Find an Incubator or Accelerator
According to Beauhurst, a data provider, there are around 180 incubators and accelerators operating in the UK – both physical and online, some continuous and some selecting one or more cohorts each year. We have selected those with a particular commitment to supporting women-led businesses to reach their potential.
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Baltic Ventures
We are a preseed tech accelerator on a mission to support game changing founders who are building the solutions and businesses of tomorrow. From our hyper local base in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle we accelerate early stage tech businesses with global ambition. We want to create an environment where being based outside of London is no disadvantage to emerging technology companies.
Barclays Eagle Labs
Barclays Eagle Labs is a UK-wide network of physical centres with co-working spaces and workshops, offering links to local and national programmes for business growth. We incubate, inspire and educate UK founders, startups and scaleups and help them to succeed.
CMS equIP Programme for Tech Start-ups
CMS equIP is a three year curated programme for tech start-ups, who pitch to us to join the programme. We currently have 150 start-ups on the programme in the UK, and we have programmes in 30 of our global jurisdictions. equIP members benefit from our legal expertise at a 50% discounted London headline rates
Female Founders – Grow F
This programme helps female-led ventures become investment-ready. Our program unites everything you as a founder need to reach your fundraising goals: deep-dive sessions with industry-leading experts, individual support from experienced mentors and access to Europe’s most successful early stage investors. Plus: access to the constantly growing pan-European Female Founders network.
Female Innovators Lab Fund
The Female Innovators Lab Fund is a US, UK and Europe based studio, dedicated to cultivating entrepreneurial talent in women from all sides of the financial services ecosystem. The Lab’s mission is to identify female founders at the idea stage of their journey and match them with the resources and mentorship required to develop a company and bring it to its first round of fundraising. There is no cohort cycle associated with FIL.
Focused For Business Funding Accelerator
Focused For Business believe equity fundraising should be faster and fairer for all. The Funding Accelerator programme supports startups in raising equity investment in 90 days.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK helps entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing business and management training to high-growth small business owners in the UK.
Grow London Global
Grow London Global is a free 12-month programme for London-based companies that want to expand internationally. Participating businesses should be London-based with at least 10 employees and turnover of at least £1 million.
Hatch and UBS Incubator
Hatch support under-represented entrepreneurs to imagine, launch and grow sustainable and impactful businesses through tailored support, community, and partnerships. The Hatch and UBS Incubator programme offers entrepreneurs the chance to learn business skills and the opportunity to meet other founders.
Help to Grow: Management
Designed and delivered by entrepreneurs and industry experts at world-class business schools, the Help to Grow leadership course provides time away from the challenges of running a business to invest in your leadership, and to learn how to take your business to the next level.
Hive Founders
Hive Founders is a global network and accelerator for women-led companies to help women launch, fund and scale their businesses. We provide training through our 8-week accelerator, advisory services and funding to the top performers of our accelerator through our sister organisation, Womankind Ventures.
Impact Shakers
Impact Shakers is on a mission to build the impact economy through changing how we build businesses, who gets to build them and what we build them for. We provide incubator and accelerator programmes and invest in diverse-led impact startups from across Europe and the UK.
Inclusive Ventures Lab
Launched in 2017, and expanded to include founders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2021, the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab promotes financial inclusion and provides founders of tech and tech-enabled startups with much-needed access to investors, along with the tools, resources and connections they need to grow and thrive.
Launched @ Balderton Capital
This programme is for pre-seed and seed-stage founders working full-time on their startups. Founders can acess free co-working space at Balderton's HQ in Kings Cross, together with access to Balderton's investment team for 1:1 coaching and advice.
NatWest Accelerator
The NatWest Accelerator offers specialist support for high growth businesses, through a UK-wide network of 13 hubs. Entrepreneurs benefit from time with experienced Acceleration Managers, getting them to think differently and challenging them as leaders.
Southwark Pioneers Fund Accelerator
Since 2014 Hatch has supported close to 8,000 entrepreneurs just like you. We can help you develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and network you need to launch, grow and scale your business. Our programmes are designed by founders, for founders: we understand the unique challenges you face and can give you the tools to build a business you love. We’re looking for passionate people who want to build and grow sustainable and impactful businesses. We can break down the barriers to starting and scaling a business, and help you access your entrepreneurial superpowers.
Tech For Good Programme
Our renowned programme gives you the best start to launching your tech for good venture. We offer a £30k investment for 7% equity and three months of intensive learning. The programme is just the beginning of your journey with us.
The 200Bn Club
Bias-busting accelerator for female founders: 200+ VCs, 75% raise $1.7M avg. Support from seed to series A. Join the #200BnClub now!
The Prince’s Trust
With over 30 years of experience in getting young people set up in business, the Prince's Trust offers advice, mentoring and help to access finance.
UBS Project Female Founder
We aim to accelerate female and non-binary founders in their success through a holistic programme of investor readiness training and a global ecosystem of support to build relationships and networks.
UnFound
The UnFound Accelerator is a business support programme for founders at the early stage of setting up their platform co‑op. The Accelerator is open to applications for businesses planning to incorporate in the UK where: Teams applying have two or more members, at least one of whom is resident in the UK.