Welcome to Barclays Eagle Labs
On a mission to support the UK’s entrepreneurial community
Who we are
Barclays Eagle Labs are an entrepreneurial network supporting ambitious startups and scaleups. Our mission is to connect the UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through our networks, support and expertise, tailored learning and programmes, to help businesses innovate and grow. We’re here to help you in your growth journey through our virtual support and physical spaces across the UK. Whether you’re at idea stage, starting, growing, or scaling, Barclays Eagle Labs can support.
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Eagle Labs locations
17,221
Business supported
£4.81bn
Lifetime funding raised by members, programme participants and alumni*
Source: Crunchbase
All data correct as of 31 December 2024 unless stated otherwise
How we support
Startups
We provide support to founders at the initial idea stage, starting up your new business and beyond. We can connect you to mentors with a range of knowledge and expertise, offering tailored advice to help you succeed. You can access a variety of learning content, thought leadership reports and join our growth programmes designed to help you accelerate your business.
Our physical coworking spaces, located across the UK, with local Ecosystem Managers bring you a community built to foster innovation and collaboration.
Whether you’re refining your idea or have just become a startup founder we can offer the resources and connections you need.
Scaleups
We specialise in helping scaleup founders take their business to the next level. We provide access to a network of mentors who have the knowledge and expertise to help you grow, tailored growth programmes designed to meet the unique challenges of scaling a business as well as Barclays Demo Directory - connecting founders to investors.
As a scaleup founder you can also benefit from learning content, thought leadership reports and physical coworking spaces across the UK with dedicated Ecosystem Managers designed to promote collaboration.
We offer the tools, guidance, and connections you need to boost your scaling business.
Connecting investors with founders
If you're an investor looking for deal flow, sign up to Barclays Demo Directory to hear from ambitious businesses looking to showcase their business for potential investment.
Corporates
Eagle Labs Corporate Connections brings larger businesses together with startups from our network to help find faster solutions to challenges.
Our Industry Bridge programmes in health, cyber, AI and sustainability let larger businesses and startups share core strategic thinking and best practices to help transform their wider industries.
Local economies
We support tech founders across the UK to connect, innovate and grow in their local ecosystems. Through the UK Governments Digital Growth Grant, awarded to Eagle Labs in 2022, we have amplified our support to include our Ecosystem Partnership Programme offering matched funding to organisations delivering support to founders in their local ecosystems.
Our shared workspaces have onsite Ecosystem Managers who know their local communities and can give more personalised support to those founders that need a space to work and the opportunity to network and create connections.
Our events enable us to deliver content and insights to all founders, no matter where they're based.
Our partners
Eagle Labs are collaborative by nature. We work with a nationwide network of partners who share our vision to help fuel the UK’s entrepreneurial economy.
