MSDUK Accelerator Programme
Product Description:
The MSDUK Accelerator is a 4-month intensive programme aimed at exclusively supporting B2B ethnic minority-owned ventures. Since 2021, we have supported 88 minority founders by educating, challenging, and connecting them with a community of peers and a powerful network of experts, corporates, and advisors.
Corporate mentoring, strategic workshops facilitated by industry experts and supportive EMB community – join the MSDUK Accelerator tribe today! MSDUK Accelerator is a four- month programme designed to help B2B ethnic minority businesses grow. Connections are just as critical as capital. The programme offers holistic support with corporate mentoring, 1-2-1 advice from experts and specialist workshops
Programme Benefits
Practical workshops covering Customer Discovery & Validation, Product Vision/Scaling Services, Growth Marketing, Communication & Sales, and Pitching.
Corporate mentoring delivered by senior professionals from our MSDUK’s network offered to businesses after completing the programme
Connections – with founders, experts, corporate network
1-2-1 business surgeries with experts in residence
1 year Premium MSDUK membership after completing the programme
Opportunity to develop & present a B2B sales pitch to corporate procurement teams
Area of Expertise:
Grow your businesses
Collaborate
Mentoring
Eligibility:
All applicants must meet all criteria listed below:
Your business is a for profit, Business to Business (B2B) enterprise, registered with a national Chamber of Commerce and with the tax authority in your country.
You have already developed a product or prototype that has first users or customers
Your business is physically located in UK, The Netherlands, Germany or France
The minority/ethnic owner(s) of the business excluding white ethnic minority origin must be active in management and daily business operations.
UK applicants also must:
belong to one of the categories below:
Non-white Ethnic minority business: one founder of an ethnic minority origin excluding white ethnic minority origin holding a majority (51% or greater) ownership
Non-white Ethnic minority-controlled business: a business founded with the majority held by a founder of an ethnic minority origin excluding white ethnic minority origin
Non-white Ethnic minority freelancer: a person of an ethnic minority origin excluding white ethnic minority origin
Non-White ethnic minority owner(s) of the business are UK citizens or have an indefinite leave to remain the UK or any other visa that leads to the ILR.
ESDP applicants also must:
belong to one of the categories below:
ethnic minority/migrant sole traders – a person of an ethnic minority origin excluding white ethnic minority origin who is registered as self-employed;
ethnic minority/migrant-owned businesses – in which at least 50% of the shares are owned by people from ethnic minorities excluding white ethnic minority origin, whether they founded the firm, inherited their shares or acquired a majority stake in the firm;
be permanent Resident or a citizen of The Netherlands, Germany or France
Districts:
- Leicester City
- Blaby
- Charnwood
- Oadby and Wigston
- Melton
- Harborough
- Northwest Leicestershire
- Bosworth and Hinckley