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United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh
Mentions in press and media 17
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| Sep 4, 2025 | AccelerateHER Relaunches Scheme to Back Scots Female Founders | AccelerateHER and its sister organisation, the all-female angel syndicate Investing Women Angels, have announced the return of the Women to Women (W2W) programme following a successful pilot late last year. Applications are being encouraged... |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Under New Management Women navigating leadership and change in an industry still marked by inequality and tradition. | Tech leadership used to be a boys' club with a secret handshake - an exclusive ritual women weren't part of. Now, women are in the room, sealing deals and closing million-pound rounds with a different kind of grip. Leaders like Lisa Miles-H... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Fifth Cohort Sign to Ana Stewart’s Pathways Pledge Initiative | A fifth cohort has signed up to Ana Stewart’s Pathways Pledge initiative, with the University of Edinburgh, BGF, Connect Three, Geovation Scotland, Mint Ventures, and Firstport now taking part—totalling 32 Pledge partners to date. Pledges i... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Showcase of Female Entrepreneurial Talent Comes to Glasgow | Glasgow’s Social Hub is getting set to welcome the movers and shakers of Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem in a spectacular display of founding talent at the AccelerateHER Showcase, later this month. Taking place from 12.30 – 4.30pm on W... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Scots Female Founders to Take Centre Stage at AccelerateHER Showcase | Some of Scotland’s most innovative female-led businesses will take centre stage at Dundee’s V&A Museum later this week at an event hosted by AccelerateHER. The AccelerateHER Showcase, taking place this Thursday (14 March) will feature 1... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | AccelerateHER Research Shows Mixed Picture for Female Founders | The survey, which involved 316 female founders from all four nations of the UK, showed that 92% believed their business proposition had growth potential. Further, more than half (52.1%) of those polled are currently focused on scaling their... |
| Feb 15, 2024 | New Female Founders Accelerator Launches With 100 Tech Firms | The programme is being delivered by Scotland-based AccelerateHER, the female founders network whose aim is to amplify the work of entrepreneurial women, in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs and with funding from the Department for Scienc... |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Four Female Founders Honoured in AccelerateHER Awards | Four female company founders have been recognised for their innovative businesses as winners of the AccelerateHER Awards 2023. The winners, from the awards’ four specific categories of Technology, Environment, Culture, and Health, were unve... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | January 2023 | Welcome to the January 2023 edition of the DIGIT Movers and Shakers column. This month features another bumper crop of Scottish awards, relocation, partnership, and recruitment news. Here’s all the latest news in one place. Recruitment Mico... |
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FAQ about AccelerateHER
What has the press written about AccelerateHER?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning AccelerateHER, among them “AccelerateHER Relaunches Scheme to Back Scots Female Founders” (Sep 4, 2025) and “Under New Management Women navigating leadership and change in an industry still marked by inequality and tradition.” (Aug 5, 2025).
Is AccelerateHER still active?
Yes, AccelerateHER is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 26, 2026.