Launchpad Accelerator: Info Session 26/11

🚀 Launch Bold. Launch Smart. With Launchpad. 🚀

Buckle up — Launchpad 2026 is ready for lift-off!

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of Launchpad 2026 applications - London Business School’s flagship student-led pre-accelerator programme designed to help early-stage founders build bold ventures with real traction.

Launchpad is for student founding teams who are working on a product or startup idea. The programme offers teams hands-on workshops, VC mentorship, and access to an elite entrepreneurial network over an immersive 3-month journey.

🌍 What is Launchpad?

Launchpad helps prospective founders take ideas from concept to launch through:

• 9 interactive workshops led by VCs, operators, and founders, covering topics from building your MVP to pitching to VCs.
• 1-on-1 mentoring with industry experts
• Networking events with investors and entrepreneurs
• Access to the Launchpad Orbit - our growing network of VCs, mentors, and alumni

📈 Lift-Off Metrics

• 300+ applicants each year
• 30 founding teams selected for the cohort, with 10 startup finalists to present at the final Demo Day
• £18K in prize money (3 winners get £10K, £5K, £3K)
• 9 workshops, plus mentorship sessions and extracurriculars such as startup visits
• 2 Demo Days offering exposure to premiere investors and media
  

✨ Why Join?

Past participants have:

• Secured funding from local VCs and angels 💰
• Been invited to (and won!) European startup conferences 🎤
• Gained lifelong access to LBS’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Progressed to the LBS Incubator 🏢

🗓️ Join Us

Date and Time: 26th November 7PM - 8PM
In Person: LT 04, North Building, London Business School
Virtual: Zoom meeting invites will be shared after registration

Applications open after the info session on Wednesday, 26 November - don’t miss your chance to launch your idea into orbit.

Your trajectory starts here.

Dress Casual (jeans ok)