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82startup funding programmes in United Kingdom

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GrantOpen now

£5,000–£20,000 (70% grant rate, 30% match funding required)

Regional government · Northern Ireland

LoanOpen now

£1,000–£100,000

Regional government · Wales

Equity investmentOpen now

Pre-seed £100,000 to 350,000; seed £250,000 to 500,000; Series A £500,000 to 3 million

Regional government · Wales

Tax credit or reliefOpen now

Up to £10 million a year and £24 million in the company's lifetime for knowledge-intensive companies (£5 million and £12 million for others)

National government · Nationwide

Equity investmentOpen now

Up to $250K per formed company ($125K post-money SAFE for 8% equity, plus an optional further $125K uncapped MFN SAFE if the team relocates to San Francisco/incorporates as a Delaware C-corp); up to $5M in follow-on funding through future rounds; separate equity-free $10K Fellowship grant also offered for pre-team applicants

Venture fund · Nationwide

Support, no moneyOpen now

Regional government · Northern Ireland

Government-backed loanOpen now

£25,001 - £2,000,000 for term loans/overdrafts (min £1,000 for asset finance/invoice finance/asset-based lending); £25,001 - £1,000,000 for NI Protocol businesses

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

£10,000 to 25,000

Public agency · Scotland

GrantOpen now

£2,000 to 10,000

Public agency · Scotland

GrantOpen now

Grant up to £75,000 (Opportunity Qualification stage) plus up to £400,000 convertible loan note once spun out

Regional government · Scotland

GrantOpen now

Funding for time, materials, overheads and other indirect costs; a recent challenge offered up to £60,000 per project (ex VAT)

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

Grant of £50,000 to 300,000 (feasibility), 100,000 to 1 million (industrial research) or 250,000 to 2 million (experimental development), alongside private investment

National government · Nationwide

LoanOpen now

£100,000 - £5,000,000

National government · Nationwide

Equity investmentOpen now

Up to £10 million of initial capital per company

Venture fund · Nationwide

Equity investmentOpen now

Loans £25k-£100k; debt finance £100k-£2m; equity up to £5m

Regional government · The Midlands

Equity investmentOpen now

Loans £25k-£100k; debt finance £100k-£2m; equity up to £5m

Regional government · North of England

Tax credit or reliefOpen now

10% Corporation Tax rate on profits from patented inventions

National government · Nationwide

Tax credit or reliefOpen now

Merged scheme: 20% expenditure credit on qualifying R&D costs; ERIS: extra 86% deduction plus payable credit worth up to 14.5% of the surrenderable loss

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

£20m call; 3 to 6 Blue Teams at approximately £2.5m to £3.5m each

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

GBP 20 million call; Blue Teams (three to six) of roughly GBP 2.5 to 3.5 million each

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

GBP 49.8 million programme; Track 2 teams GBP 200,000 to 2 million each, Track 3 teams GBP 100,000 to 3 million each

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpen now

£100,000 to £3m per project (Track 2 Tooling £200k to £2m, 4 to 6 teams; Track 3 Fundamental Research £100k to £3m, three Research Centres plus 4 to 12 smaller teams); £49.8m programme

National government · Nationwide

Tax credit or reliefOpen now

Company can raise up to £250,000; investors get 50% Income Tax relief on up to £200,000 a year

National government · Nationwide

AcceleratorOpen now

USD 150,000 in two instalments of USD 75,000, with an additional USD 150,000 warrant to the Academy

Accelerator · Nationwide

Equity investmentOpen now

Invests £100,000 to 300,000 per round for an average 10% to 20% ownership stake

Venture fund · Nationwide

Equity investmentOpen now

Loans £25k-£100k; debt finance £100k-£2m; equity up to £5m

Regional government · South West England

LoanOpen now

£500 - £25,000 per applicant

National government · Nationwide

Support, no moneyOpen now

Regional government · Scotland

Equity investmentOpen now

Match funding up to £350,000 per project (£8m fund, +£3m top-up announced Sept 2025)

Regional government · Wales

LoanOpen now

£25,000–£10,000,000

Regional government · Wales

LoanOpen now

Micro loans £1,000–£50,000; tech-sector equity/loan finance £50,000–£2,000,000

Regional government · Wales

GrantCloses 18 Nov 2026

Total project costs £50,000 to 150,000; grant up to 70% for micro and small businesses

National government · Nationwide

AcceleratorCloses 20 Nov 2026

£25,000 non-dilutive grant plus over £500,000 in partner credits

Accelerator · Northern Ireland

GrantCloses 24 Nov 2026

Up to $34m across two challenges over a flexible time period

Foundation · Nationwide

GrantCloses 25 Nov 2026

Total project costs of 50,000 to 300,000 (feasibility), 100,000 to 1 million (industrial research) or 250,000 to 2 million (experimental development); grant share follows Innovate UK funding rules

National government · Nationwide

Support, no moneyCloses 30 Nov 2026

Public agency · Scotland

GrantCloses 1 Dec 2026

Up to £3M per project (100% funded, excluding VAT) over a maximum of 24 months

Public agency · Nationwide

GrantCloses 1 Dec 2026

Real-World Implementation and Evaluation Fund: 100% funded, up to £3 million over a maximum of 24 months

Public agency · Nationwide

GrantCloses 1 Dec 2026

UK partners' grant request £100,000 to 350,000 per project

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026

Feasibility studies: grant request £70,000 to 500,000; concept development: £500,000 to 4 million

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026

Grant request of 500,000 to 4 million per project, 12 to 36 months; up to 25 million for the whole programme

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026

Grant request of 70,000 to 500,000 per project, 6 to 18 months; up to 25 million for the whole programme

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026

Programme backed by GBP 114 million; Phase 2 module budgets include GBP 18.5m for an ocean observing network, GBP 5 to 7m for interannual-to-decadal forecasting, GBP 3 to 5m for impacts and response and GBP 5.8m for systems integration

National government · Nationwide

AcceleratorCloses 2 Dec 2026

£54,400 per business in Stage 1 (£50,000 claimable grant plus £4,400 in-kind support); up to £11.5 million across both stages

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 8 Dec 2026

Phase 1 grant of £100,000 to 200,000 per consortium; later phases up to about £1 million and £2 million (indicative)

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 5 Jan 2027

Catalyst Stream £150,000 to £2 million per entry; Transform Stream £2 million to £10 million per entry; up to £50 million in total

National government · England and Wales

GrantCloses 13 Jan 2027

Grant request £200,000 to 750,000 per project; up to £1.5 million in total

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 13 Jan 2027

Up to GBP 1.5 million in total; each project requests GBP 200,000 to GBP 750,000

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 13 Jan 2027

Up to GBP 5 million in grant; each project asks for GBP 2.5 million to GBP 5 million (one enterprise in a consortium may not request more than GBP 3 million)

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 20 Jan 2027

Up to £600,000 grant per project for UK partners

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 27 Jan 2027

Grant covers up to 67% of eligible project costs for SMEs and up to 50% for large companies; the business pays the balance

National government · Nationwide

GrantCloses 9 Feb 2027

£250,000 to £400,000 grant per UK partner project; up to £1.5 million in total for the competition

National government · Nationwide

Prize or competitionOpens in rounds

GBP 85,000 in prizes: GBP 50,000 to the overall winner, GBP 10,000 to each of three finalists, GBP 5,000 for the One-to-Watch award, plus an eight-month commercialisation programme

Nonprofit · Nationwide

GrantOpens in rounds

Farming Futures R&D £500K to £6 million; feasibility studies £200K to £500K; small R&D £1 to 3 million

National government · England

GrantOpens in rounds

£5,000 (standard voucher; a higher £10,000 tier also exists)

Regional government · Northern Ireland

GrantOpens in rounds

Up to £100,000 (grant/loan split)

Regional government · Scotland

GrantOpens in rounds

Up to £75,000 (30% grant / 70% loan split)

Regional government · Scotland

Equity investmentOpens in rounds

$220,000 ($200,000 uncapped MFN SAFE + $20,000 Post-Money Convertible Equity Agreement for 5% equity) — standard global Techstars terms since fall 2025 cohorts

Accelerator · Nationwide

GrantOpens in rounds

National government · Nationwide

GrantOpens in rounds

Up to £350,000 per proposal (up to £150,000 for a testing and trialling-only project); projects up to 12 months, or 18 with a testing phase

National government · Nationwide

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