We're here to help the brightest and best
We incubate, inspire and educate UK founders, startups and scaleups and help them to succeed and scale.
Programmes
Designed with industry experts to help your business grow. Whether you’re at idea stage, just starting up, growing or scaling, you can join a programme dedicated to support your business.
Connections and networks
We connect founders with expert mentors offering one-to-one sessions, have a UK-wide network of Eagle Labs Ecosystem Managers with specialised local knowledge.
Investor and corporate connectivity
With Barclays Demo Directory we're connecting ambitious businesses seeking growth with investors to find the right businesses for their portfolios. Through Corporate Connections we're helping to facilitate conversations and connections between larger businesses and startups.
Resources
You can access our insights and learning content that’s relevant to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This includes virtual and in-person events, thought leadership reports and our free, online Entrepreneur Academy.
Programmes
Funding Readiness Programme
Applications close - Friday 13 March, 2026
Our 12-week programme that helps demystify the funding journey and provides founders with the skills and knowledge they need to fund their business growth.
Get £400 when you open a Barclays Business Current Account or switch to us
- apply for a Barclays Business Current Account or switch to us by 30 April 2026.
- set up two Direct Debits or move across two active Direct Debits from your old account.
- spend at least £200 on your debit card for three consecutive months.
You’ll need to do this within four months of opening your account. For new business customers only. Terms, conditions and eligibility apply, UK businesses and 18+ only.
Growth tools
Barclays Demo Directory
Raising capital can be hard. It’s not about finding an investor but finding the right investor.
Speaking with founders and investors, we’ve learned raising equity capital can be time consuming and inefficient for all so to support this we have built the Barclays Demo Directory.
Growth tools
Entrepreneur Academy - new module
A free online learning platform with content built to give you the skills, knowledge and expertise to launch and grow your business.
Check out our new module 'The Business Case for Sustainability'.
Learning and insights
Get the latest learning, insights, reports and podcasts from Eagle Labs
Video
Founders in focus: zally
Discover how behavioural AI startup zally is exploring new approaches to digital trust and human-centred security and how support from Eagle Labs has helped their journey.
Video
Founders in focus: Trybe
Hear how important a community has been in helping build Trybe, an app connecting parents and caregivers of children, and how Founder Nyah Neil is navigating the different stages of a startup business.
Podcast
A look back: a decade of UK innovation
This special episode of the Disruptive podcast celebrates a decade of UK innovation by reflecting on the evolution of the ecosystem since Eagle Labs’ launch. It’s hosted by Amanda Allan and features guests Jonny Clark, CEO of Capital Enterprise, and Tim Brownstone, founder of KYMIRA and Eagle Labs Innovation Award winner.
45 minute listen