Future Worlds Cohort 25 was a six-month startup acceleration cohort advertised for 2024–2025. It was operated by Future Worlds, identified in the cohort announ…
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Future Worlds Cohort 25 was a six-month startup acceleration cohort advertised for 2024–2025. It was operated by Future Worlds, identified in the cohort announcement as the University of Southampton’s on-campus startup accelerator. The advertised schedule ran from December 2024 to June 2025, although actual commencement and completion were not verified.
The cohort was described as blended, and its provisional program also described in-person sessions focused on questions for experts and mentors. Regular meetings were advertised in the Future Worlds Accelerator Space. The historical offer included an exclusive content library and continued advice, support, and notice of opportunities after completion.
The 2024 eligibility criteria targeted current Southampton students and researchers, and alumni. Applicants were expected to be founders or co-founders working on an actual startup idea, committed to participation and startup work, and able to accelerate the startup alongside other commitments. Historical rules also required UK work entitlement and excluded Tier 4 student visa holders from the cohort, while allowing them to attend the educational Bootcamp.
The 2024 criteria targeted current University of Southampton students and researchers, plus alumni. Applicants had to be founders or co-founders working on an actual startup idea, committed to participation and startup work, and able to accelerate the startup alongside other commitments. The historical criteria required legal entitlement to work in the UK and excluded Tier 4 student visa holders from the cohort, while allowing them to attend the educational Bootcamp. These are historical program rules, not current immigration guidance.
The historical offer included regular sessions with network experts and mentors, in-person sessions, and access to an exclusive content library. Its FAQ also promised continuing advice and support after completion, along with notice of opportunities. Flights and accommodation for one founder per startup taking the Bay Area trip were conditional on the trip clearly benefiting startup acceleration.
A participant, Jamie Horsnell, reported presenting mytender.io to investors at Future Worlds Demo Day 2025. Future Worlds later reported a £250,000 pre-seed raise for mytender.io, also identified as a Cohort 25 startup; this reporting does not establish that program participation caused the raise.
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Participation was advertised as free. Future Worlds said it took no equity and did not directly invest in participating startups; the historical FAQ also said it did not directly fund participation. The FAQ described conditional flight and accommodation costs for one founder per startup taking the Bay Area trip, where the trip would clearly benefit startup acceleration.
The historical criteria targeted current University of Southampton students and researchers, plus alumni. Applicants needed to be founders or co-founders with an actual startup idea, commitment to participation and startup work, and capacity to accelerate the startup alongside other commitments. UK work entitlement was required. Tier 4 student visa holders were excluded from the cohort under those historical criteria but could attend the educational Bootcamp.
Participation was advertised as free, and Future Worlds said it took no equity. The operator also said it did not invest directly in participating startups.
The historical offer included sessions with experts and mentors, an exclusive content library, and continuing advice, support, and opportunity notices after completion. Flights and accommodation for one founder per startup taking the Bay Area trip were conditional on clear startup acceleration benefit.
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The August 2024 Future Worlds FAQ planned the Bay Area trip for April 2025.
Source: Cohort Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)Future Worlds' linked form requests an exploratory meeting with its team; it is not a Cohort 25 application.
Source: Future Worlds: request a meetingThe official 2025 Demo Day notice places the event in London.
Source: Future Worlds Demo Day 25 announcementA later official Future Worlds notice announces Demo Day 2025 for June 11 in London.
Source: Future Worlds Demo Day 25 announcementSoapbox reported the £250,000 mytender.io investment on April 8, 2025; it does not attribute the investment to Cohort participation.
Source: MyTender secures £250k pre-seed investment from Fuel Ventures to bring AI to construction tenderingFuture Worlds' May 30, 2025 report attributes a £250,000 pre-seed raise to Cohort 25 startup mytender.io; this does not establish program causation.
Source: mytender.io announce £250,000 pre-seed raise
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