Black Entrepreneurs' Awards open for applications
Published: 16 June 2025
Application deadline: 25 July 2025.
What is the Black Entrepreneurs' Award?
BEA is a programme which celebrates Black Heritage entrepreneurs in the UK and provides a platform to market their businesses to a wider audience. Each year there are four winners who receive a cash prize of £25,000 each, and all of the finalists are enrolled onto a bespoke 12-month business acceleration programme, designed to support Black Heritage entrepreneurs and accelerate the growth of their start-ups.
Created in 2018, BEA has supported 48 black heritage founders to accelerate the growth of their business. Some of our previous finalists have gone on to raise over £3m; expanded their business overseas; been listed on the Forbes 30 under 30; and received MBEs for their services in making venture capital more inclusive.
