Incubators
6 programmes. Of these, 1 says it takes no equity, and 1 has applications open.
Twelve-week venture development programme at Cambridge Judge Business School for early-stage and research-based ventures, with a dedicated coach, mentors and regular KPI reviews.
Funding not published · equity not published
Climate venture builder that brings together people without a startup to find co-founders and build climate-tech companies, with programmes in Cambridge and Berlin plus an accelerator for pre-seed startups.
Funding not published · equity not published
Three-month equity-free accelerator for Imperial College London student, researcher and recent-graduate teams, ending in a grand final with a £100,000 prize fund.
Funding not published · equity-free
Enterprise partnership of six UK research universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey) running business incubation centres across the south of England and Wales.
Funding not published · equity not published
Scottish Government startup programme delivered by CodeBase, with hubs from Inverness to the Borders, a hybrid 10-week accelerator called Catalyst and a self-paced online course. Free to join.
Funding not published · equity not published
London venture builder backing founders who start Science-for-Impact ventures in the UK, with a pre-seed investment of up to £250k and hands-on support across team, IP and fundraising for the first two years.
Funding not published · equity not published
We list 6 programmes: Accelerate Cambridge, Carbon13, Imperial Venture Catalyst Challenge, SETsquared, Techscaler and Zinc. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
1 of the 6 says it takes no equity: Imperial Venture Catalyst Challenge. 5 do not publish their equity terms.
Applications are open for Accelerate Cambridge (closes 15 January 2027). The deadlines page lists every date we track.
Cambridge (2) and London (2). Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
Send us your dates and terms and we will publish them with a link to your own pages.