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The Bakery

Incubator / AcceleratorProfessional ServicesForeign

The Bakery is a corporate innovation management firm founded in London in 2012 that connects major corporates with startups, entrepreneurs, and investors to drive digital transformation, open innovation, and new revenue creation. It provides Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Corporate Venture Building (CVB), and AI strategy as-a-service solutions, and has generated over $100 million in measurable economic value for clients in a single year.

The Conduit EIS Impact Fund

VCSeries A+

London-based EIS impact fund (est. 2021) backing early-to-growth-stage UK startups in climate, health, education, and financial resilience.

The Generator

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

The Generator is the University of Greenwich's enterprise hub, based in the Powerhouse building on the Greenwich campus, which officially opened in November 2019. It supports students, graduates, staff and community entrepreneurs to start, scale and grow their businesses through mentoring, training, funding competitions, hackathons and equity-free bursaries of up to £5,000. The Generator also runs the annual Enterprise Challenge and #GreHacks events.

The Hub by UAL

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworkingCommunity

The Hub is a University of the Arts London (UAL) community enterprise space in Peckham, created in partnership with Southwark Council to serve local entrepreneurs and the wider UAL community. It houses the Greenhouse startup acceleration initiative, which supports local entrepreneurs and UAL graduates building impactful businesses, alongside workshops, talks, exhibitions, and digital skills programmes. The space provides flexible multi-functional facilities and does not host in-curriculum teaching.

The King's Trust

GrantmakerIncubator / Accelerator

The King's Trust is a UK registered charity founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help young people aged 11–30 facing disadvantage to build confidence, gain skills, and move into employment, education, or enterprise. Its Enterprise programme provides mentoring, grants of up to £5,000, and start-up loans of up to £25,000 to young people aged 18–30 who wish to start a business. The charity has assisted over one million young people since its founding and is one of the UK's largest youth charities by expenditure.

The London Fund

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

The London Fund is a venture capital and growth investment firm founded in 2003 that invests in and advises IP-rich, high-growth companies focused on B2C and emerging technology. The fund provides growth capital ranging from $200,000 to $50 million and works closely with founders on inorganic growth strategies, M&A, IP strategy, and IPOs. Its portfolio spans enterprise applications, vertical SaaS, consumer, and enterprise infrastructure sectors.

The Nest

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

The Nest is Kingston University's student and graduate business incubator, offering a 24-month growth programme for early-stage entrepreneurs. Members receive co-working space, tailored mentoring, access to Kingston's enterprise community, and can pitch for seed funding of up to £10,000 at programme entry. It was launched in December 2014 and is part of Kingston University's broader Enterprise Education offering, which has supported over 1,600 start-ups since 2014/15.

The North West Fund

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthGovernmentPE

The North West Fund is a £155 million regional investment fund established to provide debt and equity finance to small and medium-sized enterprises in the North West of England, jointly financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Managed by North West Business Finance Limited, the fund deployed capital through six specialist sub-funds targeting sectors including biomedical, digital, creative, and general development capital. The fund is now fully invested, having supported over 443 businesses with more than £153 million and levering over £170 million in private sector co-investment.

Thesiger Capital Group

VCGrowth

Thesiger Capital Group is a London-based growth investment firm providing specialised financing to companies operating in European security and defence infrastructure, aiming to strengthen the continent's strategic autonomy.

Thoma Bravo

PESeries A+GrowthForeign

Thoma Bravo is the world's largest software-focused private equity firm, with over $172 billion in assets under management as of early 2026. The firm acquires and builds enterprise software businesses spanning cybersecurity, financial technology, infrastructure, and operations management, with a portfolio of approximately 80 companies. It maintains offices in Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

Tiny VC

VCPre-SeedSeed

Backing great companies when they're tiny

Toscafund

PEGrowth

Toscafund Asset Management is a London-based specialist investment manager founded in 2000, managing funds across UK small to mid-cap equities, global financials, commercial and residential property, private equity, and hedge strategies. The firm serves institutional investors, pension funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals with approximately $2 billion in assets under management, and also maintains offices in New York, Melbourne, and Hong Kong.

Tower Research

CorporateVCForeign

Tower Research Capital: A home for the world's best quantitative trading teams, powered by a high-performance technology platform.

TowerBrook

PEGrowth

TowerBrook Capital Partners is an international private equity and structured opportunities investment management firm founded in 2005 as a spin-out from Soros Fund Management. Headquartered in London and New York, the firm manages over $25 billion in assets across private equity, structured opportunities, and impact-focused strategies targeting services businesses in North America and Europe.

Triple Point

VCSeries A+

London-based FCA-regulated investment manager offering venture capital, private credit, social housing, and energy investments across institutional and individual markets.

Triple Point Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

Backing bold founders from day one

TrueSight Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

TrueSight Ventures is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm founded in 2018, with offices in London and Stockholm. The firm invests in early-stage European startups across a broad range of sectors including artificial intelligence, fintech, healthtech, and edtech, and has made over 80 investments to date with a focus on the UK and Nordic markets.

Turning Point UK

VCSeedSeries A+GrowthPre-Seed

Turning Point UK operates Turning Point Investments LLP, an angel and early-stage investment network based in Nottingham that connects investors and business angels with small and medium enterprises in the East Midlands. The firm provides financial and managerial support to fundamentally sound SMEs requiring capital injection, co-investing alongside banks and other fund providers.

Twin Path Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeed

Twin Path Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm making first cheque, pre-seed investments in AI-first startups, offering strategic guidance and ecosystem support alongside capital.

Twin Track

VCPre-SeedSeedForeign

Early-stage investor backing pre Series A founders developing foundational deep tech that strengthens NATO & Allies and scales across multiple markets.

UBS

CorporateSeries A+GrowthVCForeign

UBS Group AG is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services firm headquartered in Zurich, operating in over 50 countries and considered the world's largest private bank. It provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services to private, corporate, and institutional clients, and operates UBS Next, a dedicated corporate venture capital portfolio of $200 million focused on fintech and technology investments.

UCL BaseKX

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademiaCoworking

UCL BaseKX is UCL's dedicated entrepreneurship hub in the King's Cross Knowledge Quarter, offering flexible co-working to UCL-affiliated founders alongside meeting rooms, event space, and a private courtyard. The Hatchery is an equity-free 24-month incubator programme based at BaseKX, providing tailored mentoring and dedicated office space to UCL student and graduate startups. The hub opened in 2015 and is operated by UCL Innovation and Enterprise.

UCL Technology Fund

VCSeries A+

UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF) is a London VC managed by AlbionVC that invests in IP commercialisation spinouts from University College London's research base, focusing on physical and life sciences.

UK Private Capital

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsPEVC

UK Private Capital (formerly the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, BVCA) is the industry body and public policy advocate for the private equity, venture capital, and private credit ecosystem in the UK. Founded in 1983 and rebranded in January 2026, it represents over 600 member firms, supporting them through research, events, training, and government engagement.