Accelerator Challenge

Address your start-up challenges & accelerate growth with our expert partner-led programmes

Who is this challenge for?

For 3 ambitious start-ups in the UK who share our passion to address the most pressing sustainability challenges, at a global or local level, through innovative and impactful solutions. We’ve run Accelerator Challenges with two different teams of expert partners to date, and hope to add more over time. 

Check out the current Accelerators below for more information and how to apply or register your interest.

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DIF
Challenge

We’ll work with you over 6 months to identify skills gaps which can be filled by the experience and insights from the DIF and Allia teams. At the end of the programme, each participating enterprise will do a short presentation to the team in order to win up to £50k to contribute to identified business goals. We’ll help you set goals and track progress through:

Allia Future Business Centre | Women reviewing Amplify results

“Other mentoring programmes can use up all the pro bono time just getting to know the business, but the DIF programme has so many contact points over a longer time period you can really get into the detail. Our lead mentor has really driven the process and has such a huge amount of experience and personal dedication to our work.”

Greater Change team

BRAN Challenge

The Allia team will work with you over three Phases of the Accelerator Challenge. Participants will advance to successive Phases depending on the suitability of the venture’s idea, stage of growth and alignment with investor criteria. 

Phase 1: Venture Foundations – 4 workshops reviewing, challenging and iterating on your venture’s fundamentals and value proposition. 

Phase 2: Pitch Perfect – 3 workshops refining your pitch for investor presentation, due diligence and engagement. 

Phase 3: Demo Day – Ventures will present to collective of investors with BRAN Investments prepared to invest up to £100k as a result of the demo day. 

Throughout these phases, ventures will receive the following:

Allia strategic partners

Still have questions?

If you’d like more information about the programme please get in touch with the team at hello@futurebusinesscentre.co.uk or sign up to our newsletter to hear about future programmes.

FAQs

We partner with organisations who are passionate about building thriving ecosystems of local entrepreneurs, changemakers, and tech for good founders. Whether your focus is building up small businesses in your home patch or challenging founders to create the next most ground-breaking solution for an issue close to your heart; Allia provides the framework, expertise and experience to help entrepreneurs create jobs, grow their business, and have an impact for good.

Speak with a member of our team and we can create an initiative bespoke to your objectives to build a better future for us all.

DIF Capital Partners are a global independent fund manager who make informed and responsible investments in infrastructure assets and companies that result in attractive returns for their investors, and a positive impact on society. They have expertise and relationships that span an exceptionally broad range of asset types and markets. Through an open and collaborative culture, they share insight, ideas, and inspiration. Around 25 of their most experienced, diverse and engaged team members are ready to support the chosen start-ups, working closely to scale the businesses for success and create a significant positive impact.

BRAN Investments are dedicated to helping passionate people achieve real business success. BRAN are a family of four with 40 years’ experience in business and property: Beena, Ram, Ashish and Nisha Goyal. They are the people behind a leading care home and property investment group.

Once you have completed the application form and we have reviewed your business, we’ll invite shortlisted candidates to an interview. Shortly after your interview, we’ll let you know whether your application has been successful.
We are dedicated to supporting founders and business owners amplify their impact. It’s what we do. Whether it be a local social entrepreneur or the next tech for good solution. Every venture’s work we support, goes towards our sponsors objectives of supporting a specific community or issue. Our partners are keen to see you make a difference in the world and have dedicated their resources to building out the various Allia programmes.

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Other programmes

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