Outbox Incubator

What Outbox Incubator does

Outbox Incubator is a not-for-profit initiative launched in 2015 under Stemettes, a UK social enterprise founded in 2013 by Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE. Operating from London, it targets young women aged 22 and under to address the underrepresentation of women in STEM (cited as 14.4% of the UK STEM workforce in 2015) and the gendered gap in entrepreneurship rates. Its products span a phased portfolio: a 6-week residential incubator programme (2015, 115 participants, £30k seed funding awarded to 29 startups at Demo Day); the OtotheB mobile app on iOS and Android (2016, delivering weekly STEM opportunities, role model profiles, competitions, and event listings); the 'Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat.' documentary (2017, produced with Blue Canary Films and funded by Salesforce.org, reaching 20,000 young people); and Stemillions Clubs (2018, a peer-led community programme running weekly STEM sessions in schools with digital badges and certificates).

The underlying technology is a conventional cross-platform mobile application (iOS 7+ and Android 4.0.3+) plus a WordPress-based website, with no proprietary AI or ML components disclosed. All programmes are provided free of charge to participants, and the revenue model is sponsorship/grant-driven rather than direct product revenue. Key institutional partners include Salesforce.org (Founding Partner), Microsoft (Technology Partner), HRH Princess Royal, Thing Big (Funding Partner), O2 (App launch partner), and Blue Canary Films (documentary co-producer). The initiative has earned media coverage in The Guardian, Silicon Republic, Computer Weekly, Huffington Post, and RED magazine.

The business model is freemium/non-transactional: end users (young women and schools) pay nothing, and the organisation is sustained by corporate sponsorships and grants. The customer base is bifurcated between individual young women (B2C, free participants) and educational institutions (B2B/Institution, free documentary screenings). The stated long-term goal is to reach 15,000 young women by 2025. The most recent disclosed operating signals are from 2018-2019, and there is no publicly disclosed revenue, headcount, or updated funding beyond the 2015 cohort.

Name

Outbox Incubator

Legal name

Outbox Incubator

Website

https://outboxjourney.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Outbox Incubator is a not-for-profit UK initiative under Stemettes that runs STEM entrepreneurship programmes for young women aged 22 and under, including a residential incubator, the OtotheB mobile app, a documentary, and school-based Stemillions clubs, funded by corporate sponsorships and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth STEM Education and Entrepreneurship Programs

akta.pro primary industry

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

STEM & Maker Education (Makerspaces, Coding Clubs, Robotics) (EDAAAFAL)

Keywords

• STEM youth programs
• Female entrepreneurship incubation
• STEM education outreach
• Girls in technology
• Youth entrepreneurship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Not-for-profit social enterprise: Outbox is a not-for-profit initiative by Stemettes that provides free programmes to young women. Revenue appears to come from sponsorships, partnerships, and grants rather than direct product revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Outbox Incubator delivers a portfolio of free STEM-focused programs for young women under 22, comprising the 2015 Outbox residential incubator (6-week programme in London with seed funding and mentorship), the 2016 OtotheB mobile app (iOS/Android) for on-demand STEM opportunities, the 2017 "Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat." documentary, and the 2018 Stemillions community clubs. All programmes are provided at no cost to participants and are funded by sponsors, grants, and partners including Salesforce.org and Microsoft.

Product overview

Outbox Incubator is a portfolio of initiatives by Stemettes focused on inspiring young women under 22 to pursue STEM careers and entrepreneurship. The portfolio evolved through four phases: the 2015 Outbox Incubator (a 6-week residential incubator program for 115 young women providing seed funding and mentorship for STEM business ideas), the 2016 OtotheB App (a mobile platform delivering STEM opportunities, role model profiles, and event aftercare), the 2017 'Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat.' documentary (a film showcasing young female tech entrepreneurs), and the 2018 Stemillions Clubs (a program enabling young women to run STEM clubs for their communities). Together, these initiatives form a progression from residential incubation to app-based resources to documentary storytelling to community-led clubs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OtotheB: Mobile app platform and on-demand resource for STEM opportunities and advice, launched in 2016.
• Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat
• Stemillions

Products and services

• Outbox Incubator (2015) A 6-week residential incubator programme in London for young women aged 22 and under with innovative STEM or technology business ideas, providing seed funding, intensive mentorship, business-skills training (germination phase), prototyping support and access to angel investors and mentors. Free to participants; operated as a time-limited 2015 programme.
• OtotheB App (2016) A free mobile app (iOS and Android) delivering STEM opportunities, role-model profiles, event listings and competitions to young women, with themed weekly content (Motivation Mondays, Win Wednesdays, #ThoughtTimeThu, Featured Fridays) and post-event aftercare.
• Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat. Documentary (2017) A 30-minute documentary about young female tech entrepreneurs set at the Outbox Incubator, exploring what would happen if more girls pursued STEM careers. Distributed via free screenings at schools, colleges and universities and viewed by 20,000+ young people.
• Stemillions Clubs (2018) A community club programme run by young women for young people, delivering weekly STEM-themed sessions (minimum 30 minutes per week during term time) with role models, digital badges, prizes, certificates and an international peer network accessible online and via the OtotheB app.

Quantifiable outcome

• 29 startups pitched and £30k funding awarded from the 2015 incubator programme
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• O2minorGTM or Marketing PartnerO2 is listed as a partner for the OtotheB app launch in 2016, appearing on the app page as a supporting partner.
• Blue Canary FilmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Canary Films co-produced the Eat. Sleep. STEM. Repeat. documentary with Stemettes, handling direction by Will Coleman and Clive Howard.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stemettes: The parent nonprofit of Outbox Incubator, also founded by Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE. Runs parallel programmes (Student to Stemette, panel events, hackathons) targeting the same young-female-in-STEM demographic, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Girls Who Code: US-based nonprofit running summer immersion programmes, clubs, and college-loops for girls in computing. Directly comparable as a girls-in-STEM nonprofit combining residential/camp programmes with year-round community engagement.
• Kode With Klossy: Founded by Karlie Kloss, runs free summer coding camps and a scholars programme for young women aged 13–18. Directly comparable as a corporate-backed, residential-style STEM camp for young women.
• Code First Girls: UK-based social enterprise providing free coding courses and a community for women. Comparable as a UK-headquartered women-in-tech skills and entrepreneurship nonprofit with industry partnership funding.
• Black Girls CODE: US-based nonprofit running workshops, hackathons, and summer camps for girls of colour in technology. Highly comparable mission targeting under-represented girls in STEM with a mix of residential/camp-style and community programming.
• Technovation: Global nonprofit running the Technovation Girls entrepreneurship competition where young women build tech startups — a near-identical match to Outbox's incubated pitch and seed-funding model, with a larger international footprint.

Broad incumbents

• WISE Campaign: The UK campaign for gender balance in STEM that publishes the workforce statistics cited by Outbox (14.4% women in UK STEM). Operates as a broader policy/advocacy incumbent in the same mission space.
• Salesforce.org (Salesforce Philanthropy): Outbox's founding partner and a major tech-industry philanthropic funder of diversity-in-STEM programmes. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same funding and ecosystem space, not as a direct programme competitor.
• AnitaB.org: Global nonprofit (formerly the Anita Borg Institute) focused on women in technology, including the Grace Hopper Celebration. Comparable as a larger, more established women-in-tech nonprofit incumbent with overlapping programmes and partnerships.
• Microsoft Philanthropies (TEALS / DigiGirlz): Microsoft's philanthropic arm, which runs DigiGirlz and other girls-in-STEM programmes and was Outbox's 2015 technology partner. Comparable as a larger incumbent funder and programme operator in the same mission space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/outboxincubator
• Facebookfacebook.com/stemettes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stemettes
• Instagraminstagram.com/stemettes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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