Collider13 Announces Brand Partners

Rose Lewis with Manchester startup Moment.Us

Digital companies in the North West are being called on to apply for funding and mentoring through a startup accelerator programme. Collider13, launched by Pembridge Partnership and Creative England and backed by the government’s Regional Growth Fund, aims to partner fledgling companies with established brands.

Brands taking part include Bauer Media, BBC Worldwide, CBS Outdoor, Unilever and William Hill. The programme provides startups with £100,000 funding in a mix of loan and equity, plus access to mentoring for a year, office space and technology testing facilities.

Jim Farmery, Creative England’s director of  investment, said: “Creative England is delighted to launch Collider13 and I’m looking forward again to seeing what fascinating technologies and products we see from the teams that take part this year.

“We are leveraging significant private sector investment of £600,000 against our Regional Growth Fund investment of £400,000, and we also looking to create and safeguard almost 70 jobs.”

Businesses interested in Collider13 can attend an event at TechHub Manchester from 6.30pm on 31 October 2013 or apply on F6S.

Collider13 is Open for Applications!

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know that our startup accelerator Collider12 launched earlier this year to great acclaim. We invested in 9 of England’s best startups and worked with them to develop technologies that helps big brands. Over a 3 month period they were introduced to over 20 brand and marketeers from brands such as Unilever, William, BBC WW and CBS Outdoor. They were also extensively mentored by entrepreneurs who have all been there before, allowing us to help build some solid startups in the ad tech space. The results speak for themselves – already 4 of the 9 have received more investment and 5 of them are negotiating commercial deals with the brands involved.

Now, Collider13 is ready to accelerate more startups with more brands. If you are a talented team with a prototype or product that can help brands, visit our new site and apply on F6S.