai-anchored programme funding

    Period
    2023–2026
    Source
    CBIT’s grant records for its programmes anchored in Thailand
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  14. CBIT

    9 ABS-rated publications across CBIT: 1 × 4* and 8 × 3*

    Period
    CBIT, as at Sep 2026
    Source
    The publications themselves, rated in the Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide. Publications
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  15. CBIT

    60+ keynotes since 2023

    Period
    since 2023
    Source
    CBIT’s record of Professor Xiao Ma’s keynotes. Keynotes and talks
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  16. CBIT

    CBIT Venture Builder — Technology Innovation Champion, 2024

    Shown as “CBIT Venture Builder: Technology Innovation Champion, 2024”

    Period
    2024
    Source
    The Innovation Awards 2024 winners list. Innovation Awards 2024 winners
    Used on

  17. CBIT

    CBIT runs Nottingham Global Entrepreneurship Week — the only GEW activity in the East Midlands — and co-hosts the annual Innovate UK AI for SME Conference

    Period
    annual
    Source
    CBIT’s records, and the conference’s own website. ai4smes.co.uk
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  18. Career

    Over two decades Xiao has steered more than £55m of funded research and innovation, building the teams that delivered it

    Period
    2004–2026
    Source
    Professor Xiao Ma’s career record of funded research and innovation, 2004 to 2026. All grants
    Used on

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