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Sage

CorporateSaaSFinanceBritish

The Sage Group plc is a British multinational enterprise software company founded in 1981 and headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, providing cloud-based accounting, payroll, and HR software primarily for small and medium-sized businesses. It is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index and serves millions of customers across more than 20 countries. The company had approximately 11,170 employees as of September 2025.

Salesforce Ventures

VCSaaSCybersecurityForeign

Salesforce Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Salesforce, founded in 2009. It has invested more than $6 billion across 630 enterprise software companies in 32 countries, with over 34 IPOs and 175 acquisitions among its portfolio. The firm invests from seed through growth stages in cloud infrastructure, security, AI, data platforms, and industry-specific applications.

Sands Capital

VCOtherAIForeign

Independent, staff-owned growth investment firm founded in 1992, managing ~$46B across public equity, venture capital, and growth equity in 30+ countries.

Schroders Capital

PEFinanceAIBritish

Private markets investment division of Schroders plc, managing $112bn AUM across private equity, real estate, private debt, and infrastructure.

Science Museum Group

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherEdtechBritish

The Science Museum Group is the world's leading group of science museums, operating six UK institutions including the Science Museum in London, the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, and the National Railway Museum in York. It shares collections spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine with over five million visitors annually.

Scottish Government

GovernmentOtherGrantmakerBritish

The Scottish Government is the devolved government of Scotland, responsible for policy and public services across a wide range of areas including economic development and investment. It provides funding to businesses and organisations through grants, loans, and investment programmes, including initiatives that support entrepreneurial growth and innovation across Scotland. The Scottish Government also oversees the Scottish National Investment Bank, a state-owned development bank focused on funding commercial projects to stimulate private investment.

Servcorp

CoworkingOtherForeign

Servcorp is an Australian multinational office services company founded in Sydney in 1978, providing serviced offices, coworking spaces, and virtual office solutions across more than 150 locations in 40 cities across 19 countries. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker SRV, Servcorp has served clients including major financial institutions and technology companies. The company has three UK offices in London, in Mayfair, the City of London, and Canary Wharf.

Shoosmiths

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

Shoosmiths LLP is a UK national law firm founded in 1845, operating multiple offices across the UK from London to Belfast plus European presence. The firm serves businesses and individuals across dispute resolution, real estate, corporate, banking, and employment law, with over 1,600 staff.

Silver Lake

PESaaSAIForeign

Silver Lake is a global technology-focused private equity and growth equity firm founded in 1999, managing approximately $114 billion in assets as of 2026. The firm invests in mature and growth-stage technology and technology-enabled companies across software, semiconductors, fintech, e-commerce, and digital media, with a European office in London.

Simmons & Simmons

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

Simmons & Simmons LLP is an international law firm founded in London in 1896, serving clients across financial institutions, technology, healthcare and life sciences, asset management, and energy sectors. The firm employs approximately 2,900 people across more than 20 offices in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the US.

Slalom

Professional ServicesOtherAIForeign

Slalom is a global business and technology consulting firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, with offices in the UK and across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The firm provides services in strategy, artificial intelligence, cloud, data engineering, digital product development, and organisational change management.

Snyk

ScaleupCybersecurityForeign

Developer-first cloud and application security platform for finding and fixing vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers and IaC.

Sofina

PEFinanceConsumerForeign

Belgian listed investment holding company founded in 1898, backing entrepreneurs and families with patient capital across Europe, Asia, and the US.

Sony Innovation Fund

VCAIMediaForeign

Sony Innovation Fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony Group Corporation, established in 2016, investing in transformational technology-driven startups across DeepTech, EntertainmentTech, EnterpriseTech, Fintech/DLT, ClimateTech, and Location-Based Entertainment. The fund manages over $430 million in assets and operates across the US, EU, Japan, India, and Africa, backing companies from early through to late stage.

Spaces

CoworkingOtherForeign

Spaces is a global coworking and flexible office brand founded in Amsterdam in 2008, now part of International Workplace Group (IWG). It operates vibrant, design-led coworking spaces, private offices, and meeting rooms across hundreds of locations worldwide, including numerous sites across London. The brand targets creative professionals and growing businesses seeking community-driven workspaces.

Spectrum Equity

PESaaSAIForeign

Spectrum Equity is a growth equity firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in San Francisco and London. The firm invests in information, software, internet, and data services companies, with a particular focus on SaaS, fintech, healthcare data, and compliance infrastructure. It currently manages its tenth fund with approximately $2.3 billion in committed capital.

Speedinvest

VCFinanceAIForeign

Speedinvest is a Vienna-headquartered European venture capital firm founded in 2011, with offices in Berlin, London, Munich, and Paris. The firm focuses on pre-seed, seed, and early growth-stage technology startups, investing in sectors including fintech, deep tech, B2B AI, health tech, climate tech, and consumer. It manages over €1 billion in assets under management across a portfolio of more than 250 startups.

Stability AI

ScaleupAIBritish

Generative AI research company best known for Stable Diffusion open-weights text-to-image models, plus models for image, video, audio and 3D generation. Operates a B2B model combining open-source distribution with commercial API services and enterprise licensing.

Starling Bank

CorporateFinanceConsumerBritish

Licensed UK digital-only bank offering personal, business and SME accounts alongside its Engine banking-as-a-service SaaS platform. Profitable since 2021 and targeting a stock market listing at a circa £4 billion valuation.

StepStone Group

PEOtherForeign

Global private markets firm managing $233B AUM across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate; listed on Nasdaq (STEP).

SumUp

CorporateFinanceBritish

Payments fintech providing card readers, POS and merchant tools to small businesses across 30+ markets.

Summit Partners

PESaaSFinanceVCForeign

Summit Partners is a global growth-focused alternative investment firm founded in 1984, with over $44 billion in assets under management. The firm invests in technology, healthcare and life sciences, and growth products and services companies, typically at growth equity and late-stage venture stages. Summit maintains offices in Boston, Menlo Park, New York, London (Mayfair), and Luxembourg.

Synthesia

ScaleupAIBritish

Synthesia is an AI video generation platform that enables organisations to create professional videos using AI avatars and synthetic voices in over 130 languages, without cameras or production studios. It is widely used for corporate training, learning and development, and internal communications.