Incubator Partners (1)

 

Investment and tailored support for your start-up

Applications are now open until 29th October, 5pm

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Incubator Programme

LYVA Labs incubator provides early-stage Liverpool City Region based businesses in deep tech, health & life science, and clean tech sectors with a tailored support programme, including up to £25K investment on day one, 1:1 commercial mentoring, grant writing support, cohort learning sessions and an investor demo day to help secure follow-on investment.

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Health & Life Science 

All sector applications excluding pharmaceuticals, drugs, alcohol, or consumer health.

Clean Tech 

Clean and green technology products and services that have a positive impact on health outcomes. 

Deep Tech 

Physical science, material science, data science, advanced engineering, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

LYVA Labs Deep-Tech criteria on Artificial Intelligence
  • AI is a core operational engine of the product, not an auxiliary feature.
  • Use proprietary, customer-owned or continually improving datasets that delivers a performance edge over generic models.

We actively exclude:

  • Chat-first products without embedded workflow integration.
  • Thin wrappers around third-party LLM APIs.
  • Prompt-only automation without proprietary system logic. 

Who is this for?

  • Liverpool City Region based start-ups and spin-outs.

  • Sectors in-scope: Health & Life Science, Clean Tech for Health, and Deep Tech.

  • Start-ups developing an innovative product or technology with a commercial opportunity at TRL 2-5 (experimental proof of concept or prototype)

  • The company must be incorporated, have a bank account, and be seeking to raise investment to join the incubator.

What's included

  • Day one initial investment of up to £25K (via an advanced subscription agreement), becoming part of LYVA Labs investment portfolio

  • 1:1 commercial support from LYVA Labs, tailored to your needs and development milestones.

  • A series of educational workshops including peer-to-peer learning on investor readiness, finance, funding, brand, marketing, IP, and people.

  • Connections to mentors, potential NEDs, R&D and industry partners.

  • Support to identify and apply for innovation grant funding.

  • Investment readiness for future equity investment, including business plan development and pitch bootcamps.

  • Demo Day providing the opportunity of follow-on investment from LYVA Labs and co-investors.

  • Access to resources and skills through our talent programme.  

Programme Timeline

Applications are open!

Apply to join the programme from the 1st  October - 29th October 2026. All it takes is completing a short application form that should take around around 10 minutes to complete.

Apply now

Thu 1st October

Q&A Webinar

Mon 19th Oct, 10am - 10.30am

Q&A webinar to learn more about the programme, check your eligibility, understand what to expect, and get answers to any questions you may have.

Missed it? Watch now

Mon 19th October, 10am

Applications Close

Application Close at 5pm on Thursday 29th October. Make sure you don't miss the deadline!

Thu 29th October, 5pm

Interviews with LYVA Labs

Successful applications are invited for an interview with the LYVA Labs team to help us understand more about your innovation and areas of support required. 

Interviews will take place 4th-17th November

4th - 17th November

External Panel

Shortlisting up to 12 businesses who will pitch to an external panel consisting of industry experts and investors. The panel recommend to LYVA Labs who should receive investment and join the programme.

19th Jan 2027

Investments Completed

Successful applicants will receive our Advanced Subscription Agreement and up to £25K investment from LYVA Labs for day one of the programme.

12th March 2027

Incubator Programme

Cohort sessions will start in Mid-March, starting with a deep-dive into your business' market opportunity, value proposition, and business model.

Alongside intensive 1:1 advice and hands-on support from LYVA Labs a series of modules are delivered alongside experts on topics such as IP, finance, investor readiness, grant writing, brand, and marketing.

March 2027 - Sept 2027

Demo Day and Graduation

Following a series of practice sessions to refine your pitch, the programme concludes with an investor Demo Day and graduation event to celebrate your achievements.

Sept 2027

What you'll have by the end of the Incubator

A stronger route to market, with guidance on commercialisation, regulation and fundraising

 

An investment-ready venture backed by a polished pitch and business plan

Strong partnerships with industry experts, research partners, investors and the LYVA Labs team

New knowledge and practice around market engagement and building an investor ready venture

Connections with likeminded founders who are ambitious about building innovation led ventures

 

Support to secure funding through hands-on grant writing support, Demo Day and the LYVA Labs' investor network

Missed our Q&A Incubator Webinar?

 Catch up to learn more about the programme, check your eligibility, understand what to expect and get answers to any questions you may have. 

Learn more about the previous cohort

This cohort welcomed seven ambitious businesses, all focused on accelerating growth, commercialising innovation, and building investable ventures.

Unveil Therapeutics

"What I valued most about the LYVA Labs incubator was how tailored the support was to us. As the only therapeutics startup on the programme, our needs were quite different, but the team really took the time to understand what UNVEIL was trying to achieve.

The help with identifying suitable grant opportunities was particularly valuable, and the hands-on support with shaping and writing applications was fantastic. As founders, we all come from strong scientific backgrounds but have very limited commercial experience, so the support in developing a stronger commercial proposition, articulating our value to investors and preparing the company for investment has made a real difference."

 ~ Helen Horton, CEO, Unveil Therapeutics

Maxam Labs

"Founding a deep-tech start-up is very hard, securing finance and support is virtually impossible. Investors want traction, they expect you to be selling the product or service you are building before you have built it. A seemingly impossible situation, except for LYVA Labs.

We joined their deep tech incubator in April 2026 receiving financial support, and just as important, business support. Working with their highly professional team we focused on what mattered, rather than fighting fires every day. We refined our offering, identified our potential customers and discovered how to properly run a successful deep-tech business. I regard LYVA Labs as a key ingredient to our future success."

 ~ David Gammond, CEO, Maxam Labs

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