Innovation Programmes
Dedicated programmes designed to help your business grow.
Live programmes
Founder to CEO
Embark on a transformative journey with our first-time 'Founder to CEO' growth programme, meticulously designed to support you on your path to success. This 8-hour innovation programme hones in on essential behaviours and leadership skills needed to excel as a high-performing CEO.
Investment Readiness
Embark on your next funding round with confidence! Our two-day innovation programme equips founders to navigate the challenges of fundraising. Gain a deep understanding of VC expectations, engage with investors strategically, and master the pitch. Elevate your fundraising strategy and position your business for success.
Experts Clinics
Get expert advice at Plus X Innovation. Members can access complimentary 1:1 sessions with vetted experts to focus on growing your business and tackling your bespoke challenges.
Free for members
Leaders Circle
Up to 20 Founders + Leaders from the Plus X Innovation community will join forces to create a powerful peer-to-peer network, provide valuable support to each other and respond to the pressing challenges of business together.
Free for members
CRL Accelerator
The CRL Accelerator offers an unrivalled package of support to hardware startups. Over the course of four months, the intensive and hands-on innovation programme focuses on product and business development. Support includes access to industry-leading mentors and an experienced product development team, alongside introductions to suppliers and manufacturers.
Past programmes
Navigating the Fundraising Landscape Panel
A panel-led discussion on navigating the world of fundraising for ambitious businesses, led by Plus X Innovation’s ecosystem of business growth experts - followed by an evening of networking.
Free for members and co-working week attendees
Circularity Now
Discover the trailblazers shaping a circular future presented by Plus X Innovation and sustainable design pioneers Batch.Works
Free for non-members
Experts Live - Fundraising
Get expert advice in our 1:1 sessions in person at Plus X Innovation in Brighton. Members and anyone joining our free co-working week can access expertise from vetted experts to tackle your bespoke challenge.
Free for members and coworking week attendees
Raising Your First Seed Round
Raising a first seed round is one of the most exciting milestones in the life of a startup. However, this challenge often comes with anxiety, unexpected hurdles and uncertainty. This intensive two-day innovation programme will give you the tools and knowledge to successfully raise your first round of investment.
Sustainable Smart Factory Tech Hack
Spend a day at the Plus X Innovation Central Research Laboratory, imagining new ways of designing products for the next generation of on-demand digital manufacturing technology. Work with experts in circular design and manufacturing to learn how to make products free from the constraints of traditional offshore mass manufacturing.
Sustainable Smart Factory Student Design Challenge
We’re inviting industrial design students from University of Brighton to imagine new ways of designing products for a new generation of on-demand digital manufacturing technology we’re piloting at Plus X Innovation.
Live programmes
Investment Readiness
Embark on your next funding round with confidence! Our two-day innovation programme equips founders to navigate the challenges of fundraising. Gain a deep understanding of VC expectations, engage with investors strategically, and master the pitch. Elevate your fundraising strategy and position your business for success.
CRL Accelerator
The CRL Accelerator offers an unrivalled package of support to hardware startups. Over the course of four months, the intensive and hands-on innovation programme focuses on product and business development. Support includes access to industry-leading mentors and an experienced product development team, alongside introductions to suppliers and manufacturers.
Past progammes
Raising Your First Seed Round
Raising a first seed round is one of the most exciting milestones in the life of a startup. However, this challenge often comes with anxiety, unexpected hurdles and uncertainty. This intensive two-day innovation programme will give you the tools and knowledge to successfully raise your first round of investment.
Sustainable Smart Factory Tech Hack
Spend a day at the Plus X Innovation Central Research Laboratory, imagining new ways of designing products for the next generation of on-demand digital manufacturing technology. Work with experts in circular design and manufacturing to learn how to make products free from the constraints of traditional offshore mass manufacturing.
Looking to fund or sponsor a programme?
If you're representing universities & government looking to accelerate innovation in your community or a business looking to align your brand with the innovators of tomorrow, talk to us today. Our award winning programmes include collaborations with Brunel University, University of Brighton, Innovate UK, The Body Shop, Kimberly-Clark, Pangia, Aesop and many more.
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