Momentum: Virgin Startup’s free eight-week accelerator for founders with dyslexia

Momentum is Virgin Startup’s groundbreaking accelerator, created to celebrate and support the unique strengths of entrepreneurs with dyslexia. Research shows that one in three founders are dyslexic, yet tailored support has been rare. Momentum changes that.

Over eight themed weeks, founders will join evening workshops and practical drop-ins designed with dyslexic learning styles in mind. The curriculum covers business modelling, financial planning, sales and marketing on a budget, experimentation, customer connection, funding fit and storytelling with impact.

Each founder will be matched with a dedicated mentor trained in neuroinclusion, providing weekly one-to-one support to apply learnings directly to their business. Participants will also gain access to Virgin Startup’s 2,000-plus strong founder community and a dedicated dyslexic thinking hub.

The programme is free to join and open to UK-based founders with dyslexia from any sector, who have been trading for at least three months and are ambitious to grow.

Programme features:

• Eight themed weeks of live evening workshops and drop-in clinics.
• One-to-one mentoring from neuroinclusion-trained experts.
• Practical tools to strengthen business models, finances and sales strategies.
• A peer-to-peer community of ambitious founders.
• Designed for dyslexic thinkers, with accessible, visual-first resources.

Backed by Richard Branson and delivered by Virgin Startup in partnership with Made By Dyslexia, Momentum shines a national spotlight on dyslexic thinking as an entrepreneurial superpower.

Eligibility requirements

You identify as dyslexic or believe you may have Dyslexic Thinking traits.

You’re a founder running a UK-based business.

Your business has been trading for at least three months.

You have clear ambition to grow.