Accelerate Cambridge (Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre)
Accelerate Cambridge
Status not published
Termly intakes aligned to the Cambridge academic year, each with its own application deadline.
GIVES NO STANDARD CASH GRANT AND TAKES NO EQUITY. Accelerate Cambridge provides structured coaching, workspace at the Entrepreneurship Centre, mentoring and investor access across Pre-Accelerate, Accelerate and Scale tracks. Cash for Cambridge founders comes from adjacent routes: the Cambridge Enterprise seed funds, the Cambridge Social Ventures programme and university proof-of-concept funds.
You must co-fund 0%.
Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Cambridge
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Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Termly intakes aligned to the Cambridge academic year, each with its own application deadline.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: any, deeptech, health, social
- Stage: idea stage, pre-seed and seed
- Locally registered entity required
Open to University of Cambridge students, staff, alumni and, for some tracks, local Cambridge-area startups. No equity is taken.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained
Source. https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
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