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Momentum

Build the company, with a cohort of peers, in six weeks.

Momentum is the full commercialisation arc. Over six weeks, a cohort of validated teams moves from a proven thesis to an investor-ready company, alongside peers who understand the scientific culture you are building from.

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The starting point

For teams who are done deciding, and ready to build.

Building a company from research is lonely, and the usual support either does not understand the science or does not understand the science culture. Momentum gives you the structure of a serious build and the company of people in exactly the same position, so you move faster and make fewer expensive mistakes.

  • Validated teams committed to building a company
  • Spin-outs between incorporation and first raise
  • Researchers stepping into a founder role for the first time
  • Institutional cohorts moving several projects forward together

What happens

Six weeks, week by week.

Each week builds on the last and ends with work that moves the company forward. It finishes with a plan you present, not a certificate you collect.

  1. Week 1FoundationsThe thesis, the team, and the decision to commit
  2. Week 2The customerDeep discovery with the people who will pay
  3. Week 3The modelPricing, route to market, and unit economics
  4. Week 4The planMilestones, capital needs, and what each unlocks
  5. Week 5The raiseNarrative, materials, and the investor conversation
  6. Week 6The launchA reviewed plan, presented to a panel of practitioners

What you leave with

What you leave with.

Not a course you finished. A company that is ready to be funded.

An operating plan

The next eighteen months, with milestones, owners, and the capital each requires.

A funding strategy

Who to approach, for how much, and the evidence that earns the meeting.

An investor narrative

A rehearsed pitch, pressure-tested by people who have written cheques.

A founding team

Clear roles, a working rhythm, and a peer network that outlasts the cohort.

For institutions

Turn a research portfolio into a venture pipeline.

Momentum is how an institution converts validated projects into companies it can be proud to have launched. Run a cohort, and you move several spin-outs forward at once.

  • Runs as a six-week cohort for 10 to 12 of your teams at once
  • Part-time and remote-friendly, so it fits around live research
  • Produces investor-ready companies, not just trained individuals
  • A clear, reportable translation outcome for impact and knowledge exchange
  • Pairs naturally with proof-of-concept and translational funds
  • Led by a founder who has built and raised, with practitioner mentors

We run Momentum cohorts with universities, accelerators, and research funders building venture pipelines at scale.

Pathway

Before and after Momentum.

CatalystValidate before you build.Two days ApexBespoke advisory once you are building.Ongoing AscentDevelop yourself as a leader.Eight weeks

Bring Momentum to your institution.

Tell us about the teams you want to turn into companies, and we will propose a cohort and a flat price.

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