Partners

NatWest

NatWest is a Corporate Sponsor of The Accelerator Academy. NatWest provides a wide range of products and services to personal, business and large corporate and institutional customers. They have teams of locally-based Relationship Managers who provide day to day banking support to small and medium sized businesses. They also benefit from a broad range of specialist teams including Media and Technology, Professionals and Healthcare.

Helping businesses achieve their ambitions is at the very heart of their business proposition and they are committed to providing added value that will benefit all business sizes.

haysmacintyre

haysmacintyre is an award winning, top 20 London firm of Chartered Accountants and tax advisers.  They have an excellent reputation for advising entrepreneurs and their businesses from start-up through to exit.  Meet their Team or call them today on 020 7969 5669 with your query or to request an initial exploratory meeting with one of their advisers.

White Horse Capital LLP

White Horse Capital & Consultancy has developed and funded the launch of the Accelerator Academy and is leading the Accelerator Fund initiative.

White Horse Capital works with high growth Technology, Media/ Marketing, & Telecoms (TMT) businesses to build revenues, profitability, equity value and shareholder returns.

Mayor of London

City Hall and the office of the Mayor of London have been supportive of the Accelerator Academy since its inception.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said:
“The Accelerator Academy represents exactly the type of investment in London’s future businesses that will secure our position as Europe’s digital capital. Using the nous of seasoned entrepreneurs to mentor those in the very early stages, alongside much needed access to investment, the Academy will give entrepreneurs a real leg up in a tough economic climate, helping to create London’s future jobs.”

eTeamTool

eTeamTool was developed by Manchester Business School to create a better understanding of how to form and develop a successful high growth startup team. It is used as the Applicant Assessment process for the Accelerator Academy.

FreeAgent

FreeAgent is an online accounting application used by thousands of start-ups, freelancers and small businesses around the world. It was voted Best Small Business Accounting Application in the 2010 Software Satisfaction Awards, and FreeAgent were voted Vendor of the year in 2011.

It lets businesses send invoices and estimates, track time and expenses, analyse bank statements and build real-time accounts, all done simply with no confusing accounting jargon. It’s completely web-based so there’s nothing to download, or install, and you can access it wherever there’s an internet connection and it improves your workflow with easy-to-use tools, and avoids the complexity of most accounts systems.

FreeAgent are the Accelerator Academy’s recommended book keeping software provider.

Nabarro Lawyers

An early supporter of the Accelerator Academy, Nabarro LLP is an energetic and ambitious law firm with over 550 lawyers delivering advice across the full range of commercial legal disciplines. Their clients range from individual entrepreneurs launching their first venture to FTSE 100 companies.

Their Entrepreneurs and SMEs practice is well-established. They have been closely involved with investors and start-up businesses for many years and understand the needs of the entrepreneur community, so no matter how complex the situation, they offer plain, unequivocal advice, not pages of jargon.

Xcite Digital

Xcite Digital Design Build and Market websites for fast growing businesses trying to keep hold of their brand and maintain the relationship with their customers. They have produced the Accelerator website.

They have consistently achieved high growth and now produce digital campaigns to a wide range of FTSE 100 clients

“What we do well for any client is deliver their brand consistently to their customer base and we help clients engage with their customers more effectively.” Robert Walker – Managing Director

Wirehive

Wirehive are specialists in providing tailored solutions for agencies and other businesses requiring robust and foolproof hosting and operating environments for their own and customers’ websites. They are hosting the Academy site.

Enterprise Nation

Enterprise Nation is focussed on helping people start a business and grow a successful venture. Through their website and books, events and fund, they help individuals start and grow businesses. They have been supportive of the Accelerator Academy since its inception.

Punch Communications

Supporting the Accelerator Academy with PR activity is Punch Communications who have an integrated approach to PR, search and social media.

Since it was founded in 2003, Punch has evolved from its roots as a PR agency to integrate PR, Search and Social media activities for clients in Europe, the US and elsewhere around the globe, managing their reputations both on and offline. The team manages global social media and SEO activities for brands such as Sony Ericsson, creating and managing social media activities which have seen this brand rise to become the most engaged, globally, to be using Facebook, as of September 2011 (AllFacebook).

Communication Partners

Communication Partners UK is a marketing communications agency created by an experienced team focussed on delivering profit improvement for their clients.

CPUK is coordinating the marketing and advertising activity for the Accelerator Academy.

StartUp Britain

StartUp Britain is a campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, launched in 2011. Designed to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK, it has the full backing of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and HM Government.

This is a response from the private sector to the Government’s call for an ‘enterprise-led’ recovery.

Well Connect

Well Connect provide strategic business development services with emphasis placed on in-person and online interaction to generate valuable connections for their clients. Their core services include:

Visual strategic planning – held in their unique creative space and facilitated by an experienced business development professional, these sessions form a creative template for their clients’ business development activities.

Connection building – Well Connect represent their clients online and in-person at networking gathering and events to generate valuable connections in line with their clients’ business development strategy.

UCL

UCL (University College London) is London’s leading multidisciplinary university, with 8000 staff and 22000 students. The Accelerator Academy is working with the Faculty of Engineering Sciences & Enterprise and the Management Science & Innovation Department. UCL are working with the Accelerator Academy to support Entrepreneur Attraction.

Fresh Business Thinking LIVE!

Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! is the annual event for entrepreneurs and decision makers looking to grow and improve their businesses. It brings together more than 40 expert speakers, 2,000 business decision makers and over 60 exhibitors in one place on one day – a great day for learning, networking and reaching new customers. Attendance is free for Accelerator Academy participants.

Capital Enterprise

Capital Enterprise is the membership organisation for providers of business advice, training and resources to new entrepreneurs and small businesses in London. The Accelerator Academy is part of Capital Enterprise’s London Accelerator Programmme.

BCS

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT champions the global IT profession and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession for the benefit of all. They have partnered with the Accelerator Academy to support Entrepreneur Attraction.

London Business Angels

London Business Angels (LBA) is one of Europe’s leading Angel Investment Networks. LBA connect innovating fast growth technology companies to equity finance through their membership of experienced angel investors. LBA are participating in the Accelerator Academy’s investor presentations.

London & Partners

The official promotional agency for London attracting and delivering value to businesses, students and visitors.

Angel Capital Group

Angel Capital Group creates high value businesses by identifying the right opportunities and combining these with knowledge, capital and expertise. ACG are participating in the Accelerator Academy’s investor presentations.

Angel News

AngelNews is the leading European news service for the investment market, especially for business angels, investors and the companies they back. They report on over 1,800 fast growing businesses, and every day break exciting news about the great companies of tomorrow. Angel News are participating in the Accelerator Academy’s investor presentations.

All About Brands

All About Brands plc is an international diversified communications group, working across the communications and business strategy arena, building, creating and support brands around the world.

They have partnered with the Accelerator Academy syllabus to support Entrepreneur Training on branding and marketing communications.

The Entrepreneurs Club

The Entrepreneurs Club London is a free quarterly networking event for over 200 entrepreneurs, co-founded by Academy Mentor, Spencer Gallagher. They have partnered with the Accelerator Academy to support Entrepreneur Attraction.

The Sandpit

The Sandpit is an entrepreneurial organisation dedicated to finding, developing and launching the best technologies within the sales and marketing arena.

As an innovation and investment business, we’re constantly on the look-out for new and exciting products to take to market. We currently offer two cutting-edge technologies – one designed to generate a return on social media, and the other to simply and effectively improve your website’s performance on search engine results pages.