West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme
- Is creativity at the heart of your business? Design, fashion, architecture, film, broadcast, createch, gaming, immersive, publishing, music, theatre, art, heritage, craft or media?
- Are you based in West Yorkshire Combined Authority area?
- Do you need help building your confidence as a founder to make decisions on investment, IP, business structures and growth plans?
Get Investment Ready
Get Investment Ready is designed to support creative businesses like yours. The programme will help you to develop the skills to secure investment so that you can achieve your ambitions for company growth. It is tailored to the needs of different creative disciplines, their respective markets, governance and distribution models.
Stage 1 – application deadline 7th May
Stage 1 has been designed for businesses that want to grow and explore commercial investment pathways. Over six months, you will be placed in a cohort of businesses with access to: a course of workshops designed to unlock your commercial capacity and describe routes to investment and growth; two one-to-one mentoring sessions to define and refine your business ambitions; access to the Ethical Equity Simulator – a unique piece of software that enables users to learn about the different types of investment from a practical point of view. Stage 1 closes with a diagnostic session with investment mentors to help you plan the next steps on your investment journey.
Stage 2 –We are currently assessing applicants for Stage 2 participation – to be considered for Stage 2 please complete your EOI as soon as possible, the final deadline for Stage 2 full applications is 9am on 22nd April.
Stage 2 is an intensive investment readiness programme for businesses that are ambitious to secure commercial investment. Over nine months, you will receive: on-going one-to-one mentoring to address your challenges and craft a bespoke nine-month journey for your business; a course of workshops covering business foundations and sector-specific challenges; opportunities to meet and pitch to investors.
Stage 1 – application deadline 7th May
Stage 1 has been designed for businesses that want to grow and explore commercial investment pathways. Over six months, you will be placed in a cohort of businesses with access to: a course of workshops designed to unlock your commercial capacity and describe routes to investment and growth; two one-to-one mentoring sessions to define and refine your business ambitions; access to the Ethical Equity Simulator – a unique piece of software that enables users to learn about the different types of investment from a practical point of view. Stage 1 closes with a diagnostic session with investment mentors to help you plan the next steps on your investment journey.
Stage 2 –We are currently assessing applicants for Stage 2 participation – to be considered for Stage 2 please complete your EOI as soon as possible, the final deadline for Stage 2 full applications is 9am on 22nd April.
Stage 2 is an intensive investment readiness programme for businesses that are ambitious to secure commercial investment. Over nine months, you will receive: on-going one-to-one mentoring to address your challenges and craft a bespoke nine-month journey for your business; a course of workshops covering business foundations and sector-specific challenges; opportunities to meet and pitch to investors.