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Barclays Black Founder Accelerator
May 22 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
This bespoke 12-week programme is designed to help black-led businesses in the UK become investment-ready and scale successfully. With expert-led funding growth workshops, business audits, investor office hours, and tailored investor introductions, founders will gain the tools, knowledge, and connections needed to secure funding and drive sustainable growth.
Barclays have partnered with Foundervine to offer the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator programme, especially designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship and showcase black founder-led businesses. Foundervine is an award-winning social enterprise with a strong track record of helping entrepreneurs from under-represented communities to start their own business.
This programme includes:
- A series of 12 expert-led business strategy masterclasses, focusing on topics such as defining your value proposition, hiring talent, sales strategy, marketing, intellectual property and much more – all designed to set your business on the road to success.
- Mentoring and coaching from world-class scaleup experts.
- Access to business and networking events.
- Dedicated Barclays champions and mentors.
- The opportunity to showcase your business to potential clients and investors at a founder showcase at the end of the programme.