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Idea validation, systematically
Prove the problem, the customer and the opportunity before you build.
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Companies built by Techcelerate members
All companies →Current members (11)
Alumni (33)
What comes next
Accelerators get you started. We help you keep going.
Accelerators are a great launchpad, and many of our members have been through one or attend one alongside Techcelerate. We add what comes next: long-term support from tech founders who have done it before, helping you win customers, grow revenue and build the traction that de-risks your company for investors.
Best together: many members join Techcelerate during or after an accelerator.
In members’ words
Meet the membersWhat tech founders get from Techcelerate.
Collaborators, honest advice and a room of people working through the same challenges. Some members have been with us for over 15 years.
“Techcelerate has become one of the meetups I look forward to each month in Manchester. It’s a relaxed, welcoming room full of technical founders and engineers who are building something of their own, so the conversations are always easy and useful. It’s a great way to swap ideas, compare notes and meet people working through the same startup challenges.”
Jon TwiggePotentialisation · View profile →“Over 15 years, I have been introduced to many collaborators and fellow technology founders and professionals through my association with Techcelerate. Manoj has instigated a community of like minded souls here in the Northern Capital that was sorely needed. The value has been created, preventing founders such as myself feeling alone in the region.”
Eric MasabaTexxi · View profile →“Manoj has the innate ability to cut through the noise and get the core of the problem when it comes to starting or scaling a tech business.”
Ram RaghavanCompaira · View profile →“Techcelerate has been an invaluable guide – helping me to benefit from the experience and knowledge of others.”
Russell GrovesTraining Sensei · View profile →From idea to exit
Six stages of a tech startup that Techcelerate supports.
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Systematic idea validation
Prove the problem, the customer and the opportunity before you build.
Read the guide →2
Product development
Ship the smallest product that solves the validated problem.
Read the guide →3
GTM
Take the product to market and win your first paying customers.
Read the guide →4
Growth
Build a repeatable sales engine and the team to run it.
Read the guide →5
Scaling, including M&A
Management team, systems, new markets and acquisitions.
Read the guide →6
Exit or IPO
Build a company a buyer wants, or the public markets will back.
Read the guide →Our members
Tech founders building real companies.
Robert Wakeling
Simphonic (formerly Wadaro)
Susan Davies
Wavebox
Rhys Jones
AxonZeta
Paul Rawlings
The Next Level
Jon Twigge
Potentialisation
Eric Masaba
Texxi
Russell Groves
Training Sensei
Martin Ayrton
Voodooh
Russell Mills
Stealth startup
Andrew Threlfall
Wefen · Malinko (exited)
Andy Hibbert
Super Reel Travel
Dr Martin Caton
Low Carbon Electric
Execution Sprints
Focused sprints for every stage of your tech startup.
Member sprints on the biggest challenges at each stage, worked through together with tech founders and specialists who have done it before.
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Product development and iteration
Ship, learn and improve in short, focused cycles.
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Brand building and demand generation
Become known to the customers who need you.
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Sales, customer acquisition and conversion
Turn interest into paying customers, repeatably.
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Revenue metrics and growth channels
Know your numbers and double down on what works.
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Multi-product development
Grow revenue per customer with your next product.
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Geographical expansion
Take what works into new markets, one at a time.
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Growth through acquisitions
Buy customers, products or teams to grow faster.
Talent · SkilledUp Life
How it happens →Validate, build and grow with skilled volunteers.
Techcelerate members can resource every stage with SkilledUp Life’s 69,500 skilled volunteers from 158 countries. All remote, exclusively for tech companies.
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Validate
A team of up to 15
Research the market, interview potential customers and test demand.
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Build
A product team of up to 25
Design, build and test your product in weekly releases.
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Go to market
Up to 100 volunteers
Marketing, sales and customer success, focused on the numbers that matter.
Alumni: grown with Techcelerate
All alumni →
Taz AldawoudDoc Abode
Carole HowesChatty Learning
Gareth LangleyPiing
Alexandra MorrisMakeUrMove
Akhlaq ChoudhuryGOGETMEIT
Nick EvansOrigin Matters
Robertas KareckasPrana Tech
Alex AlexandrescuDicey Tech
Phoebe SimpsonTranscribo
Garry PartingtonApadmi
Rob StephensonForm Score
Simon GriceWellwild
Bharat LadDadshed
Ram RaghavanCompaira
Thomas Porteusiatro Partners
Nicolas RabenerFactorResearch
Blal ChoudhryFlight Patrol
Raj MuppalaHaix
Oleg PylypenkoTechcelerate alumni
Sathish KumarQuadance Technologies
Simon GroomMagnifyB
Kevin BorrasTechcelerate alumni
Abrar HussainTechcelerate alumni
Gareth MoodyTechcelerate alumni
Katie LipsEatiful
Lex BunnetatTrends Sight
Rezaul HoqueTechcelerate alumni
Craig TaylorOrakly
Philip DearsHopsy
Daniel PowerTechcelerate alumni
Dan MossMy Digital
Ant ChisnallDriver Net
Joe PetrieScriverto AI
Fareed PatelHamari
From the blog
Notes on execution and building for customers.
New series
A new series: execution before investment
Manoj restarts the blog with lessons from 20+ years of building tech companies.
Read →Founder storiesHolding the nerve
Robert Wakeling’s 20-year journey building Wadaro.
Read →Techcelerate wayAcquiring users & conversion
Practical steps to win and convert customers.
Read →Partners
Partners who help you execute.
Trusted organisations who work with Techcelerate members, with named people you can talk to.
All partners →
Member perks
Stripe: no fees on your first £15kSeedLegals extended trialsHubSpot & Segment discountsAll perks →Intelligence · Deal Lite
Who is investing in UK tech, and who is buying.
Deal Lite tracks investment and M&A in UK tech companies, so tech founders can see which investors back companies like theirs and who is acquiring. Techcelerate members get a discount.
ÂŁ104bnof investment into UK tech companies tracked
Common questions
Anything else? Get in touch.
Do I need to be raising investment?
No. Our focus is execution and building for customers. When raising investment is the right move, our investor network and Deal Lite can help.
Is Techcelerate an accelerator?
No. We give long-term support rather than a time-boxed, cohort-led programme.
Do you take equity?
No. Membership is a simple subscription.
How do partners and specialists work?
Services from partners and specialists are agreed directly under a commercial agreement.
