United Kingdom startup ecosystem
The UK — and London in particular — remains Europe's deepest capital market for startups. World-class universities, a strong financial services sector, and a dense network of experienced operators make it a magnet for fintech, AI, and biotech ventures. Despite Brexit-related shifts, the UK continues to produce more unicorns than any other European country. The directory currently lists 306 organisations across 20 cities.
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Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor was founded in 1994 by Sherry Coutu as one of the UK's first online retail investment and brokerage platforms. It floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2000 and was sold to AMP in 2001 following the dot-com crash. After a 2003 management buyout the business was rebuilt independently, and in 2022 it was acquired by abrdn for £1.49 billion, becoming one of the UK's largest flat-fee investment platforms.
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International Cyber Expo 2026
A major cyber security gathering at Olympia London with 100+ global suppliers, three stages, live demonstrations and 100+ speakers. It attracts thousands of senior visitors and government officials from across the world, offering visibility for cyber security startups and vendors.
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Investing Women Angels
Investing Women Angels is Scotland’s first all-female business angel syndicate, based in Edinburgh and focused on backing female-founded and female-led businesses seeking to create positive impact. The syndicate has backed 25 companies with £2.3 million in investment, with 90% directed toward female-founded enterprises. Led by Chair Lucy Henderson, it also works to attract more women into angel investing through education, community programmes, and its sister initiative AccelerateHER.
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IoT Tech Expo Global 2026
Massive IoT event co-located with AI & Big Data and Blockchain expos. Price: free Expo Pass; paid passes about GBP 499-1099. Strong for edge computing, industrial IoT, smart cities, and applied IoT across transport and healthcare.
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IoT Tech Expo Global 2027
IoT Tech Expo Global 2027 runs 3-4 February at Olympia London, the leading UK event for IoT, industrial AI and autonomous operations as part of TechEx Global. Over two days it covers embedded systems, edge AI, digital twins, autonomous infrastructure and IoT security, alongside seven co-located TechEx shows.
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Itxaso del Palacio
General Partner at Notion Capital investing in B2B software and AI across Europe. With a PhD and a background spanning operating and investing roles, she works with founders scaling from product-market fit toward growth.
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Jacomo Corbo
Co-founder and CEO of PhysicsX, applying AI to engineering simulation for aerospace, automotive and energy. He was previously co-founder and chief scientist of QuantumBlack, acquired by McKinsey.
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Jan Hammer
Partner at Index Ventures leading the firm's fintech practice from London. He sits behind investments in Adyen, Robinhood, Wise, Alan and Collibra, and has been a long-standing board member at several of Europe's most valuable financial-technology companies.
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Jeppe Zink
Partner at Northzone based in London, investing across software and fintech in Europe. He works with founders from seed through growth and is a prominent voice on European venture and scale-up building.
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Jessica Bilcock
Public Policy & Vulnerability Manager at Monzo Bank, the UK digital challenger bank, where she works on financial inclusion, consumer protection and open-banking policy. She is an announced 2026 speaker at the Open Banking Expo UK & Europe in London.
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Joel Perlman
Co-founder of OakNorth and earlier co-founder of Copal Amba with Rishi Khosla. He has spent his career building financial-data and lending businesses.
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Johnny Boufarhat
Founder and CEO of Hopin, the virtual-events platform he built after a health condition limited his travel; it became one of the fastest-growing UK startups of the pandemic, reaching a multi-billion-dollar valuation backed by a16z and General Catalyst.
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Jonas Templestein
Co-founder and former CTO of Monzo, where he built the engineering organisation behind the challenger bank's mobile-first platform. He previously co-founded GoCardless with Tom Blomfield.
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Jos White
A British entrepreneur-turned-investor (co-founder of Notion Capital), Jos has angel-invested in Poland’s enterprise software space. He took part in early funding of Helpshift’s Polish office and has been scouting enterprise SaaS startups in Central Europe. Associated startups: Possibly NetworkedAssets (Polish-German IT firm) and other SaaS ventures.
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Joyvié Health
Develops patent-pending faecal management briefs that contain stool in a disposable pouch immediately after excretion, cutting stool-to-skin contact and care-change time. Founded after the founder lost his father to pancreatic cancer. Targets care homes, hospitals and domiciliary care.
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Kamil Mieczakowski
General Partner at Notion Capital focused on European B2B software, AI and fintech. He invests at Series A and supports portfolio companies on the path from early revenue to scale.
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Kevin Dillon
Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge based in London. With an operating background at Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation, he leads growth-stage investments across enterprise software, semiconductors and deep tech in Europe and the US.
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Kristo Käärmann
Co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise), the cross-border payments company he started with Taavet Hinrikus to cut the cost of international money transfers. He took Wise public via a 2021 direct listing on the London Stock Exchange.
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Lawhive
Lawhive is a London-based legaltech company building an AI-driven law firm model focused on the consumer legal market. It helps people resolve everyday legal issues such as family law, landlord and tenant disputes and employment matters, connecting clients with solicitors through an online platform. The company has developed its own AI operating system used by lawyers to reduce the time, cost and administrative burden of routine legal work. In February 2026 Lawhive raised $60 million in a Series B round, with participation from TQ Ventures, GV, Balderton Capital and Jigsaw, to support its expansion into the US.
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LDX3 (LeadDev London) 2027
LDX3, LeadDev's London engineering leadership conference, returns 28-29 June 2027. Pre-sale tickets for the 2027 edition are now available, continuing LeadDev's programming for engineering managers and technical leaders.
