<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/C3AE7170-9422-44F7-8229-4E3B090A3C82" ns1:id="C3AE7170-9422-44F7-8229-4E3B090A3C82"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/FB660C19-742F-424A-AE63-E03ED4339883" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/51686101-067F-4593-B701-777E549BEE6B" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/51686101-067F-4593-B701-777E549BEE6B" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2024-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/11A8BE7A-C9E7-4002-B232-E4D761FB38A3" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10090692</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Helping underserved students enjoy all the benefits of the professional networks they typically don’t have access to through a data-driven online experience.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Investment Accelerator</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Prospela is an award-winning certified B Corp that exists to give underserved young people all the benefits of the professional networks they typically don't have access to, yet so badly need, through a data-driven online experience.

A lack of resources mean schools and employer youth initiatives focus solely on &amp;quot;what&amp;quot; students know, leaving &amp;quot;who&amp;quot; students know to chance.

We help young people tackle this &amp;quot;network disadvantage&amp;quot; by getting further along the &amp;quot;network building&amp;quot; lifecycle. We don't just introduce them to mentors &amp;amp; employers and leave them to it - we actively help them maintain their expanding network, using data-driven approaches to cultivate opportunities from their new long-term asset, helping them improve their life chances and get their foot in the door to - and thrive within - previously out-of-reach places</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>