Top Startup Accelerators, Incubators and VCs in the UK [2023]

Antler UK

London

We identify and invest in exceptional people

Always Open

£120K for 10%

Entrepreneur First - London

London

Find a cofounder at the world’s leading talent investor.

Closed

Entrepreneur First - London AI Find

London

Find a cofounder at the world’s leading talent investor.

Closed

Entrepreneur First - London Find

London

Find a cofounder at the world’s leading talent investor.

Closed

Entrepreneur First - London Web3

London

Find a cofounder at the world’s leading talent investor.

Closed

Wayra Intelligent Mobility

London

We scale your start-up. No one gives you more time and better results

Closed

Wayra London

London

We scale your start-up. No one gives you more time and better results

Closed

Wayra The Health Hub

London

We scale your start-up. No one gives you more time and better results

Closed

Techstars Barclays Accelerator

London

The worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed in 150+ countries

Closed

$120K for 6%

Techstars London Accelerator

London

The worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed in 150+ countries

Closed

£18K

Startupbootcamp

Amsterdam, Milan, and 14 more

A Global Family Of Industry-Focused Startup Accelerators

Open

€15K

Startupbootcamp - FinTech Mumbai Accelerator

Mumbai, Cairo, and 6 more

A Global Family Of Industry-Focused Startup Accelerators

Closed

€15K

EIT Food Accelerator

Lausanne, Bilbao, and 4 more

A multi-location accelerator that will support 50 high-impact food-space startups over a four month program.

Closed

Startup Funding Club

London

We are award-winning early-stage investors looking to invest in disruptive businesses.

Seedcamp

London

Europe’s seed fund - We invest early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology.

Always Open

$25K

Pi Labs

London

Grow your business faster with funding and support from Pi Labs, Europe’s first venture capital firm focused on technology innovations in the real estate sector

Ignite - ATI Boeing Accelerator

London

We help founders build incredible businesses all across the UK

Closed

£100K (uncapped)

Ignite - North East Pre-Accelerator

Newcastle

We help founders build incredible businesses all across the UK

Closed

£10K Convertible Loan (equity free)

Founders Factory

London

Transform your business by joining our 6-month accelerator

Open

£30K for 4-7%

CyLon Lab - London

London

We find, grow and invest in the world’s best emerging cyber businesses

Open

Applied AI - Sector Growth Programme

London

Helping the UK’s Artificial Intelligence scaleups solve real-world problems

$120K for 6%

TechNation Cyber Security Programme

London

Helping the UK’s leading cyber security scaleups to accelerate their growth

$120K for 6%

TechNation FinTech Programme

London

Helping UK fintech companies scale, at home and abroad

Always Open

$120K for 6%

TechNation Founders Network

London

The UK’s leading peer-to-peer support network for entrepreneurs

$120K for 6%

TechNation Future Fifty

London

A powerful network of the UK’s leading late-stage tech companies

Closed

$120K for 6%

TechNation Rising Stars

London

The UK’s most exciting competition for innovative, early-stage tech companies

Closed

$120K for 6%

EMV Capital

London

A London-based award-winning investor focused on B2B companies in the industrial high-tech, energy, circular economy, smart cities and transportation sectors and healthcare

£100K

Collider Accelerator - London

London

Leading the ecosystem for innovation in marketing, commerce and adtech

Closed

£50K for 11%

TechHub London

London

The global community for tech entrepreneurs & startups

No funding

Oxygen Accelerator

London, Birmingham

One of Europe’s most established tech accelerators.

Closed

€21K for 8%

SeedReady - Pre-Accelerator

Empowering every entrepreneur, everywhere.

Open

CAP-AI - Capital Enterprise

London

CAP-AI is London’s first A.I. enabling programme focused on stimulating growth in London’s A.I. cluster.

Blue Lake Accelerator

London, Kyiv

UK based startup Accelerator helping Ukraine's startup talent to go global

Closed

£25K for 5%

Idea London

London

Empowering tech startups to grow faster, stronger, further than they could alone

Hustle Accelerator - Develop

London

Got an idea you want to bring to life? Get it validated and road-tested before launch.

Closed

Hustle Accelerator - Prep

London

Need help getting your product or business to the 'investment-ready' stage?

Closed

(up to) £100M for 35%

Hustle Accelerator - Raise

London

For businesses who are investment-ready and need to source investors to close a round of finance

Always Open

Deep Science Ventures - Identification and Clearance

London

Enable full identification, full clearance

Always Open

£50-500K

Deep Science Ventures - Synthetic Lethality

London

Design the next generation of synthetic lethality

Always Open

£50-500K

Virgin Startup

London

The two-day, pre-accelerator programme for founders looking to scale their start-up.

InnovationRCA

London

The Royal College of Art’s centre for enterprise, entrepreneurship, incubation and business support

6 Degrees Capital

London

Capital with direction

Always Open

€1-5m initial investment + follow on

83North

London

83North is a global venture capital firm with more than $1.8B million under management.

Abingworth

London

Abingworth is an international investment group dedicated to collaborating with life sciences entrepreneurs.

Accelerator Academy

London

Work Remotely with Exited Entrepreneurs as your Mentor for Growth and Investor Readiness at Seed Stage

Closed

Advent Life Sciences

London

Advent Life Sciences is a venture capital firm investing in life sciences businesses.

Albion Capital Group

London

Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.

AlbionVC

London

We support visionary founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. Partners to UK early-stage B2B software and healthcare leaders.

Amadeus Capital Partners

Cambridge

Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.

Anthemis Group

London

Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.

Ascension

London

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.

Atomico

London

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.

BACKED VC

London

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe.

Baillie Gifford

Edinburgh

Baillie Gifford is an independently owned firm that focuses on investment and asset management.

Balderton Capital

London

Balderton Capital is a Early-Stage Venture Capital Investor.

Bethnal Green Ventures

London

Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC

Closed

£30K for 7%

Blue Orchid

Liverpool

Providing market-leading support programmes for business start-ups and growing SMEs, along with bespoke consultancy services across the UK

Business Growth Fund

London

Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.

Cambridge Innovation Capital

Cambridge

CIC backs life sciences and technology companies in Europe’s leading ecosystem, Cambridge. A preferred investor for the university.

CDC Group

London

CDC is the UK's development finance institution.

Charlotte Street Capital

London

Charlotte Street Capital is a Early-Stage Venture Capital Firm.

Concentric

London

Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.

Concept Ventures

London

Concept Ventures is the UK's largest dedicated pre-seed fund, supporting founders changing how we Work, Play and Learn.

Connect Ventures

London

Connect Ventures invests in the best product-led companies in Europe at seed stage. Categories: Consumer, Health, Fintech, SaaS

Crane Venture Partners

London

VC firm investing into seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep tech companies in Europe.

Crowdcube

Exeter

Crowdcube enables individuals to invest in small companies in return for equity or an annual return.

Dawn Capital

London

Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.

Deepbridge Capital

Chester

Deepbridge is a different kind of investment manager.

Eight Roads Ventures

London

Eight Roads Ventures is a global investment firm backed by Fidelity with a presence in China, India, London, Hong Kong, Israel and Japan.

Entrée Capital

London

Entrée Capital is a venture capital firm that funds multi-stage startups and companies all over the world.

Entrepreneur First

London

Entrepreneur First brings ambitious founders together to build globally important technology companies.

Episode 1

London

Episode1 Ventures is a venture capital fund set up to invest in early-stage technology companies based in London, UK.

ETF Partners

London

ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.

Fabric Ventures

London

Fabric Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in scalable decentralized networks.

Fast Forward Pre-Accelerator

London

UK's Leading Pre-Accelerator Programme

Closed

Felix Capital

London

Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.

Flashpoint

London

Flashpoint is an international asset management firm investing in tech businesses.

Force Over Mass Capital

London

Force Over Mass Capital is a London based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments.

Foresight Group

London

Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.

Forward Partners

London

Forward gives founders their best shot at success.

Frontline Ventures

London

Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic

Fuel Ventures

London

Fuel Ventures is a technology fund investing in marketplaces, fintech, platforms, and SaaS companies.

Future Planet Capital

London

Future Planet is an impact-led venture capital firm that invests in technology and life science companies from leading research centres

Geovation

London, England

Geovation is a company that helps entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and projects from their earliest stages.

Google Campus

London, Madrid, and 5 more

Supporting startups everywhere to build something better.

Greyhound Capital

London

Global growth equity investor in technology enabled companies improving daily lives.

Haatch

Stamford

Award-Winning Investors from Pre-Seed to Exit. Investments via Haatch Angel and our SEIS, EIS & Follow On funds from Haatch Ventures.

Hambro Perks Ltd.

London

Hambro Perks is a London-headquartered international investment firm focused on private technology investing.

Hoxton Ventures

London

We back Europe’s best global tech companies, before the rest of the world believes

Hyper Apps

London, England

Hyper is a team of ordinary people that built extraordinary technology businesses and Hyper Accelerate Program.

ImpactBase Incubator

London

An intense 3-month program of business building.

Up to £20K

Initial Capital

London

Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.

Innovate Britain

London

We channel innovation into the UK economy by supporting the world's finest entrepreneurs to build innovative, viable and scalable businesses in the United Kingdom

IP Group

London

IP Group is an IP commercialization company specializing in evolving great ideas into world-changing businesses.

IQ Capital

Cambridge

IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London -based VC firm investing in early-stage deeptech companies.

JamJar Investments

London

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth digital Consumer brand businesses.

Kennet Partners

London

Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to information technology and business services companies.

Kindred Capital

London

Kindred is an early stage venture capital fund based in London that practises equitable venture.

Kingsway Capital

London

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Kreos Capital

London

Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.

Lightrock

London

Lightrock is an investment firm that invests in companies with tech-driven business models.

LocalGlobe

London

LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.

LVP

London

London Venture Partners is a seed fund that focuses on the game ecosystem.

Machine Learning Academy

London

Free program designed to introduce founders, entrepreneurs and startup employees who don’t come from a technical background to the basics of Machine Learning

Manta Ray Ventures

London

Manta Ray Ventures provides flexible and patient capital, leveraging time, resources, and networks to support its portfolio companies.

MDR Lab

London, England

A programme for tech start-ups in the legal space.

Closed

Mercia Asset Management PLC

Henley In Arden

Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional businesses to achieve their growth aspirations.

Mercia Fund Managers

Henley In Arden

Mercia Fund Managers helps to scale innovative businesses across the UK regions by providing debt, equity and growth capital.

MMC Ventures

London

MMC Ventures is an investment firm that invests in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

Mobeus Equity Partners

London

Mobeus Equity Partners is a venture capital that funds U.K.-based SMEs through equity and debt finance.

Molten Ventures

London

Molten Ventures - previously Draper Esprit - is the first European tech-focused VC not tied to

Mosaic Ventures

London

We back founders who are reimagining the world. We invest $1-10m early, in those building daring adventures across Europe.

Mouro Capital

London

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of financial services.

MVM Life Science Partners

London

MVM Life Science Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-up, early stage, mid venture, late venture.

Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator

Start. Scale. Succeed. Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

Always Open

Natwest Entrepreneur Fintech Accelerator

Bristol, Edinburgh, and 2 more

Start. Scale. Succeed. Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

Always Open

Natwest Entrepreneur Pre-Accelerator

Portsmouth

Start. Scale. Succeed. Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

Always Open

Nauta Capital

London

Nauta Capital is a pan-European Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies.

Nesta Ventures

London

Nesta Ventures is a venture capital arm of NESTA specializing in direct and fund of fund investments.

Northstar Ventures

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Northstar Ventures is an early stage VC, working with mission-based founders trying to solve solve societal challenges.

Northzone

London

Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.

Notion Capital

London

Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.

Nova Growth Capital

Liverpool

Nova's deal flow comes exclusively from its Cofoundery, a venture builder that has seen 36.5% growth in its portfolio YoY for 11 years.

Octopus Ventures

London

Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, fintech, deep tech, B2B software and consumer.

One Tech

London

Changing The Face Of Startups. OneTech supports underrepresented tech founders in London.

Closed

Outlier Ventures

London

Web3 Accelerator - HOME OF THE 100x FOUNDER

Oxford Capital Partners

Oxford

Oxford Capital is a technology venture capital investor based in London and Oxford.

Oxford Science Enterprises

Oxford

Oxford Science Enterprises a university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, and deep tech.

Oxford Technology Management

Oxford

Oxford Technology Management specializes in making and managing investments in start-up and early stage technology-based businesses.

Oxford University Innovation

Oxford

Oxford University Innovation manages the university’s technology transfer and consulting activities.

P4 Precision Medicine Accelerator

London

Creating an ecosystem for precision medicine to scale

Par Equity

Edinburgh

Par Equity is a leading, early-stage venture capital firm, investing in innovative, high growth technology companies.

Pario Ventures

London

Pario works with entrepreneurs, CEOs, to identify and implement an exit strategy for the founder or shareholders including investment

Parkwalk Advisors

London

Parkwalk is an investment management firm focused on UK-based technology companies that are spun out of UK university and research centres.

Piton Capital

London

Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Playfair Capital

London

Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund backing founders building technology that changes the way people live and work.

Praetura Ventures

Manchester

Praetura have been supporting SMEs since 2011, raising capital and investing in the early stages of business life cycles.

QVentures

London

QVentures is a Venture Capital firm providing direct investment opportunities and fund management.

Royal Bank of Scotland Accelerator

Edinburgh

Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

Open

Royal Bank of Scotland Fintech Accelerator

Edinburgh

Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

Always Open

Royal Bank of Scotland Pre-Accelerator

Edinburgh

Tailored to empower established businesses looking to grow.

RTP Global

London

RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments.

Samos Investments

London

Samos invests across a range of sectors including consumer internet, digital media, e-commerce, retail, and financial services/technology.

Scottish Equity Partners

Glasgow

Scottish Equity Partners is a technology focused growth equity firm operating across the UK and Europe.

Seedrs

London

Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.

Seraphim Space

London

We support space entrepreneurship from inception to exit. We are the global industry leader.

Smart City Innovation Testbed - UP Ventures

Edinburgh, Manchester, and 1 more

A unique technology accelerator focused on helping people and businesses thrive in a post-pandemic world.

Closed

Smedvig Capital

London

25 years of supporting ambitious founders from Series A to exit.

Spacebit Technologies

London, England

Spacebit is an innovative decentralized space company

Steadview Capital

London

Steadview is a tech-focused investment firm that invests in technology oriented businesses.

We are sustainability veterans. We are successful Entrepreneurs and experienced Venture Capitalists. Leverage our industry networks, experience, and seed capital to get your start-up from idea to exit.

Always Open