Do you have a bright idea? Does relocating to the UK sounds like your dream? Apply now to the 2014 Sirius Programme for a chance to turn your business idea to a bright reality! The Sirius Programme offers an amazing opportunity for young entrepreneurs from around the world to set up a new business in the UK.
The Sirius Programme provides talent graduate entrepreneurs with an opportunity to win a place at a leading UK accelerator, obtain mentoring, financial support and the possibility of visa endorsement. Enterprises are 100 percent owned by graduate teams, with no equity taken.
Sirius brings together a vibrant mix of creative and innovative start-ups and multi-nationals working together across the UK, including countrywide hubs and hotspots of creativity and innovation. It is designed to create the next generation of successful entrepreneurs and tomorrow’s global businesses.
WORTH
- For each successful applicant:
- Financial support of £12,000, paid out in regular installments
- Graduate entrepreneur’s visa- endorsed by UKTI
- Welcome pack on arrival providing all the basic information that is needed to set up home in the UK
- Introduction to a bank to set-up fast track bank account
- Place on an appropriate accelerator programme (including office space, mentoring and other services).
- Mentor and support
- Networking and support
- Help getting customers
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants must be a team of either 2 or 3 members
- All team members are available to commit full-time to the programme if they are accepted
- No more than 1 team member is a UK citizen
- All team members hold a Bachelor or a higher degree
- No more than 1 team member graduated before 2012
- All team members are co-founders and/or founders.
DEADLINE: 30th June, 2014
To apply and for more information visit here
