Investment case
Connect the customer problem, market opportunity, evidence and team behind your technology to a credible commercial proposition.
About Acceler8
Built by an engineer. Focused on your funding round.
Acceler8 combines practical fundraising tools with experienced, hands-on support. We help founders strengthen their investment case, select suitable investors and build credible routes to reach them.
Turn engineering achievement into investor conviction.
Your technology is the starting point. A funding round also needs a commercial case investors can assess, a suitable investor shortlist and a clear approach to reaching it.
Start with the free fundraising quiz to identify your priorities and the support that fits your situation.
Start the quizYour fundraising foundations
Three connected parts of a stronger round.
Investor selection
Focus your effort on investors whose sector, stage, geography and investment size fit your business and round.
Investor access
Identify the relationships and practical steps that can help you reach suitable investors and start useful conversations.
Experience on both sides of the table
Built by an engineer who has raised, built and exited.
Doug Cross knows what it takes to turn engineering into a business investors will back. He has done it himself.
A decade in Formula 1 culminated in his role as Chief Designer of Renault’s UK Formula 1 engine division. He then co-founded Flybrid Automotive, pioneered high-speed flywheel energy storage technology and achieved a £30M headline exit.
He has also evaluated founder pitches for an automotive specialist advisory firm, conducted technical due diligence for a venture capital firm and assessed applications for a government grant funding body. He understands how an investment case is scrutinised—and where it can fall apart.
Today, Doug supports up to six companies a year with their fundraising, with hands-on support through to closing.
Work in the way that suits you
Practical tools and experienced support.
Build with Acceler8 tools
Review your deck, develop the commercial evidence behind it and find suitable investors.
The deck-specific Improve workspace brings together value proposition, market selection, customer needs, competitor analysis, first customers and market validation. A full analysis is required before unlocking this workspace.
Investor matching helps you build and refine a shortlist. The app explains the credit cost before each paid action.
Explore tools and pricing →Work with Doug on your round
For suitable engineering businesses, hands-on support connects your investment case, pitch deck, investor selection and routes to investors into a coordinated fundraising approach.
Your quiz answers provide the starting point for understanding your priorities and whether working together makes sense.
Start the quizFor investors and partners
Structured screening for better-informed decisions.
Acceler8 also supports investors reviewing deal flow, with stage-aware analysis, evidence checks, extracted deal metrics and benchmarked reporting. These outputs support your judgement and due diligence.
Investor screening options →