Incubator or accelerator of the year
Incubators and accelerators play a pivotal role in the tech and business eco-system by supporting companies with innovation, funding, and connections into academic environments.
In the last few years there has been a rise in the number of incubators and accelerator programmes, but which ones deserve recognition?
Judges will be looking for:*
- Information about the programme/ incubator and how it started
- Evidence of how you have supported businesses and entrepreneurs
- Details around future for the programme
- Evidence of collaboration with other business networks
- If applicable, figures of amount of funding raised for your cohort of alumni businesses
- Examples of businesses that have ‘graduated’ and become a success
*Your 800 word entry and supporting document(s) should cover these points