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Derrington Group

PEReal EstateProfessional ServicesBritish

Derrington Group is a privately owned investment and finance firm founded in 2011 and based in Woking, Surrey. The firm invests in residential, commercial, holiday let, hotels, and leisure property projects, and provides a range of structured finance solutions including senior debt, mezzanine, equity joint ventures, and bridging loans. It operates across property, finance, technology, media, and design sectors.

Design Council

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherBritish

The Design Council is the UK's national charity for design, incorporated by Royal Charter. It acts as the national strategic adviser on design, championing its value, influencing government policy, and providing skills development and thought leadership to help organisations use design to address complex challenges.

Dessn

StartupAISaaSBritish

AI design-in-production platform that lets product teams design and prototype directly inside their real codebase without opening an IDE.

Deutsche Bank

CorporateFinanceForeign

Global German bank headquartered in Frankfurt with a major London presence, providing corporate, investment, and private banking services worldwide.

Development Bank of Wales

GovernmentFinanceGrantmakerVCBritish

The Development Bank of Wales is a Welsh Government-owned development bank launched in October 2017, replacing its predecessor Finance Wales. It provides a broad range of financial support to Welsh businesses, including micro loans, business loans, equity investments, property development finance, and seed funding for technology startups, with investments ranging from £1,000 to £10 million. The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government and manages multiple funds including the Wales Flexible Investment Fund.

Dexory

ScaleupLogisticsAIBritish

Autonomous mobile robots and warehouse intelligence platform (DexoryView) that scans warehouses continuously to build a real-time digital twin for inventory visibility and logistics optimisation; originally founded as BotsAndUs.

Dialpad

ScaleupSaaSAIForeign

Dialpad's AI-native contact center and communications platform unites human and AI agents to power CX, including AI receptionist capabilities.

Digital Catapult Labs

CoworkingAIMediaEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsBritish

Digital Catapult Labs are the physical and digital testing facilities of Digital Catapult, the UK's deep-tech innovation organisation, located at the Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter in London. The labs include the Future Networks Lab, Immersive Labs, Advanced Media Production Studios, 5G Testbeds and the Open Networks Lab, providing open-access infrastructure for startups, scaleups and industry partners to experiment with advanced digital technologies. Digital Catapult was established in 2013 and operates over 20 advanced technology facilities across the UK.

Digital Turbine

CorporateMediaSaaSForeign

Digital Turbine inspires connections for the mobile world, for app developers, brands, agencies, carriers, and device manufacturers globally.

DigitalHealth.London

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsAIIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

DigitalHealth.London connects NHS staff, digital health companies and academics to speed up the development, scaling and adoption of digital innovations across health and care in London. Delivered by the Health Innovation Network for South London and launched in 2016, it runs programmes including the Accelerator, Launchpad, Digital Pioneer Fellowship and Evidence Generator Bootcamp, and has supported over 177 digital health companies since its inception.

Diligent

CorporateSaaSForeign

Diligent's trusted GRC software helps boards and leaders clarify risk, elevate governance, and manage compliance in one secure, AI-powered platform.

Dirac Labs

StartupQuantumDeep TechForeign

Universal Navigation powered by Quantum Sensing & AI

Diversity VC

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsFinanceBritish

Diversity VC is a non-profit organisation focused on making venture capital more inclusive and reflective of wider society. It operates the Diversity VC Standard, a certification programme for VC funds, and runs fellowship programmes to support underrepresented talent entering the industry. Founded in 2017 and formally incorporated in the UK, it works with investors, entrepreneurs, and universities across the UK and internationally.

Doccla

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechBritish

Virtual ward and remote patient monitoring service providing patients with pre-configured kit (smartphone, wearables) so clinicians can monitor them remotely; live in over 60% of NHS regions and backed by a £35M Series B in 2024.

Doctify

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesDeep TechBritish

Healthcare review and patient-experience platform letting patients find, compare and review doctors and clinics; verified feedback for providers across multiple countries.

Docusign

CorporateSaaSLegalForeign

Create, commit to, and manage your agreements all in one platform with Docusign IAM. Electronically sign for free.

Dogtooth Technologies

StartupDeep TechAIBritish

Dogtooth Technologies is a Cambridge-based agritech company that designs and manufactures autonomous robotic harvesters for soft fruit crops, using computer vision and AI to pick, grade and monitor produce commercially for growers in the UK and Australia.

Dojo

ScaleupFinanceBritish

With reliable connectivity and smart payment tech, Dojo's card machine solutions enable businesses to accept debit and credit cards securely and efficiently.

DoorDash

CorporateLogisticsConsumerForeign

Get food, grocery, and retail essentials delivered fast. Shop same-day delivery from local stores and restaurants near you.

Doorway

StartupSaaSBritish

Leverage your advantage. Advance relationships, deal flow, and customer engagement with simplified intelligence. Doorway synthesizes user engagement data into a single sentence, strengthening relationships and accelerating sales cycles.

Dorset Business Angels

VCOtherBritish

Dorset Business Angels Network Limited is an angel investment network based in Bournemouth, Dorset, providing private equity investment opportunities to high-net-worth individuals while connecting them with early-stage, high-growth businesses in the region. The network hosts four investor pitch events per year.

Downing

PEFinanceClimateVCBritish

Downing is a UK investment management firm founded in 1986, managing approximately £2.5 billion of assets across a range of strategies including venture capital (via EIS and VCT), renewable energy and infrastructure, private credit, and listed multi-asset funds. It is a certified B Corporation with around 270 staff across five European offices.

Draper Esprit

VCFinanceBritish

Draper Esprit, now trading as Molten Ventures, is a leading British venture capital firm investing in high-growth European technology companies. Founded in 2006 as Esprit Capital, it was rebranded Draper Esprit in 2015 and renamed Molten Ventures in November 2021, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange with offices in London, Cambridge, and Dublin.

Druva

ScaleupCybersecuritySaaSForeign

Druva’s AI-powered, cloud-native SaaS platform delivers data security, identity resilience, backup protection, and fast ransomware recovery. Try it today!