Entrepreneurial Spark | Business start-up accelerator designed to assist early stage businesses get to their first birthday

The Entrepreneurial Spark® Accelerator (inspired by MassChallenge)

Entrepreneurial Spark® is a business accelerator – Hatchery – where start-up and early stage businesses are hot-housed, nurtured and enabled in an intensive 5 month business accelerator programme.

We offer start-up support, business mentoring, workshops, office space, IT and facilities all completely free in a collaborative environment for like minded entrepreneurs to test their ideas, network and ideally grow. Packed in to a structured 5 month programme designed to develop entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours, we welcome applicants from idea, early stage businesses and to those who have been trading up to 5 years and/or have a £1 million turnover.

Located across 3 Hatcheries in Glasgow, Edinburgh and West Coast – Our vision is to create a business start-up renaissance in and from Scotland.

Benefits for Startups include:

5-month accelerator programme. Enablement, mentorship, free space, IT, becoming investor ready whether you need investment or not.
Cash up for grabs - Prep for the Scottish EDGE awards and over £40k at Hatchery Hits the Street event
Open to all. Any entrepreneur can enter with any startup (trading max of 5 years and max £1 million turnover), from anywhere, in any industry.
No equity taken. No restrictions applied

To find out more about the benefits click here.

ESpark Mind-sets & Behaviours ESpark - IMPACT REPORT 2012 Meet The ESpark Team

Looking to invest?

With over 120 entrepreneurs across our three Hatcheries covering a range of sectors Entrepreneurial-Spark is a great opportunity to increase your deal flow in lower risk companies.

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