Compete in our Startup Race and Win a

£100,000 Investment Opportunity!

Fed up of business plan or pitching competitions?

You will need to have achieved £5,000 Annual Reccuring Revenue to qualify to enter the £100,000 Startup Race

If you have not yet achieved £5,000 Annual Reccuring Revenue, our Startup Race Preparation Programme can help you to do so.

Please click here to find out more

Who is the £100,000 Startup Race for?

Competitive Entrepreneurs who want to raise investment
Angel and VC Investors who want to find startups to support
Entrepreneurs who are generating £5,000 Annual Recurring Revenue (MRR)
Members of The Startup Race's Virtual International Accelerator

Why should you take part in the £100,000 Startup Race?

Win a £100,000 Investment Deal
Gain massive publicity
Gain interest of observing Investors ii you are a Runner Up
Be motivated by other competitors to achieve more than you would on your own
Track your weekly position on our League table
Learn how to optimise your marketing and sales processes
Increase the value of your Startup by 10X
Save time, money and energy building a successful startup
It rewards the behaviour Investors want to encourage, Entrepreneurs making money

Take part in the £100,000 Startup Race and Increase Your Chances of Winning the 2026 £1 Million Startup Race!

Why should you trust the Startup Race team?

Our motivation

The Startup Race's goal is to help Entrepreneurs build scalable startups around the world. This is because it believes entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful forces for good.

Our congruence

The Startup Race was conceived and founded by Entrepreneurs and Investors with over 25 years experience of starting businesses around the world.

James Shoemark is a Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He has been mentoring Entrepreneurs since 2010.

Daniel Drummond is currently working in restructuring and insolvency after completing his ACA within Deloitte private markets audit, with the aim of increasing his financial literacy and gain exposure to different business models. He obtained a First in Economics from Heriot Watt University.

Michael Clouser is a Serial Entrepreneur and former Venture Capitalist at Cornell University. Mike was also with the Edinburgh-Stanford Link and co-founded the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club). He also organized and coordinated the Scotland-Silicon Valley Link.

Our Capabilities

James Shoemark and Michael Clouser are Level 2 Certified - LeanStack Coaches.

The Startup Race has developed a world-class system that enables a startup to set and achieve it's Pirate Metrics of Acquisition, Activation, Revenue, Retention and Referral.

The Startup Race team has coached and mentored over 1,000 Entrepreneurs in how to start a business quickly and easily, mistakes to avoid so they do not become one of the 95% that fail, and how to be one of the 1% of Entrepreneurs that successful raise investment.

Our Results

The Startup Race has run over 140 events for Entrepreneurs and Investors since 2014

It ran it's first growth-hacking Startup Race in 2020, just before Covid-19.

It started it's Virtual International Accelerator during Lockdown in June 2020. After over 1,000 applications, it supported 76 Startups in getting established in the UK.

The winner and runner-up of the 2023 £10,000 Startup Race were female members of it's Virtual International Accelerator programme; and were from India and Mexico respectively.

The Startup Race has invested in seven UK startups