Business Design

Giving you hands-on acceleration of your business from idea to launch

We are much more than an accelerator. We help to make your idea a reality. You will have a business partner who is actively involved in every step of the way to ensure the success of your startup.

Digital Design

Bridging the gap between your strategy and delivery

With more than 20 years’ experience in digital design and product development, we can support your startup with the design capabilities and technology expertise needed to launch, scale and manage your product. With Activate, you will have an experienced and reliable technical founder.
Digital Business

We invest in outstanding digital startups and prepare you for further investment

We seek out entrepreneurs with exceptional ideas and only work with the startups that become part of our investment portfolio. We ensure your proposition is investible and demostrate traction in preparation for raising capital with our network of investors.
Event Recap

Consequences London

Catch Euan Semple's keynote speech discussing dealing with complexity in business. Hosted by Activate alongside State Of The Net and T/F/D on 25th May at Shoreditch House.

Our Services

Our services can be accessed individually or as combined packages and a bespoke package will be tailored for each startup based on their needs and vision.
 
1

Value Proposition Design & Validation

Explore the purpose and vision of your business. Create new propositions and validate product-market fit with target users. Define your business strategy for successfully meeting your customer's needs at scale.


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2

Product Design
& Proof of Traction

Take your idea and make it a reality through cycles of design sprints, prototyping, and user testing. Build your team to meet the capability requirements of your business. Create an effective product roadmap to ensure you stay focused on the path to delivery.
3

Product Build
& Go to Market

Bridging the gap between your strategy and delivery. Build and launch your product to market using agile development techniques. Providing the technology expertise to support you with scaling and managing your product.
4

Support for Growth

Covers the full-spectrum of issues that prevent your business from growing naturally. It is a focused commitment to build the strongest, most profitable, version of your business possible.






“This doesn’t feel like a traditional accelerator programme because of its intensity and because it is one-on-one. It has changed the course of our business.”

Gus Booth-Clibborn, Co-Founder & CEO - Tomo

Our Portfolio

We've partnered with ambitious startups and exisitng companies to re-define their digital business strategy, create compelling experiences for their customers, and take their vision to market
 
 
Tomo Managing the habits that keep you healthy
Seed Round£350,000
StatusProduct launched
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Buddyhub Reducing loneliness for older people through social circles
Grants, Investments and Loans£187,950
StatusProduct launched
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isoshealth Combined support of a personalised team of healthcare professionals
RoundFinalising £350,000 Round
StatusProduct launched
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