Unlocking commercial potential
LIF Global strengthens the entrepreneurial mindset for those looking to commercialise a novel, purpose-driven innovation. If you’re building a solution with the power to change lives, LIF Global offers the tools to take it further.
With over a decade of experience, LIF Global offers world-class mentorship, expert-led training and access to a prestigious global network. Best of all? The programme takes no fee, equity or IP from the entrepreneurs that it supports.
This programme is enabled through funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Who is the programme for?
LIF Global is for founders who are the original inventor of their product, and are looking to for support in making their solution commercially viable. We actively welcome applications from all eligible applicants, including women entrepreneurs, and those without a background in engineering.
LIF Global provides innovators with:
- Seven month fully-funded support
- Training and mentoring from world-leading experts
- Events in your home country, as well as the UK
- Access to our 1,500+ strong alumni network upon graduation, providing continuous learning and peer support
As with our UK-focused entrepreneurship programmes, we take no fee, equity or IP from the entrepreneurs that we work with.
LIF Global 2025 awardees
Hear from a LIF Global Innovator
Video transcript
The LIF Global programme: an overview
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[Text on screen: LIF Global helps engineering innovators commercialise their technology]
[Text on screen: and create businesses that contribute to
their countries' social and economic development.]
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We've received some fantastic training in business development, in identifying what your customers are and how you get your Innovation to Market. My Innovation is about helping other innovators so they can develop their physical products and processes faster and cheaper because we use multiphysics virtual simulation to test and optimise these designs we are mainly focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. My Innovation is BOD. BOD stands for the best operation for decolourisation. We get grease, chemical dyes and all contaminants in textile wastewater. We return clean water to the nature. To increase productivity of edible bird nest farming we use IoT technology to mimic the natural habitat of the birds so they can reproduce a much more comfortable. The training sessions in how we should go about to do our value proposition, to learn how the investors think has been very very interesting and very beneficial. The business simulation that was one of the greatest learning experiences. The mentoring session is what is the best part of LIF for me because my mentors always give me a sound advice. This is amazing experience that I think all entrepreneurships who aim to the sustainable development goals should live. I recommend for my colleagues and everyone I met I said please next year please join the program this very good program [Music].
LIF Global 2026 Timeline
| Timeline | Activity |
| December 2025 | Remote onboarding week |
| December 2025 to January 2026 | Individual diagnostic and induction, and self-guided deliverables |
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December to June 2026 |
Remote training |
| January to March 2026 | In-country training |
| February to June 2026 | Remote mentoring |
| June to July 2026 | UK residential |
Online onboarding
Participants:
- Assess and build their entrepreneurial skills
- Develop relationships with fellow awardees, and trainers
In-country training events
Awardees will join a four day training and mentoring event in their home country, organised with the help of our in-country partner organisation.
Aims:
- To enhance understanding of the awardee's national innovation ecosystem
- To expand networks of local experts and entrepreneurs
- To build engagement with local entrepreneurs
- To develop and/or to strengthen awardee's pitch deck
Individual diagnostic and online training
- 11 applied toolkit modules, across two levels ("Foundation Pillars" and "Advanced), covering topics such as business models, value proposition, finance, IP management, competitor analysis, business model innovation and pivoting, and marketing
- Five masterclass training sessions covering topics such as delivering social impact inside and outside of your business, leadership and building a diverse team, and accessing global resources and internationalisation
- Three remote pitch training sessions
UK residential
Awardees:
- Travel to the UK for an in-person residential
- Participate in training and network-building events
- Pitch to an audience of investors and ecosystem leaders
Post-programme support
Awardees:
- Benefit from a series of mentoring and networking opportunities delivered by the Academy’s in-country partners
- Join and participate in LIF Community
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