AccelerateHER Stories

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...

Ethnically diverse mini-liver manufacturer secures £1m in grant funding and investment round

Female-founded Cytochroma to scale up team and facilities to commercialise ethical drug discovery technology Cytochroma, a life sciences company which...

Smash secures Investing Women backing in £500K fundraise to grow content creation platform

SMASH, a disruptive platform which connects film and TV content creators with decision-makers, is on its way to securing up...

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...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: AccelerateHER Awards 2022 in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs

DEADLINE EXTENDED: AccelerateHER Awards in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs are spreading some festive cheer with an extension to our...

Jackie Waring: In conversation with Scottish Business Network

Scott Dalgleish takes over the reins from Fraser Allen in interviewing AccelerateHER and Investing Women Angels CEO Jackie Waring, exploring...

Female founders to attend masterclass with Forbes-listed entrepreneur during Germany trade mission

A group of up and coming Scottish-based, female company founders will attend a market building virtual trade mission across Germany...

Showcase event launches AccelerateHER UK awards

The AccelerateHER awards in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs will launch tomorrow (Thursday) with an online showcase event featuring innovative...

Inspirational female-led awards go UK-wide with support from Barclays Eagle Labs

The AccelerateHER awards in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs are set to go UK-wide this year. Now in their seventh...

Scottish Enterprise partnership to support female business founders achieve global growth

AccelerateHER and Scottish Enterprise are partnering to increase support for female-led companies to maximise their global growth potential. This partnership...

Waring on a ‘major mission’ to lift investment by women

Jackie Waring of Investing Women (IW) is upbeat about the quality of investment opportunities across the Scottish business landscape. Her...

AccelerateHER cohort attend key Healthcare entrepreneurial summit in Berlin

Members of the AccelerateHER network are this week attending the virtual Charité BIH Entrepreneurship Summit and Bionnale 2021 hosted in...

Inspiring female founders on the rise: winners announced for AccelerateHER Awards 2021

Four inspiring and aspirational businesswomen and their companies have shared the spotlight today as winners of the AccelerateHER Awards 2021....

AccelerateHER staging first virtual trade mission for top female founders

Organisers of the AccelerateHER Awards are staging a three day, market building virtual trade mission across Europe next week for...

Aspirational female founders shortlisted as 2021 AccelerateHER Awards finalists

Electrek Explorer founder Elaine Ford named as Rising Star...

AccelerateHER Awards 2021 semi-finalists announced

The AccelerateHER Awards 2021 for female business founders has today announced its semi-finalists....

Barclays Ventures unveils new AccelerateHER partnership

The AccelerateHER programme, run by Scottish based Investing Women, has teamed up with Barclays Ventures to offer specialist mentoring to...