Directory

BCS

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is the UK's professional body and chartered institute for those working in digital, data, and technology roles, with over 70,000 members across 150 countries. Founded in 1957 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984, it promotes the education, practice, and ethics of IT for the benefit of the public. BCS awards professional certifications, accredits degree programmes, and is the regulatory body for the Chartered IT Professional (CITP) qualification.

BCSWomen

Community

BCSWomen is a specialist group of the British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT, and is the largest member group for women working in computing in the UK. Founded in 2001 by Professor Sue Black OBE, the group provides networking, mentoring, and professional development opportunities for women in IT, and campaigns to attract and retain women and girls in technology careers. The group organises around 25 events per year including the annual Lovelace Colloquium.

BIA

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the UK trade association representing the innovative life sciences and biotech industry, with over 600 member companies including start-ups, biotechnology firms, pharmaceutical companies, universities, and research centres. Founded in 1989, it advocates for its members through policy influence, hosts more than 40 networking events annually, and publishes sector insights and reports.

BIMA

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsCommunity

BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) is a not-for-profit industry body representing the UK's digital and tech industry, founded in 1985. It promotes Britain's digital sector through knowledge sharing, awards, talent development, and engagement with government and academia. With offices in England, Scotland, and Wales, it is one of the UK's largest digital and tech community organisations.

Bad London?

Community

Algoravioli London is back at the Greyhound with a brand new event, where all the night's electronic music and visuals are made LIVE ... entirely FROM SCRATCH 🫥🎀 Everything you see and hear will be entirely improvised from a blank screen. Experience music being created from nothing! Watch visuals being crafted out of thin air!! ☁️💖☁️ This practice is part of a larger international movement known as " From Scratch " and we're pleased to join it with our very own London edition. Our rules are adapted from both the Barcelona and Mexico City editions: If you have any questions about what is and isn't allowed in the rules, feel free to join our discord and ask in the #from-scratch channel, or DM @algorave_london on insta. Want to perform? Complete beginners and experts are all welcome to sign up: >>SIGN UP FORM<< We welcome audio performers, visualists, vocalists, freestylers, poets, instrument players, dancers and more! (or just come and watch 😃) Note: At this event we like human-made and human-written art, not AI stuff 💗 peace x

Bionic Awards

Community

Bionic Awards is the AI film festival in London that celebrates bold storytelling across film, advertising and creator content.

Black Valley

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

Black Valley is a London-based organisation founded in September 2020 by Leke Sholuade with a mission to discover, nurture, and place top Black tech talent, and to support Black-led startups through its Founders Accelerator programme. The accelerator connects early-stage founders with a network of over 200 mentors from companies including Goldman Sachs, Accenture, and Hitachi, and provides access to pre-seed investors and angel networks. Black Valley also runs a recruitment service placing Black tech professionals in roles across the industry.

Blackhorse Workshop

CommunityCoworking

Blackhorse Workshop is a social enterprise and open-access wood and metal workshop in Walthamstow, founded in February 2014 by the architectural practice Assemble in partnership with the London Borough of Waltham Forest, the Mayor of London, and Create London. It provides bookable workshop benches, courses, studio spaces, and a community café, championing the power of making to improve wellbeing and support local creative enterprise.

Bloqs

CommunityCoworking

Bloqs (formerly Building BloQs) is a not-for-private-profit open-access workshop and social enterprise based in Enfield, north London, providing professional members with pay-as-you-go access to over 32,000 square feet of industrial facilities for woodworking, metalworking, textiles, CNC routing, laser cutting, and 3D printing. Founded in 2012 in response to rising rental costs pricing makers out of London, it is sited at the Meridian Water regeneration development and also hosts training, events, a café, and a shop open to the local community.

British Science Association

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The British Science Association (BSA) is a registered charity and learned society founded in 1831 to promote the public understanding and engagement with science across the UK. It organises major national initiatives including British Science Week, the British Science Festival, and the CREST Awards for young people. Its mission is to transform the diversity and inclusivity of science and reach under-served audiences.

BuildHer Labs

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

A hands-on founder-in-residence venture studio for female and non-binary operators. Sharpen thinking, pressure-test models, and get investor-ready.

Builders & Brews

Community

Hosted by Nebius and Tavily, Builders & Brews is a global event series bringing developers, founders, and AI builders together over coffee to connect, learn, and build.

BusinessLDN

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

BusinessLDN (previously known as London First) is a cross-sector business campaign group founded in 1992 to make London the best city in the world in which to do business. The organisation advocates on behalf of London's business community on issues including skills and talent, housing and planning, transport, sustainability, and economic competitiveness. It rebranded from London First to BusinessLDN in July 2022.

C++ London

Community

C++ London is a community group for software developers interested in C++ programming language and its applications.

CAST

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology) is a UK registered charity that helps social impact organisations adopt digital technologies and AI for greater societal benefit. It offers programmes, training, toolkits, and consultancy to charities and funders seeking to embed digital ways of working.

CBI

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) is the UK's largest and most influential private business lobbying and advocacy organisation, incorporated by royal charter and founded in 1965. It represents approximately 190,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, including over 1,100 corporate members and nearly 150 trade associations, and acts as the primary interface between UK industry and government.

CETaS

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) is a research centre hosted at The Alan Turing Institute, launched in 2022 as part of the Institute's Defence and National Security programme. CETaS conducts policy-focused research on the intersection of emerging technologies and national security, covering areas including AI, cybersecurity and privacy.

CGT Catapult

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsAcademia

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult is an independent centre of excellence established in 2012 to advance the growth of the UK cell and gene therapy industry and accelerate the development of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). It provides infrastructure, specialist manufacturing support, regulatory strategy, NHS adoption facilitation and skills training across sites in London, Stevenage, Braintree and Edinburgh.

CLTR

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is an independent UK nonprofit think tank focused on transforming global resilience to extreme risks, including extreme AI risks, extreme biological risks, and government risk management capacity. It conducts research and provides policy advice to governments and institutions to improve governance, processes and decision-making around high-impact, globally reaching threats. CLTR was founded in 2019 and is registered under the name Alpenglow Group Limited.

CaSE

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) is the UK's leading independent advocate for science and engineering, arguing for increased R&D funding and better science policy. It represents over 115 scientific organisations including businesses, universities, professional bodies, and research charities, and was originally founded in 1986 as Save British Science.

Camden Collective

CoworkingCommunity

Camden Collective is a registered charity (Charity No. 1148689) providing free hotdesking and subsidised fixed-desk and private office space for creative and entrepreneurial start-ups in Camden Town. It began in 2009 as a Camden Town Unlimited initiative responding to post-financial-crisis high street vacancy, becoming an independent charity in 2012. The organisation repurposes vacant and underused properties across the borough in partnership with Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town.

Capital Enterprise

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsIncubator / Accelerator

Capital Enterprise is a not-for-profit membership organisation and ecosystem body that serves as London's startup expert network, connecting and energising the capital's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Incorporated in 1993, it acts as the membership body for enterprise support service providers and collaborates with investors, universities, local authorities, accelerators, and incubators to accelerate early-stage startups across AI, MedTech, and deep tech.

Caribbean Tech Collective UK

Community

Caribbean Tech Collective is a UK community for Caribbean and wider Black professionals in tech, product, data, engineering and operations. Events and partnerships.

Centre for Entrepreneurs

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE) is a UK entrepreneurship foundation formed from a merger of a think tank and the New Entrepreneurs Foundation in 2017. It delivers entrepreneurial development programmes, conducts research on entrepreneurship, builds entrepreneurial communities, and engages policymakers and the public to foster a more entrepreneurial UK.