Directory

BAE Systems

CorporateDefencetechUK

One of the world's largest defence contractors, headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange; designs and manufactures air, land and maritime systems including combat aircraft, submarines, electronic warfare, cyber and C4ISR solutions for governments and armed forces globally.

Canva

ScaleupSaaSConsumerUK

Australian-founded graphic design and visual communication platform offering browser-based and mobile tools for creating presentations, social media graphics, videos, and documents. It operates a freemium SaaS model serving businesses and individuals across 190 countries, with offices worldwide including a UK base in London.

Google DeepMind

CorporateAIAI SafetyUK

World-leading AI research lab and division of Alphabet; builds frontier foundation models (Gemini), AlphaFold and reinforcement-learning systems.

Ocado Group

CorporateLogisticsAIUK

FTSE-listed technology and logistics group best known for its Ocado Smart Platform, which uses fleets of grid-based robots to automate grocery fulfilment; licences the platform to retailers globally.

Wise

CorporateFintechConsumerUK

International money transfer and multi-currency account platform for consumers and businesses; publicly listed financial technology company formerly known as TransferWise.

Arqit Quantum

ScaleupCybersecurityQuantumUK

Quantum-safe encryption company providing symmetric key agreement and Encryption Intelligence cryptographic discovery/migration tooling to help organisations transition to post-quantum cryptography; listed on Nasdaq (ARQQ).

Babcock International Group

CorporateDefencetechUK

Defence engineering and support services company listed on the London Stock Exchange; capabilities span naval shipbuilding and support, nuclear, land systems, training, mission systems and critical infrastructure across more than 30 countries.

Capita

CorporateOtherUK

FTSE-listed business-process outsourcing and technology-enabled managed services company, delivering customer management, digital services, and pensions administration primarily for UK public-sector clients.

Checkout.com

CorporateFintechSaaSUK

Global cloud-based payments infrastructure platform processing online payments for enterprise merchants worldwide.

ClearScore

ScaleupFintechE-commerceUK

Free credit-score and report platform matching nearly 16 million UK consumers to credit cards, loans and insurance products based on their financial profile.

London Stock Exchange-listed specialty materials group producing performance additives for rheology control and surface modification, with expertise in hectorite-based formulation science serving personal care, coatings and energy markets.

ElevenLabs

ScaleupAIUK

Voice AI research lab building text-to-speech, speech-to-text, dubbing, and conversational voice models used as an industry standard for realistic synthetic speech.

Flo Health

ScaleupLife SciencesAIUK

Women's health app using AI for personalised period, fertility, pregnancy and menopause tracking; with over 77 million monthly active users and unicorn status achieved in 2024.

GB Group

CorporateCybersecurityFintechUK

Digital identity verification, location intelligence and fraud prevention; powers billions of identity checks annually.

GoCardless

ScaleupFintechUK

Bank-payment (direct debit / account-to-account) network for recurring and one-off payments for businesses.

Gousto

ScaleupConsumerLogisticsUK

Direct-to-consumer recipe-box / meal-kit service delivering pre-portioned fresh ingredients with recipes; AI-driven supply chain.

HealthHero

ScaleupLife SciencesUK

Europe's largest digital-first clinic, providing remote access to GPs, mental health professionals and extended care services across multiple European markets; grown via roll-up of telemedicine providers and has served over 30 million patients.

Improbable

ScaleupAIGamingUK

Technology venture builder with over a decade of experience incubating frontier companies in AI, Web3 and the metaverse; originated as a distributed simulation and synthetic-environments pioneer, with its defence arm spun out as Skyral in 2023.

Ineffable Intelligence

StartupAIUK

UK AI research company developing superlearner systems designed to acquire knowledge through reinforcement learning and experience, rather than training on existing human-generated data. Raised a record European seed round in 2026, backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia, and Google.

Johnson Matthey

CorporateClimatetechLife SciencesUK

FTSE 250 advanced and sustainable materials group: catalysts, platinum-group metals, hydrogen-tech membranes/MEAs and emissions-control materials.

Kraken Technologies

CorporateClimatetechAIUK

AI-driven utility operating and customer platform spun out of Octopus Energy; licensed to utilities worldwide to manage millions of energy accounts.

Leonardo UK

CorporateDefencetechCybersecurityUK

UK subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A., one of the world's top ten defence and security companies. Develops and manufactures helicopters, radar systems, electronic warfare equipment, sensors, and cyber solutions, and is a major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence.

Marshmallow

ScaleupFintechConsumerUK

Insurtech offering car/motor insurance for migrants and people new to the UK, using broader data science to price overlooked customers fairly.

Mimecast

CorporateCybersecurityUK

Email security, archiving, and human-risk management platform protecting organisations against phishing, business email compromise, and data loss; taken private by Permira for approximately $5.8 billion in 2022 and continues to operate under the Mimecast brand.