Fair By Design

Wayra UK ‘Fair By Design’ – New Accelerator Tackling ‘poverty premium’

Wayra – a Telefónica backed accelerator network – is launching a new startup accelerator programme ‘Fair By Design’ to solve Britain’s so-called ‘poverty premium’. Wayra Fair By Design aims to support seven tech startups yearly to find solutions to prevent low-income families paying more for services such as energy, insurance, borrowing and transport. The three year accelerator […]

Platform-X

Sir Richard Branson’s Platform-X Accelerator Calls For Startups To Revolutionise Rail Travel

Sir Richard Branson is looking for the top disruptive innovators to help transform the future of the railway with a new accelerator programme – Platform-X. Platform-X is a joint venture between Virgin Trains on the East Coast and Virgin StartUp, which is designed to find the next generation of travel startups who could help revolutionise […]

Female Entrepreneurs

Female Founders – New Accelerator Programme Helping Female Entrepreneurs To Grow & Scale Their Businesses

Newly launched Female Founders accelerator programme aims to help London-based female entrepreneurs boost the UK economy. The four months programme announced its first cohorts of 60 female business owners earlier this month, at a private event hosted by J.P. Morgan. Jointly created by Hatch Enterprise and Enterprise Enfield, the Female Founders initiative was developed as […]

Techstars London

Techstars London Accelerator – Apply To Join The 2017 Cohort

Running a tech startup and looking to tap into London’s ecosystem? Techstars London is now accepting applications for its 2017 accelerator programme.  Techstars is a global ecosystem helping start-up entrepreneurs bring new technologies to market wherever they are based. The Techstars London 2017 accelerator is launching on 17th July with a demo day in October and […]

Cosmetics Tech

The First Five Cosmetics Tech Startups Chosen To Join L’Oréal and Founders Factory New Accelerator

L’Oréal and start-up platform Founders Factory unveils the five cosmetics tech startups joining its new six month accelerator programme. The joint venture aims to nurture innovative digital businesses to connect more to consumer needs. Each year, L’Oréal and Founders Factory would support and scale five early-stage startups and also co-create two new businesses in the cosmetics tech sector. […]

The Future of Finance Challenge

Competition Time: The Future of Finance Challenge

Interested in revolutionising the finance industry with your fintech idea – Apply for ‘The Future of Finance Challenge’. Venturespring, the international venture development studio, joins together with IBM, NatWest, Level39 Innovate Finance and Tech.London to launch ‘The Future of Finance Challenge‘.  The competition is opened to both early and growth stage startups and they are invited to […]

Creative Tech Accelerator

Creative England And Barclays Launch Creative Tech Accelerator – Eagle Lab Flight

‘Eagle Lab Flight’ is a creative tech accelerator launched by Creative England and Barclays to boost growth in the UK’s creative technology sector. The 12-week programme, which includes workshops, masterclasses and mentoring, will help creative tech entrepreneurs to ‘scale-up’ their business. Barclay’s ‘Eagle Lab Flight‘ is looking to invest £25k in eight creative tech and digital companies, with […]

ActiveLab

ActiveLab Accelerator programme chooses 12 startups to innovate the health and fitness sector

ActiveLab – a newly launched accelerator from not-for-profit health body ukactive – has chosen 12 startups to revolutionise the health and physical sector. ActiveLab aims to stimulate scalable health solutions to help overcome the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic, which is costing the government ‘£20bn each year and causing 37,000 deaths’. The 12-week accelerator programme, supported by […]

female entrepreneurs

Launch of AllBright – 1st Funding Platform Aimed At Female Entrepreneurs

AllBright funding platform – ‘first of its kind’ – is aimed at female entrepreneurs to tackle the funding gap between female-led and male-led business in the UK. Founded by Debbie Wosskow, of Love Home Swap, and Anna Jones, CEO Hearst Magazines UK, AllBright will look to discover, fund and support Britain’s ‘best’ female entrepreneurs from start-ups to established […]

Cyber Security

Government partners with Tech Start-ups to launch ‘Cyber Security’ Accelerator

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport partners with Wayra UK and cyber security agency GCHQ to develop a new ‘cyber security’ tech – aimed at protecting the UK from cyber attacks.   The national cyber security programme is part of the government’s £1.9bn plan to help tech startups create the next generation of cyber […]