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Norwich Research Park
Twin Path Ventures
Babraham Research Campus
Cambridge Future Tech
Cancer Tech Accelerator
AI Forge
Betaden
Business Surrey
UKC3
Carbon 13

Why do grants feel so inaccessible?

Person searching through list of grants

Complex Eligibility Criteria   

"Finding a competition that fits is a nightmare - half of them have expired or don't apply to me."

Professor Kevin Wells

University of Surrey

Person struggling with writing

Overwhelming Writing Process

"I know what I want to say, but getting it down in a way that answers their questions takes forever."

Sarah Thompson

CTO, BioTech Innovations

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Unclear Assessment Standards

"I've answered the questions, but I don't know if I'm structuring it the way assessors expect."

Dr. James Mitchell

Founder, QuantumLeap AI

Go from idea to funded - faster than you ever thought possible

Grant funding that finds you

Stop wasting hours searching for funding. We match competitions to your company and deliver ready-made scopes weekly.

Smart Matching

Draft your application in hours, not weeks

Skip the blank page. Answer the essential questions in record time and get a complete draft ready to refine in minutes.

Rapid AI Drafting

Expert review. Clear next steps.

Get clear, actionable feedback from people who know what assessors want. See exactly where to strengthen your answers before you submit.

Expert Validation

What our customers say

"I feel this service is invaluable for businesses and it gave considerable confidence to those of us who needed the guidance and support during this process."
Beverley Lewis
Beverley Lewis
Project Lead, Surrey Cyber Security Cluster
"Grant Hero enabled me to fill out my grant application with a lot less effort - the structure and output of the AI was great!"
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Michael Smith
CEO, Sagittal AI
"I would definitely recommend Grant Hero as a partner in grant writing. If you're looking to improve your grant applications GrantHero is a great resource"
Lucy O'Neil
Lucy O'Neil
Head of Operations, Newton's Tree
"Grant Hero has been great - and I nearly finished a whole grant in a day."
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Phil Spence
Head of Informatics, HotHouse Therapeutics
"Grant Hero has a nice balance of getting the feedback you need to submit something great, but also actually learning how the process works doing the application."
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Jamie Wace
CEO, Talamo

What Makes GrantHero Better?

You had two options: pay thousands for a consultant, or guess your way through with ChatGPT. We built a third way.

Consultants

You're paying for sales teams, not better applications

Traditional consultants charge £5k+. But much of that covers sales teams, account managers, and overheads - not a better application.

Weeks of waiting
Outrageous fees
Manual processes
GrantHero

Expert results, without the expert price tag

AI handles the drafting. Experts make sure it scores. You get a stronger application in days, not weeks.

Results in days
Affordable pricing
Expert validation
LLMs

ChatGPT doesn't know what assessors want

Powerful, but generic. No Innovate UK knowledge, no expert validation, no idea what assessors actually want.

No scoring knowledge
Generic outputs
No expert validation

Great ideas shouldn't be held back by paperwork. That's why we built GrantHero.

The grant system is stacked against founders. Expensive consultants. Complicated applications. One chance to get it right. We built GrantHero to change that, AI-powered expertise that gives innovators more rolls of the dice.