Reviews
GrantUp reviews
Reviews of GrantUp from the founders, CTOs and research leads we have written grant applications for. They came to us because competitive funding bids are hard and their time is better spent on the science. Here is what they say about the experience of working with us.
GrantUp provided clear guidance, support and review of our application and we wouldn't hesitate in recommending them.
The GrantUp team are excellent. They are proactive in suggesting grants to go for and honest if they don't think an application is right for us. That has saved us time and money.
GrantUp offered excellent advice, leading to us winning an Innovate UK Smart Grant with a score of 98%.
They understood the science immediately. We didn't have to teach our own technology to our grant writer, which meant the EIC Accelerator narrative was strong from the first draft.
The most valuable part was the honesty. We were told which Horizon Europe call to target and which to skip, and that focus is the reason we were funded.
Working with GrantUp turned an ESA bid we dreaded into a structured project with clear deadlines, and everything was submitted with time to spare.
The GrantUp team were excellent. With their expert support, we were successful in securing grant funding for our business.
Working with GrantUp enabled my company to successfully access competitive grant funding. I highly recommend them.
We came in with no experience of grants, but thanks to their support we completed a very strong application well before the deadline.
Exceptional advice and exceptional people. We really felt they were passionate about our application, championed it, and made a huge difference.
I've never felt more confident submitting a grant application. They knew exactly what questions to ask and how to turn our answers into a compelling, well-structured bid that scored highly where it mattered.
We are delighted to partner with GrantUp. Ben is a superb bid writer and never fails to deliver.
Very organised and coordinated even though we had a tight deadline. He handled our partner organisations and made sure everything was submitted on time.
They took the time to understand our business and crafted an application that perfectly highlighted our strengths. We'll definitely work with them again.
We were completely new to innovation funding, but Ben and the GrantUp team made it feel easy. They walked us through everything step by step and made sure our application was as strong as possible.
GrantUp helped us secure an Innovate UK grant, and we couldn't have done it without their expert guidance.
Excellent professionals who have guided our success in winning three Innovate UK grants over the past 18 months. Top communication matched with funding know-how makes them our first choice for bid writing.
Dan was great to work with and helped us put in a solid application which got through to the next stage of the Innovate UK loan process.
Exceptional service. The team understood the project we were pursuing perfectly and crafted a final proposal that is truly amazing.
They have been crucial in winning grants for us. The support is second to none, and they have a real passion for helping businesses succeed.
Excellent from start to finish. Every piece of input we gave was clearly considered and incorporated, which gave us real confidence the team had understood our project rather than applying a standard bid-writing formula. A demanding, complex process felt remarkably well organised.
The standout for me was how quickly they got it. They did their homework on an idea that spanned several technical fields, and the bid they wrote was compelling and coherent. It was the least stressful grant application of my long career.
They helped us reframe the technical innovation itself, taking what we knew inside out but were describing the wrong way, and presenting it in the language and structure EIC assessors actually look for. They got up to speed on our technology faster than I expected, and a genuinely daunting process felt manageable.
Lisa was a godsend. She helped us navigate consortium building, requirements and budget calculations, and was a great thought partner in making sure our reasoning came through in the final proposal.
Our grant writer was a force of nature, absolutely brilliant at articulating value in a way that showcases what we can do.
GrantUp delivered exactly what they promised.
They made the entire application process seamless. A fantastic experience.
£190m+
Grant funding won by our team
100's
Grant applications won
>25x
Average ROI for our clients
The results behind the reviews
Case studies from funded clients
Every review above sits on top of a real funded project. Here is a selection of the work, with the competition, the award and what we did.
R&D tax relief, merged scheme
£96,000
Recovered across in-house engineering and UK subcontracted testing
CleanTech hardware company (name withheld)
Clean tech: advanced hardware
Read the case study
R&D tax relief, ERIS
£218,000
ERIS claim delivered alongside Innovate UK grant funding
MedTech company (name withheld)
Life sciences: medical devices
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R&D tax relief, merged scheme
£142,000
Recovered under the merged scheme with no HMRC enquiry
B2B AI software company (name withheld)
AI / software: enterprise machine learning
Read the case studyQuestions people ask before choosing GrantUp
- Is GrantUp any good?
- Judge us on evidence rather than adjectives. Our team has won over £190m of grant funding, we publish named client wins with the competitions they were funded through, and the reviews on this page come from founders who worked with us directly. We also publish how our success rates are defined: above 90% per engagement and above 80% on individual applications we write, both measured on projects we accept after screening rather than every enquiry.
- Are these reviews genuine?
- Yes. Every quote on this page comes from a client or a verified public review of our work. Where a client asked not to be named, we show their role and sector instead of their company.
- What do clients most often say about working with GrantUp?
- Three themes come up repeatedly: our writers understand the science without being taught it, we tell clients honestly when a competition is not worth entering, and the process takes the workload off their internal team. Typical direct client input is under 12 hours per application.
- Can I speak to a GrantUp client before committing?
- Yes. Ask on your call and we will introduce you to a client working in a similar technology area or applying to the same funder, where that client has agreed to be a reference.
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