Power Up: Application

Power Up programme - Application Form

The ambition to make the UK the best place in the world for ambitious business leaders to scale their business remains even more relevant today. This is why the Business School have gathered their academic and business expertise to create and deliver Power Up!

Created and delivered by academic experts and serial entrepreneurs and investors, this highly experiential 14-day accelerator programme will provide a cohort of up to 20 scaling UK-based tech companies the necessary toolkit to prepare for strong(er) growth in and outside of the UK. The world-class programme consists of a standardised curriculum covering a number of typical themes (leadership, finance, marketing, sales, company culture, strategy etc), supplemented by inspiring talks and workshops, access to carefully selected mentors and more.

Apply to the Power Up! programme today. A member of our team will be in touch with some follow-up questions to determine if this programme is right for you and your company.

1. Qualifying Questions

a. Are you promising scale up?

YesNo

b. Is your scale up registered in the UK?

YesNo

c. Have you secured a minimum of £1 million in seed round(s)?

YesNo

d. Are you currently raising (or have just completed) your Series A funding round?

YesNo

e. Are you looking to significantly increase team size, expand your customer base and expand in the UK and/or abroad?

YesNo

Note: you will only qualify for the programme if you have answered 'yes' to the above 5 qualifying questions. If yes, please move on to section 2. Applicant Profile.

2. Applicant Profile

a. Name of scale up

b. Business address of scale up

c. Scale up registration number

d. Scale up website

e. Number of full-time employees including yourself

f. Funding secured so far

g. Amount and type of funding secured so far (Example: £150,000 family and friends, £150,000 crowdfunding, £300,000 angels, £400,000 VC etc.); please specify

h. Annual turnover

i. Choose your primary sector/industry

FintechInsurtechEdtechHealthtechAIAdtechLegaltechOther (please specify)

Please specify other sector

j. Your full name

k. Your role in the scale up (please note: only founders, CEOs and senior leaders with roles such as CFO, COO are invited to apply)

l. How long have you held this position in the current scale up?

m. Your email address

Please re-confirm your email address

n. Your mobile number

3. Your interest in Power Up!

a. How did you hear about Power Up?

b. Which format are you interested in attending?

I wish to attend the entire programmeI wish to attend part of the programme only

Power Up is intended for scale up entrepreneurs and decision makers looking to scale up their businesses and have secured (or about to secure) their Series A funding round. We highly encourage applicants to attend the entire programme to fully benefit from it and continue their scaling journey successfully.

As a result, we will give priority to those who wish to attend the programme in full.

4. Invoicing

If you are offered a place on the programme, an invoice will be issued once you have accepted our offer.

If you wish this invoice to be addressed and sent to someone other than yourself (e.g. your Finance department, HR manager etc.), please complete the information below. Alternatively, you can pay online in the City, University of London e-store.

Please select your payment method:

Send an invoice to me personally to the email address provided in this applicationSend an invoice to another person as specified below (please provide correct email address)I prefer to pay online using the e-store

Invoicing Details:

For the Attention of	Email
Telephone	Purchase Order No.
Company	Street
VAT number (EU based only)	City
State/Province	Zip/Postcode
Country Notes (discounts, group bookings etc).

5. Terms & Conditions

The Business School, City, University of London Privacy Policy

Your trust is very important to us. This means City is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.

City will collect and process the personal information that you have provided to us about yourself in this form, for the purposes of sending you an acknowledgement email and to notify you if you have moved to the next stage. City is the 'data controller' of this information. The legal basis on which City processes your personal information is public task - City is an educational and research establishment and in particular its educational and research activity is conducted in a public interest (including your interest and the interest of others). City will store and process your personal information for a period deemed reasonable to contact you about the programme that you have expressed your interest in. We will do this securely and will never sell, rent or lease it to third parties who are not directly involved in the delivery of this programme.

If you have any questions about how City handles your personal information, or you wish to find out about your rights, please visit City’s Privacy Policy. You will also be able to find out more information about how City processes your information and how you can contact City’s Data Protection Officer. Where there is inconsistency between those documents and this notice, this notice shall prevail.

If you raise a concern with City about the way it has handled your personal information, you are entitled to lodge a concern with a supervisory authority. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Declaration

I have read and agreed to the conditions indicated in the City, University of London Privacy Policy.

I agree

What happens next?

We will contact you to confirm receipt of your application. Once your application has been reviewed by the selection panel, we will contact you again to confirm if you have been accepted on the programme.

Eligibility

Thank you for your interest in the Power Up programme. Unfortunately, you do not qualify to attend this programme at this time. To qualify, you need to be able to answer 'yes' to all five Qualifying Questions above. If you would like to discuss this outcome further, please contact:

Aurore Hochard, Head of Entrepreneurship Programmes

The Business School (formerly Cass)

Aurore.hochard@city.ac.uk

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