Virgin StartUp is a not-for-profit organization founded by Sir Richard Branson in 2013 to support the next generation of founders who are looking to start and scale businesses. The company is entrepreneurial at its heart, having spent the last 50 years starting and scaling businesses around the world. Virgin StartUp provides advice, access to funding, mentoring, training, and a supportive and dynamic community to help founders start up and thrive. The company supports founders and future founders as they get their startup ideas off the ground, all the way through to raising investment and scaling up. Virgin StartUp is one of the leading Delivery Partners of the Start Up Loans program, a Government-backed scheme to help founders get their businesses funded.