Shott Scale Up Accelerator – Applications now open!

The Royal Academy of Engineering Shott Scale Up Accelerator is a twelve-month programme that develops, nurtures and strengthens the leadership capabilities of senior decision-makers in high-growth engineering and tech SMEs to scale their business to the next level.

We support leaders with a unique package of funding and training over twelve months:

• 36-hour growth training programme with a cohort of 15 deep tech leaders
• 1:1 leadership coaching to focus on your development as a leader
• 1:1 business mentoring from our unrivalled network of the UK’s leading engineers in industry, who have founded, scaled and sold successful enterprises many times over
• £10,000 grant to pay for leadership courses anywhere in the world
• Access to our 100+ investor network
• An individual relationship manager to make connections to investors, corporates, experts and the Academy’s network of 1,700+ Fellows
• Lifetime access to our co-working and meeting room spaces in London, Belfast and Glasgow.
• Fully-funded access to Culture+, our equality, diversity and inclusion platform designed to help SMEs develop and sustain an inclusive culture as they scale.
• Lifetime membership of the Enterprise Hub’s exclusive events, connections and mentoring opportunities.

We are looking for:

• senior leaders (e.g., CEO, CTO, CPO)
• in a UK-based engineering or technology SME
• in a high-growth company that has raised at least £1m in equity investment, or turnover in the last financial year (or a combination of both). If operating in MedTech, grants will also count towards total investment raised.

For more details, please see our full eligibility.

We believe in the value of the individual for the success of high growth businesses, and because of this, we invest our time and energy into transforming the personal development of decision-makers of engineering and tech SMEs from across the UK. Together, we’ve supported tech leaders to initiate real business growth, including the creation of more than 1200 jobs, as well as:

£280m grants received

£1.46bn follow-on equity investment raised

We are running info sessions throughout the application window. These are a great chance for you to meet the programme team, hear more details about the programme and benefits, as well as ask any questions you may have Book your seat

If in the meanwhile you have any questions, have a look at our FAQs or reach out to shottscaleup@raeng.org.uk.