LetterOne commits £1million over two years to support the Centre for Entrepreneurs
by Startacus Admin
LetterOne, the long-term investment group, is committing £1million over two years to support the Centre for Entrepreneurs, a leading UK entrepreneurship foundation which aims to make Britain more entrepreneurial.
The funding will support two important strands of work: reinvigorating CFE’s policy and research work with two significant projects; and fostering the next generation of entrepreneurial talent – a move crucial to the nation’s long-term recovery and growth.
LetterOne views an entrepreneurial mindset as integral to the success of the companies of the future. By identifying and supporting future-focused entrepreneurs, LetterOne seeks to build the next generation of founders.
LetterOne’s support of CFE started in 2017 and will continue to help reinvigorate their policy research, starting with a significant piece mapping the enterprise support organisations in the UK to build a comprehensive picture of the incubators and accelerators in operation. This will help entrepreneurs to find suitable support and enable policymakers to better understand trends and gaps in business support. Significant interest from the entrepreneur ecosystem has already been generated and representatives from BEIS, DCMS, the Scale Up Institute, the British Business Bank, the UK Science Park Association, and Capital Enterprise, among others will join an advisory board to inform the research and create actionable insights. This research is led by Nesta’s former Head of New Technology & Startup Research, Dr Chris Hayley.
The second piece of research planned for 2023 will create the UK’s inaugural annual ‘State of entrepreneurship’ study taking inspiration from the US-based Kauffman Foundation. This will be the first research of this nature conducted in the UK.
LetterOne’s funding will also continue to support the NEF+ flagship programme for first-time founders and emerging leaders in scaleups. This programme was the first of its kind when it launched in 2011 and to-date has supported 350 people who have gone on to found 200+ successful businesses, cumulatively valued at £630m and generating 5,000 jobs.
The programme will foster talent by supporting two cohorts of up to 50 candidates per year, with funding scholarship support for those from non-traditional backgrounds.
Neeta Patel, CEO at the Centre for Entrepreneurs, commented: “Our NEF+ programme is second to none in the entrepreneurial skills space, and this additional funding from LetterOne will enable us to continue to deliver two cohorts each year as well as look at scaling the programme regionally. Our exciting programme of research is much needed by the UK government and the ecosystem players who have actively come forward to participate and support the research. I am sure that in the years to come, these reports will become the ‘go to’ reports both to inform government policy as well as provide valuable information to practitioners.”
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