Manchester Venture Builder: Information Session 📝

​Manchester Venture Builder Programme

​Manchester Venture Builder is a hands-on accelerator designed to help students, graduates, and researchers turn early-stage ideas into validated, market-ready startups.

​Over a structured 12-week of support, founders test assumptions, build MVPs and gain real customer traction. The most promising teams then progress into a selective 8-week extended support phase, receiving deeper 1-2-1 mentoring and preparing to pitch at Demo Day. 

​Participation in our Manchester Venture Builder Programme is based on verified applications to take part in our 2026 cohort apply here. The application deadline is Sunday 1st March 2026.

​Join us in this information session to learn more about Manchester Venture Builder

​📅 Date: Tuesday 17th February, 2-3pm

​📍 Location: Online

​If you have any questions about your idea, the programme or your application, then drop in and have a chat with us!

​Venture Builder 2026 – Key Dates 📅

• ​Applications open: Monday 22nd December 2025 

• ​Applications close: Sunday 1st March 2026 

• ​Interviews: Week commencing 9th March 2026 

• ​Outcome notifications: Tuesday 17th March 2026 

• ​Programme start: Tuesday 24th March 2026 

​More information on the Manchester Venture Builder in our website 🔗