--- title: "20 Startup Accelerators in the UK (Nov 2026): 10 Free" last_updated: "2026-11-05" rows: "20" free_rows: "10" source: "Official registers and each organization's own website" canonical: "https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/accelerators-uk/" --- # 20 startup accelerators in the UK We list 20 startup accelerators in the UK as of November 2026: each was checked on its own website or an official register, and the list was last checked on 5 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are London (8), Cambridge (4) and Liverpool (1). - 20 accelerators - 4 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months - 83 named decision-makers on file ## First 10 of 20 startup accelerators in the UK | Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Insurtech Gateway | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Insurtech, Fintech, AI, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/insurtech-gateway/ | | Start Codon | Accelerator | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed | Biotech, Healthtech, AI | Portfolio news, Nov 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/start-codon/ | | Zinc | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed | Biotech, Healthtech, AI, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Jul 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/zinc/ | | Cambridge Future Tech | Accelerator | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Pre-seed | AI, Media, Industrial Tech, Deep Tech | Portfolio news, Mar 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/cambridge-future-tech/ | | Aer Ventures | Accelerator | United Kingdom | | Climate Tech, Impact | Portfolio news, Nov 2024 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/aer-ventures/ | | Baltic Ventures | Accelerator | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed | Generalist, AI, SaaS, Healthtech | | £2M (own site) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/baltic-ventures/ | | Entrepreneurs First | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed | Future of Work, Generalist, AI, Deep Tech | | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/entrepreneur-first/ | | Founders Factory | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed, Seed | AI, Healthtech, Fintech, Deep Tech | | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/founders-factory/ | | Geovation | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Seed | AI, Govtech, Proptech, Climate Tech | | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/geovation/ | | Techstars London Accelerator | Accelerator | London, United Kingdom | Pre-seed | Fintech, AI, Healthtech, Developer Tools | | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/techstars-london/ | You are seeing 10 of 20. The full list adds 10 more accelerators and 83 named decision-makers. Get all 20 accelerators and 83 named contacts, $49, one-time: https://theinvestordatabase.com/buy/list/accelerators-uk This page: https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/accelerators-uk/ ## Method and limits - Source: No row on this list rests on an SEC filing. All 20 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research. - Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Type: we class every organization on this list as "Accelerator", from its own site or a filing. - Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (50: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), size of the fund on file on a log scale (35) and completeness of the public record (15). It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. - Fill rates: Of 20 rows: stage 16, sector 17, fund size 1, website 20. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 15 rows, firm email on 9, LinkedIn page on 16, check size on 10. ## Questions ### How many startup accelerators in the UK are there? We list 20 as of November 2026. 4 of the 20 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are London (8), Cambridge (4) and Liverpool (1). ### Which sectors do startup accelerators in the UK back most? On this list: AI (12), climate tech (11), healthtech and digital health (9) and fintech (8). Sector is our research and a firm can carry more than one. ### Which startup accelerators in the UK raised a new fund in the last 12 months? None of the 20 has a fund filing dated in the last 12 months on file; 4 have other dated activity in that time (portfolio news), most recently Start Codon (portfolio news, Nov 2026), Insurtech Gateway (portfolio news, Oct 2026) and Zinc (portfolio news, Jul 2026). ### Which stages do startup accelerators in the UK back? Of the 16 with a stage on file, pre-seed (15), seed (12) and Series A (4). A firm can back more than one stage, and 4 rows have no stage on file yet. ### Where does the data on startup accelerators in the UK come from and how often is it updated? All 20 rows were checked on the firm's own website, with official registers and national venture capital association directories as the starting point. Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 5 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year. ### Can I download the list of startup accelerators in the UK as a spreadsheet? Yes. The file holds all 20 rows in Excel and CSV, with 83 named decision-makers and 9 firm emails, for $49 one-time. 10 rows are free on this page.