The Smart Scale Programme for Health Founders

A 90-Day Growth Sprint for Healthtech & Meditech Leaders Ready to Scale With Clarity

Delivered by the University of Bath, in partnership with NatWest, this tailored programme is built for healthtech and meditech founders who are already making progress but want sharper focus, stronger teams, and a clearer path to sustainable scale.

This isn’t a generic accelerator. It’s a smart, focused programme designed around the real needs of ambitious founders building complex businesses in regulated, high-impact sectors.

Start With a 60-Minute Founder Diagnostic

Before anything else, we talk.
A structured 1:1 call explores your business strengths, team dynamics, and growth priorities. It offers real insight whether you join or not.

We then shape the programme using feedback from you and the cohort. You’ll get a tailored outline.
If it fits, we invite you to join.

Programme Fee

Participation in the programme is £950 + VAT.

We’ve designed this programme to offer a high level of personalised support, practical insight, and expert input - delivered in a focused, founder-first environment. To deliver that well, we ask founders to make a financial investment in return for significant strategic value.

Your fee helps ensure:

• Access to experienced mentors, founders and healthtech experts

• Personalised diagnostics and tools such as the StrengthsFinder assessment

• High-quality hybrid delivery and session recordings for flexibility

• A strong, committed cohort of peers invested in the experience 

For founders, this is an investment in clarity, team development and long-term growth.

It reflects the value we’re offering - and the ambition we know you’re bringing.

What You’ll Get

• A personalised growth roadmap based on your diagnostic

• A StrengthsFinder assessment to deepen leadership awareness and build smarter teams

• Expert-led sessions covering:

• Founder mindset and leadership clarity

• Hiring, senior team design and culture

• Commercial strategy, sales and market fit

• Funding exploration including grants, equity and how to engage funders

• Operational planning, regulation and readiness (brought in when needed)

• Access to the Venture Tracker platform for progress tracking, self-learning and peer support

• A trusted cohort of health founders, sector experts and experienced mentors

What You’ll Get

We’re selecting 20 healthtech and meditech founders who:

• Are already in motion with IP, traction and at least 3 paid staff

• Want clarity on what good growth looks like for their product, team and leadership

• Are navigating the shift from early product or consultancy into scalable operations

• May be exploring funding but want smart decisions, not just term sheets

• Value community, insight and being challenged in the right ways

How It’s Delivered

• Runs over 90 days, with 22 focused interventions

• Primarily in person at:

• University of Bath Innovation Centre

• NatWest Accelerator Hub – Bristol

• All sessions are hybrid-enabled and recorded so you can stay flexible

• Location is not a barrier. You just need to be able to get to Bath or Bristol when it counts

Why It’s Different

This isn’t startup theatre. It’s not “growth for growth’s sake.”
It’s smart, strategic and built for founders who are already doing the hard work and want to do it better.

Whether your next step is funding, hiring or just breathing room to think, we’ll help you:

• Scale with structure

• Build a resilient team

• Stay focused on what actually matters

Book Your Founder Diagnostic

We’re shaping the cohort now.

It starts with one conversation.
Book your 60-minute founder diagnostic and see what’s possible.