Tramlines

The prize

What you win

One prize. One founder or team wins £50k of Tramlines incubation support to prepare you to pitch for £250k.

You're not just winning a hackathon. You're winning a shot at joining one of the fastest-scaling early-stage venture models in the UK.

The prize

£50k

Of Tramlines incubation support. It includes:

  • 3 months with the Tramlines team

    Direct time with Andrew (ex-Deloitte MP, ex-NEOM), Craig (Metro Bank founder), Glen (ex-Microsoft NTO, ex-AWS) and the wider Tramlines team.

  • A fast-track path to £250k

    You'll pitch to our Investment Committee. This is our January 2027 fund cohort.

What the £50k unlocks

  • Direct time with Craig, Andrew, Glen, Albert and the wider Tramlines team
  • Access to our AI Transformation Platform, which builds every portfolio company as AI-native from day one
  • Commercial acceleration: customer introductions, go-to-market design, sales infrastructure
  • Tech development hours to move from prototype to launch-ready
  • Legal, financial and fundraising foundation setup

The 3-month incubation

The winner enters a structured incubation with the Tramlines team. Each month has a clear objective, a set of deliverables, and direct support from our operating partners.

01

Month 1

Find Customer Pain

Does Anyone Want It?

  • Ideate
    • challenge statement
    • stakeholder map
  • Domain Exploration
    • megatrends
    • integration points
    • ecosystem
  • Customer Interviews

02

Month 2

Conceptualize the Product

What should be built?

  • Generate product and feature ideas
  • Create low resolution visual design
  • Assess desirability and feasibility risks
  • Define product vision and MVP
  • Build / Buy / Partner

03

Month 3

Define the Business

How do we make money?

  • Define pricing model options
  • Estimate total available market
  • Assess competitive landscape
  • Generate go-to-market hypothesis

The path to £250k

At the end of the 3-month incubation, you'll pitch to our Investment Committee. This is our January 2027 fund cohort.

We invest £250k. If we invest, we're your first institutional cheque, and you enter our 24-month accelerator with the full Tramlines team.

Why this matters

Tramlines has, to date:

  • Built £100m+ in enterprise value across the portfolio in under two years
  • Delivered one strategic exit to PE (Locale, late 2024, mid-8-figure)
  • Averaged 26 months from pre-seed to Series A across the portfolio (industry average: 5 years)
  • Deployed 1,000+ hours of senior operational support to portfolio companies each month
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