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Accelerate Cambridge (Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre)

Accelerate Cambridge

Status

Closes in 95 days

Applications close 2027-01-15.

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Amount
Not published

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%.

Funder

Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Cambridge

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Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Termly intakes; Autumn 2026 closed; Spring 2027 programme applications close Friday 15 January 2027.

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Living, working or studying in Cambridge and starting up a business; early-stage founders incl. deep-tech, biotech, medtech and research spin-outs.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/accelerate-cambridge/

"Now accepting applications for the Spring 2027 programme. ... Friday 15 January 2027 (Spring programme) ... Applications for Autumn 2026 are now closed."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk

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