Barclays Black Founder Accelerator

This programme is specifically designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship and showcase Black founder-led businesses.

The 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
• 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 demo day at the end of the programme

Masterclasses:

• Defining your value proposition
• Customer discovery
• Identifying your key financial drivers and metrics
• Product development
• Go-to-market strategy (GTM)
• Branding and design
• Marketing for growth
• Advanced social media strategy
• Building a sales strategy
• Hiring good people
• Diversity supply
• Managing cash flow
• Pitching effectively (Part 1 and 2)
• Legal essentials for entrepreneurs
• CMS Q&A
• Raising capital

Applicant criteria

Your business

• Uses digital technology to operate or deliver its value proposition
• Ready to scale:
  • Either seed stage or beyond
  • Received investment
  • Launching your MVP
• A UK-registered business

You/your team

• At least one founder (or C-suite) self-identifies as Black or of Black heritage
• You have proven expertise in your industry
• You are available to attend all the masterclasses over the 12-week period