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Accelerators

Accelerators, incubators and structured programmes supporting female founders across the UK.

18 published records

AccelerateHER

Edinburgh-based female-founder accelerator provider offering peer and investment-readiness programmes, including delivery of the Barclays Eagle Labs Female Founder Accelerator.

Edinburgh
Technology
Cross-sector
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Accelerator

Cambridge-based sustainability accelerator with a dedicated Women in Sustainability Innovation programme for female founders and innovators.

Cambridge
Climate technology
Sustainability
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CatalyseHer UK

INCO and Visa Foundation-backed accelerator for early-stage women-led UK businesses creating social and environmental impact, with expert guidance, mentoring and cash microgrants.

Social impact
Environmental impact
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Creative Enterprise

Creative UK's screen-sector business-support programme, operating a multi-month Female Founders scale-up programme for women leading screen-based businesses in England.

6 years old
Film
Television
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Creative Enterprise Female Founders

A structured development and investment-readiness programme for female founders and co-founders of UK screen-based narrative businesses, delivered through group learning, coaching, mentoring and networking.

Film
Television
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Enterprise Enfield — Female Founders Accelerator

A North/East London business-support organisation delivering a six-month Female Founders Accelerator with mentoring, advice, seminars and investment exploration for women scaling businesses.

London 41 years old
Business services
Cross-sector
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Female Founders Rise

London-based provider of an eight-week fundraising accelerator for female and non-binary founders of UK-registered businesses seeking investment.

London
Fundraising
Investment readiness
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FFinc

London-based organisation running the Forward Faster Accelerator, a six-month scale-up programme for high-growth female-founded businesses.

London 2 years old
Cross-sector
Technology
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Hatch Enterprise

UK enterprise-support organisation with structured Launchpad, Incubator and Accelerator pathways for underrepresented founders, including dedicated programmes for women and women of colour.

12 years old
Social enterprise
Impact
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Imperial Enterprise Lab — WE Innovate

Imperial College London's women-founder pre-accelerator, now extending nationally through a higher-education partner network; it provides masterclasses, coaching, mentoring, equity-free funding and a demo day.

London 12 years old
Technology
Science
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LSE Generate Female Founders Programme

London School of Economics’ women-focused entrepreneurship programme, built on LSE Generate’s historic female-founder accelerator activity and currently offering founder events, retreats, resources and peer sessions.

London
Social impact
Multi-sector
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NatWest Accelerator

UK-wide entrepreneur accelerator with physical hubs and online support, including a dedicated Female Founders Community and women-founder coworking and connection events.

11 years old
Cross-sector
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Plus X Innovation — CRL Accelerator: Female Founders

A London hardware and physical-product accelerator cohort delivered through Plus X Innovation, providing product-development, prototyping, manufacturing and funding support to female founders.

London
Hardware
Deep tech
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She’s In Business Accelerator

A selective, fully funded UK-delivered accelerator for women-led startups and early-stage ventures, using a live online business-acceleration format.

Multi-sector
Purpose-led business
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STEP — FeMade

A Stirling-based incubator and accelerator organisation delivering FeMade, a funded early-stage programme for women in Scotland to develop business, product and innovation ideas.

Stirling
Innovation
Product development
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UKEF Female Founder Export Accelerator

UK Export Finance’s national export-growth accelerator, delivered with Lifted Ventures, for women-led and women-owned businesses seeking to expand internationally.

Less than 1 year old
Export
International trade
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University of Lincoln Student Enterprise

University of Lincoln entrepreneurship provider that launched a Female Founders Graduate Accelerator to address startup-support and funding barriers for eligible female graduates.

Lincoln 2 years old
Cross-sector
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WE Innovate

Imperial Enterprise Lab’s six-month pre-accelerator for women-led startup teams, combining masterclasses, coaching, mentoring, expert support and an equity-free prize fund.

London 12 years old
Multi-sector
Technology
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