AccelerateHER and Techscaler to deliver Female Founders Hackathon
21st August 2023 – A ‘Female Founder Hackathon’ delivered by AccelerateHER and Techscaler will be taking place in Edinburgh on 5th October, with applications now open. The partnership between AccelerateHER and Techscaler was announced last September, and the October hackathon builds on the success of the first hackathon event in March. The full day event […]
Scotland’s Greatest Business Brains Recognised in The Royal Society of Edinburgh’s 2023 Fellows List
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, has announced its 2023 intake of Fellows, with 91 names from business, science, arts, sports, civil society and academia from Scotland and beyond. The RSE’s current Fellowship of around 1,800 Fellows include some of the greatest thinkers, researchers and practitioners working in or with Scotland today, […]
AccelerateHER and CodeBase invite innovative female founders to hackathon event
As seen in Business Express Tech and business experts from the Scottish startup ecosystem will lend their support to female founders by answering questions and advising on key technology challenges at an event being held in Edinburgh on 2 March. AccelerateHER, an organisation centred on accelerating growth for female founded businesses, will jointly host the […]
AccelerateHER appointed as partner for Barclays Eagle Labs female founder support programme
Scotland-based network group selected to help deliver new UK-wide programme aimed at innovative female business leaders The fully funded programme will be delivered digitally over eight weeks, with applications closing on Friday 6th January Barclays Eagle Labs and AccelerateHER have announced a new partnership aimed at bringing more women into entrepreneurship and levelling the playing […]
Rise Growth Academy has launched
The Rise Growth Academy is now open for applications! This 10-week digital first programme is designed for high growth founders looking to transition from early traction to successful scaling. The Academy’s online modules support founders to work ‘on’ rather than ‘in’ the business, creating robust infrastructure as the business grows. Apply today! This programme will […]
New online initiative to widen support for female founders
AccelerateHER and Scottish Enterprise have teamed up to launch a new online training initiative designed to support the growing number of female business founders in Scotland. Using the Thinkific platform, AccelerateHER will now deliver its series of finance workshops as pre-recorded sessions so that female founders can learn at a time that suits them. The […]
Thought Leadership piece from CGI’s Lyndsey Teaz
The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow was billed as the world’s best last chance to address climate change, saving the planet from a ‘death sentence’ rise in temperatures. There was a mixed reaction to the final agreement reached at the end of the long, hard negotiation process – along with a number of concurrent […]
The Strong Economic Case for Supporting Fintech Women
AccelerateHER COO Elizabeth Pirrie shares her thoughts on why the fintech industry should be doing more to support women. A review of the sector earlier this year by Deloitte showed that UK fintechs were experiencing a phenomenal annualised growth rate of 16 per cent, compared to a 1.3 per cent growth rate across all SMEs. The […]