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Alumni Venture Support

What comes after the programme?

C4E’s relationship with founders does not end at graduation from a programme or the deployment of funding.

Alumni Venture Support is follow-on capital and continued support for ventures that have become alumni of our programmes and qualify for more. It funds Ventures Lab and ScaleUp Lab alumni who have fully and responsibly utilised their runway funds and need more — and high-performing alumni ventures that qualify on evidence without re-entering a programme.

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Who

Ventures Lab & ScaleUp Lab alumni

Basis

Evidence of responsible deployment

Route

No need to re-enter a programme

Support

Capital + networks + accountability

Principle

Capital follows accountability

Who it's for

Capital follows accountability — we back founders who deploy money well.

Who qualifies

  • Alumni of Ventures Lab or ScaleUp Lab
  • Runway funds from a previous award fully and responsibly utilised
  • Reporting and accountability obligations met
  • Evidence of growth since the original award
  • High-performing alumni ventures may qualify on evidence alone, without re-entering a programme
  • A clear, costed case for what the next capital is for

Founders leave with

  • Follow-on capital sized to a costed use-of-funds plan
  • Support navigating post-funding milestones
  • Stronger accountability and reporting systems
  • Preparation for future external capital
  • Access to relevant networks and partnerships

The other side of this

Alumni Venture Verification Network

C4E is opening its verification network to the wider entrepreneurial community for the first time. Verification agents help identify promising ventures, inform funding decisions and get closer to the founders building what is next.
  • Apply to become a verification agent

How it runs

Continued support, not a second programme.

This is deliberately lighter-touch than the labs. The venture is already operating and already known to C4E — what it needs is capital, accountability and access, not another twelve weeks of curriculum.

Qualify

Evidence review

Deployment of previous funds, reporting compliance and growth since the award are reviewed. Verification agents may be engaged to strengthen the evidence base.

Eligibility confirmed

Structure

Use of funds

A costed use-of-funds plan with milestones the founder proposes and the investment committee approves.

Approved milestone plan

Deploy

Tranched release

Funds released against agreed KPIs, as with every C4E award. No lump sums, no disbursement on promises.

Capital deployed

Ongoing

Grow

Post-funding milestone navigation, preparation for future capital, and access to networks, partnerships and strategic opportunities.

External capital readiness

Dates & deadlines

Rolling, on evidence

Applications

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Committee review

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Reporting cycle

Monthly monitoring

Verification Network

Now open to apply

Applications open roughly four weeks before Capability Lab and stay open 14 days. Travel and accommodation for the in-person phase are a budgeted programme cost.

Questions founders ask

Before you apply

No. High-performing alumni ventures can qualify on evidence alone. That is the point of this route.

Spend that matches the approved use-of-funds plan, milestones met or honestly renegotiated, and reporting filed. Accountability is the qualification.

Talk to us early. A missed milestone with a documented reason is a very different conversation from one discovered at review.

the Program Brief describes the mechanism but not the envelope. Worth stating a range so alumni can plan.

The relationship does not end at graduation.

If you are a Ventures Lab or ScaleUp Lab alumnus who has deployed well and needs more, there is a route.

Apply for Alumni Support
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