Company Details
Name: Ailsa
Date Founded: 2025
Sector: Digital/Data
Key Products/Services: AI-powered grant discovery, matching, and application drafting platform.
Website URL: www.ailsa.io
Executive Summary
Ailsa is a smart platform revolutionising how businesses, organisations, charities and universities access funding. By scanning over 15,000 global funding opportunities daily, Ailsa finds, matches and validates the potential of relevant grants based on an organisation’s needs. It then drafts up to 80% of applications using the organisation’s own documents, reducing the burden on staff and consultants. This innovative approach saves time, cuts costs, and boosts the probability of success. Already praised by CFOs, directors, globally renowned universities and innovators, Ailsa is redefining the future of funding access.
Ailsa is backed by a heavyweight founding team, including Monzo Co-founder, Gary Dolman, and is chaired by Benny Higgins, former CEO of Tesco Bank.
The Challenge
Every year, millions of pounds in grant funding goes unclaimed. This isn’t because organisations are ineligible, but because the process of finding and applying for grants is slow, complex, and resource-intensive. For many organisations, already stretched for time and staff, the system feels inaccessible, overwhelming and unproductive.
The Solution
Ailsa simplifies, accelerates and secures the entire process. The platform learns from each organisation’s uploaded information, searches 15,000+ global sources daily, and matches funding opportunities to their specific profile. It then drafts up to 80% of grant applications in their own style and language. Unlike many open AI tools, Ailsa is designed as a secure, closed system – ensuring sensitive organisational data is protected and never shared beyond the platform or used cross-client. This combination of intelligent automation and robust security saves significant time, reduces reliance on consultants, and empowers organisations to confidently pursue more funding opportunities.
The Impact
- 80% faster drafting of grant applications.
- 85% quicker submission readiness.
- 361% increase in application submission capacity.
- More cost-effective than hiring consultants.
- Already helping charities, universities, businesses and innovators to unlock funding that would otherwise have been missed.
Future Plans
Already gaining traction within the grant funding landscape, Ailsa will imminently launch with a follow-on offering that enables organisations to identify and apply for bids, tenders and RFPs. This development underscores Ailsa’s an ’opportunity engine’ – the bedrock for ambitious organisations seeking funding and income generation streams.