Entrepreneurial Spark

What they do

Entrepreneurial Spark® is a business accelerator, Hatchery, where start-up and early stage businesses are hot-housed, nurtured and enabled in an intensive 5 month business accelerator programme. They offer start-up support, business mentoring, workshops, office space, IT and facilities all completely free in a collaborative environment for like minded entrepreneurs to test their ideas, network and ideally grow. Packed in to a structured 5 month programme designed to develop entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours, they welcome applicants from idea, early stage businesses and to those who have been trading up to 5 years and/or have a £1 million turnover. Located across 3 Hatcheries in Glasgow, Edinburgh and West Coast, their vision is to create a business start-up renaissance in and from Scotland.

What they look for

Rather than focusing soley on growing businesses, Entrepreneurial Spark believes that lasting success comes from developing the mindset and behaviours of the people behind them. Their approach is simple: build great people, who build great businesses.

Stage

Ideation, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

AI, Climate, Deeptech, Fintech, Food and agriculture, Healthcare, Media, Other

Based

Glasgow, GB