Program guide
How to apply to Accelerate Cambridge
Twelve-week venture-development programme at Cambridge Judge's Entrepreneurship Centre for founders living, working or studying in Cambridge, with coaching, mentors and workshops toward investment readiness.
Step by step
- Check that you are eligibleThe published rules: Open to founders, students, researchers; For founders living, working or studying in Cambridge.
- Gather the materialsYou will need: Application form answers.
- Write the answersSay what the company does in one plain sentence at the top; if a reviewer can't repeat it, the rest is read less closely.
- Submit on the official pageApply through the official page before 15 January 2027, and keep the confirmation.
- Follow upNote when results are due. If the organiser invites questions, ask once, briefly, after the date has passed.
Timeline
- By 25 December 2026Update deck and numbersRefresh the deck, key metrics and the one-sentence description of the company.
- By 1 January 2027Draft the answersAnswer every question plainly, with numbers you can verify.
- By 8 January 2027Record and reviewRecord the video if one is asked for, and have someone outside the team read the answers.
- By 13 January 2027SubmitSubmit early; some programs review applications as they arrive.
Questions you will meet, answered honestly
Describe what your company does in one sentence.
Who it is for and what it does for them, without adjectives. “Payroll software for restaurants with under 50 staff” beats “a revolutionary platform”.
Why now, and why your team?
Point to something that changed (a regulation, a technology, a cost) and to what each founder has done that fits the problem. Don't claim expertise you can't show.
What reviewers of accelerators look for
- Say what the company does in one plain sentence at the top; if a reviewer can't repeat it, the rest is read less closely.
- Show progress with numbers you can verify (users, revenue, pilots, retention) and when they changed.
- Check the terms first: the equity taken, the amount invested and any relocation requirement are on the program's own page.
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