Delivering growth at scale is at the heart of Innovate UK’s emerging strategy for business innovation in the UK. Innovate UK EDGE is a key enabler of this strategic priority and through the Scaleup Programme, helps the highest potential businesses realise their ambitions.
Scaleups have a disproportionately large economic impact: They bring solutions to market, create highly skilled jobs, drive up productivity and maintain UK competitiveness. It is incumbent on us as the UK’s innovation agency to develop businesses that grow through innovation and can go on to do so at a meaningful scale.
Following an initial call with a Scaleup Director to discuss your strategic growth plans and the Programme’s specific value added support, you will be invited and supported to submit an Expression Of Interest (EOI).
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Our expert Delivery Board evaluates all EOIs for eligibility. Those EOIs scoring above set thresholds are collectively considered by the Board for progression to the third selection stage: A site visit by two Scaleup Directors.
During the site visit we will get to know more about your business and start mapping out your scaleup aspirations and challenges in order to compile a detailed report, which will comprise the basis of your final stage selection.
After the visit your Scaleup Directors will present your company, via the detailed report to the rest of the board, who in turn collectively decide if you are to be accepted onto the programme.
If your application is successful, you will be assigned a Scaleup Director to develop and deliver your bespoke support action plan, addressing the challenges and enablers agreed with you at the site visit.
"The Scaleup Programme has been fundamental in getting our heads around what we need to grow our business."
"Aside from capital, our other need is management. This is another aspect where we benefit from being on the Scaleup Programme."
"The Scaleup Programme has given Fast2Fibre a realistic chance to deliver real value to shareholders and to achieve trading objectives."
"The Scaleup Programme has been fundamental in getting our heads around what we need to grow our business."
"Aside from capital, our other need is management. This is another aspect where we benefit from being on the Scaleup Programme."
"The Scaleup Programme has given Fast2Fibre a realistic chance to deliver real value to shareholders and to achieve trading objectives."
"The EEN helped open the doors that we would have found difficult as a small company– and we’ve not had to pay anything for that."
"We are looking to develop global strategic partnerships, and EEN has been able to do that for us."
"Being part of the Scaleup Programme is a great badge of honour."
