Can Your Startup Help
Tackle Air Pollution?
The Breathable Cities accelerator is dedicated to reducing air pollution in cities by helping early-stage startups get investment and scale their businesses.
Applications are now closed. However, sign up to receive updates, news, and invitations to the programme events.
Air Pollution Has A Profound Impact On Our Health
Did you know that air pollution directly causes between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths in the UK every year, with those living in cities affected the most? This is particularly noticeable in communities that are clinically vulnerable, from minority backgrounds or have lower socio-economic status. We are committed to addressing this issue and improving the health of all people impacted by air pollution.
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Delivered by Growth Studio
Global accelerator experts
We've helped 600+ startups get investment-ready
60+ accelerators delivered globally
We specialise in early-stage tech
Access to a global network of investors and industry
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Sponsored by Impact on Urban Health
Part of Guys & St. Thomas Trust
Specialists in the health effects of air pollution
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Our Programme Pillars
Validation
After completing the programme, you'll have a validated proposition, solution, and business model. How? You'll meet and have access to industry experts, local government, and the investor/startup community. You'll also learn how to test your idea with new customers to make selling easier.
Get To Market
You'll learn how to supercharge your go-to-market strategy by creating more effective marketing strategies and understanding growth marketing principles, lead generation, and automation.
Founder Skills
By Demo Day, you'll be a confident, commercially astute and highly investable business leader. You'll have a business proposition. You'll be pitching professionally, confidently and persuasively, and ready to scale your business
Investment
You'll understand how to navigate the investment process: what you need to do, how to reach investors and pitch to them, and what type of capital to consider.
You'll meet investors throughout the programme and hear from them directly on what to do, not do, and how to make the process easier.
Am I Eligible to Apply?
Your solution improves air quality
You're an early-stage, UK-registered startup
You have initial market/traction
You're raising between £250k and £1m
Register now, and we'll arrange a chat.
Tackling The Key Contributors
We want to find solutions that tackle the biggest contributors to air pollution and clean air inequity in cities. These could include problem areas such as:
Freight
Transport
Indoor Air
Construction
Reducing Pollution At All Stages
We believe that to reduce air pollution, we must find solutions that tackle it on many fronts. We want businesses that:
Contain
particulate matter in place
Stop
air pollution at the root source
Capture
and remove pollutants from the air
Programme Benefits
Validate your solution with industry experts
A 12-week hybrid accelerator programme
Get you and your business investment-ready
£10k to cover expenses
One-to-one mentorship, workshops, and pitch training
Understand how you can scale your business
Got a question?
No matter what your startup does, if you tackle air pollution, we want to hear from you.
Take That Next Step Towards Investment
With the Breathable Cities accelerator, not only is it free to join, but you'll also receive a £10k grant to cover your expenses while on the programme. Plus, with a small cohort of only 8-10 businesses, we provide a personalised approach to the programme tailored to your needs and goals.
Our team will work with you to fine-tune your solution, polish your pitch, expand your network, and prepare you for investment success. Join us and be part of the solution to reduce air pollution in cities while advancing your startup.
"We've been on previous accelerators, but Growth Studio's programme was on another level. It helped us articulate the business, created a strategy for communicating our message, and got us pitch-ready.
Paul and Rayan's knowledge and enthusiasm came through from the first call and throughout the programme, and you genuinely felt like they cared about your business. Our business is a much better place since going on the accelerator, and we're closer to funding than ever before."
Dr. Rod Lane, Zelemiq
Programme Dates
6th April
Application open
19th May
Applications close
12th June
Selection day
26th June
Programme starts
26th September
Demo day
