Product Growth Programme
Applications closed
Accelerating founding teams from MVP to product-market fit
Product Growth Programme powered by Barclays Eagle Labs funded by UK Government
Our Product Growth Programme supports startups with innovative digital products and technologies in their pursuit of product-market fit. It’s delivered online and teaches you how to secure funding runway, access high growth target markets, and build a team to accelerate development.
Who’s it for?
Our Product Growth Programme is designed to support 25 innovative founding teams in their journey to build high potential product-led businesses.
To benefit from the programme your business will likely;
- Be a digital or technology based startup that has been in operation for up to two years
- Be product-led, and your product(s) should be at working MVP stage with proven traction, through a small number of paying customers or signed POC, but not yet achieved significant growth
- Be a founding team of up to 6
- Have not raised more than £500,000.
We are especially interested in hearing from startups whose digital products might bring:
- Good health and wellbeing for people and communities of all ages
- Sustainable innovation across sectors, such as food, energy, retail, production and infrastructure
- Social impact to society, systems and workplaces.
We welcome applications from people and teams of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences.
How is the programme delivered?
The Product Growth Programme is a three-month online accelerator with a mixture of live sessions and on-demand content you can complete in your own time. The programme concludes with an in-person showcase day, connecting startups with experts, industry contacts and investors.
Successful applicants will gain access to:
- Fortnightly expert workshops with take-away tasks covering the fundamentals of building a product-led business
- One-to-one mentoring sessions with business growth experts
- Pitch masterclasses and practice sessions to improve sales pitches and investment readiness
- Networking and support-sharing with 25 like-minded, high-potential startups.
Why join?
With support from best-in-class speakers, mentors and course materials, our Product Growth Programme aims to help you accelerate from MVP to ready-to-scale.
By the end of the programme, you’ll have identified high-growth target markets, solidified your go-to-market (GTM) strategy and developed a commercial plan to scale your business.
If you’re selected to be part of the programme, the equity or intellectual property of your product remains with you throughout.
Applications open
12 August 2024
Applications close
7 October 2024
Successful applicant(s) notified
w/c 14 October 2024
Programme Live
w/c 11 November 2024
In-person showcase event
w/c 3 March 2025
About Plexal
Plexal is the innovation company solving society's challenges through collaboration with government, startups and industry. The business is closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity.
Their network extends across the UK and they have offices across London, Cheltenham and Manchester. Plexal want to reflect this reach on the programme and hear from innovators around the country.
Testimonials
Hear what some of our programme alumni had to say about their experience at the end of programme pitch battle.