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Dstl

GovernmentDefenceDeep TechBritish

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence that maximises the impact of science and technology for the defence and security of the United Kingdom. Formed on 2 July 2001 from the split of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), it provides specialist science and technology services and research to the MoD and wider government. Its primary site is Porton Down in Wiltshire, with additional facilities at Portsdown West, Hampshire.

Duck Creek

CorporateFinanceSaaSForeign

Connect AI, data, and insurance operations with Duck Creek's Intelligent Core. Modernize P&C insurance, accelerate innovation, and scale without complexity.

Due

StartupFinanceBritish

Borderless multi-currency accounts plus an embeddable API enabling businesses to send/receive fiat and stablecoin payments.

Duffel

StartupLogisticsSaaSBritish

Any business – from travel startups to financial enterprises - can build with Duffel to search and book flights, stays, add ancillaries, charge customers, manage orders and more.

Duku AI

StartupAISaaSBritish

Product Verification Infrastructure. Test your product the way real users do, finding bugs your tests miss.

Dunedin

PEOtherBritish

Dunedin LLP is a UK mid-market private equity firm based in Edinburgh that invests in UK-headquartered businesses with an enterprise value of between £20 million and £100 million. It backs ambitious management teams across business services and niche financial services sectors and aims to drive growth through active partnership.

Duolingo

CorporateEdtechForeign

Free, fun, and effective courses in languages and more. Learn with quick, science-based lessons personalized to you.

Dust

StartupAIForeign

Dust connects your company knowledge, tools, and teams so you can create, share, and run agents across real workflows. Use different models for different tasks, with people in control.

Dwelly

ScaleupProptechAIBritish

London-based AI-powered lettings platform that acquires and integrates independent UK letting agencies, managing over 10,000 properties after raising £69m from General Catalyst.

Dynamics 365 & Power Platform UK User Groups

CommunityOtherBritish

## Our communityUser groups having been running in the UK for over 10 years, starting with a user group for Dynamics CRM in 2011.Since then, we have expanded in number and in scope, covering not just the traditional 'CRM' applications under Dynamics 365 but also the Microsoft Power Platform – Power

E100

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherMediaBritish

Enterprise 100 (E100) is one of the longest-running private angel investment clubs in the UK, operating continuously since 1999 in affiliation with London Business School. The club comprises around 100 high-net-worth individual members who invest in early-stage companies, typically in rounds of £150k to £2m, having facilitated over £795 million in total fundraising with no fees or equity taken from entrepreneurs.

EBANX

ScaleupFinanceForeign

Accelerate your business by providing the best cross-border payments for local markets in Latin America, Asia, and Africa with EBANX's built-to-fit solutions.

ECI Partners

PEOtherConsumerBritish

ECI Partners is a London-headquartered growth-focused private equity firm established in 1976, with offices also in Manchester and New York. The firm invests in mid-market UK and Irish businesses, typically backing deals valued up to £300 million across sectors including cloud and digital, financial services, healthtech, and HR and edtech. Over nearly five decades ECI has partnered with more than 250 management teams and manages approximately £3 billion in assets under management.

EF

Incubator / AcceleratorAISaaSVCBritish

Entrepreneurs First is an international talent investor and accelerator that identifies high-potential individuals and supports them in building technology companies, matching them with co-founders and providing early-stage investment before a startup idea is formed. Founded in 2011 by Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck, it has helped create over 640 companies with a combined value exceeding $16 billion, and raised $200 million in fresh capital in 2026 to back the next generation of global founders.

EMV Capital

VCDeep TechClimateBritish

EMV Capital backs early-stage deep tech and life sciences firms with proactive management and capital-efficient strategies.

ENSO

StartupClimateBritish

Sustainable tyre maker for electric vehicles, producing longer-range, lower-rolling-resistance tyres that reduce tyre particulate pollution by approximately 35% and increase EV range by approximately 10%.

EOS IM

PEClimateBritish

EOS Investment Management is an independent, FCA-regulated alternative investment fund manager founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Milan and Luxembourg. The firm specialises in two investment strategies: Clean Energy Infrastructure (large-scale solar and wind projects, primarily in Italy and across Europe) and mid-market Private Equity focused on Italian and European small-to-medium enterprises.

EPIC Investment Partners

PEFinanceBritish

EPIC Investment Partners is an FCA-regulated alternative capital firm founded in 2001 and based in London. The firm operates across four divisions — Capital (private equity and special situations), Administration (outsourced fund and corporate services), Markets (fund management platform), and Advisory — and is the investment adviser to EPE Special Opportunities, an AIM-listed private equity investment company.

EQT

PEOtherAIVCForeign

EQT is a global private markets investment organisation founded in 1994 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The firm manages approximately €206 billion in assets across private equity, infrastructure, real assets, and venture capital strategies and employs a thematic, sector-focused approach across healthcare, technology, and services. EQT has offices across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific, including a significant London presence.

ET Capital

VCAISaaSBritish

ET Capital Limited is a Cambridge-based venture capital firm established in 1992 that invests in high-growth, early-stage technology and science-based companies primarily within the Cambridge, Oxford, and London clusters. The firm has managed nine funds since inception and maintains a portfolio of over 60 technology companies across sectors including information technology, life sciences, clean technology, biomedical devices, agritech, and climate innovation. Its Cambridge Venture Index SEIS/EIS Fund uses a diversified, index-style approach to backing early-stage science businesses.

EY

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

EY (formerly Ernst & Young) is a global professional services organisation providing assurance, tax, strategy, consulting, and transactions services. The firm employs approximately 393,000 people across more than 700 offices in over 150 countries, with its global headquarters in London, where it renewed its lease near London Bridge until 2040.

Eagle Labs

CoworkingOtherIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

Barclays Eagle Labs is a UK-wide network of over 40 innovation and coworking hubs operated by Barclays, designed to support founders and startups to launch, grow, and scale. Launched in 2015, the programme provides coworking space, mentoring, coaching, events, growth programmes, and access to banking and business expertise, and has supported over 13,000 businesses across locations from London and Birmingham to Sheffield and Glasgow.

Earlybird

VCSaaSAIForeign

Earlybird Venture Capital is a pan-European venture capital firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with offices in London, Milan, and Munich. The firm backs exceptional early-stage technology companies across Europe, providing financial resources, strategic support, and access to an international network, with over €2.5 billion in assets under management.

Earlymarket

VCOtherClimateIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

Earlymarket LLP is a London-based family office and early-stage investment firm specialising in incubating technology start-ups. The firm invests across sectors including the energy transition, future of agriculture, personalised healthcare, data privacy, and Web3, providing capital alongside management expertise, financial control, and workspace.