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Flipper Hackspace

CommunityOtherCoworkingBritish

Flipper Hackspace is a London-based community electronics lab and creative workspace run by Flipper Devices, the makers of the Flipper Zero open-source hacking tool. Located in Greenwich's Design District, which serves as Flipper Devices' global headquarters, it provides membership-based access to electronics equipment and workspace for hardware hackers, students, and tech enthusiasts to develop skills and accelerate projects.

Flok Health

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesAIBritish

Cambridge-based startup operating the UK's first CQC-approved AI physiotherapy clinic, delivering autonomous MSK care pathways to over 2.4 million NHS patients.

Forest

ScaleupClimateConsumerBritish

Sustainable shared electric-bike scheme for London; tree-shaped e-bikes offering free daily minutes funded by an in-app advertising platform.

Forward Fooding Hub

CoworkingOtherEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsCommunityBritish

The Forward Fooding FoodTech Innovation Hub is London's first shared workspace dedicated to AgriFoodtech businesses, hosted within The Mills Fabrica at King's Cross. Operated by Forward Fooding (formerly CrowdFooding, founded 2014 by Alessio D'Antino; rebranded and hub launched June 2018), it provides co-working space, networking events, equity-free business growth programmes, and access to Forward Fooding's global agrifoodtech intelligence platform, connecting food-tech startups with corporate partners, investors, and industry experts.

Founders Law

Professional ServicesOtherAIBritish

Founders Law is a London-based law firm providing hands-on legal support to high-growth companies across corporate administration, fundraising, employment, data privacy, commercial agreements, and specialist areas including AI, crypto, and fintech. Originally founded in 2019 as Chronos Law, the firm rebranded to Founders Law in 2022 following investment by Founders Forum Group. It is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and also maintains an office in Dubai.

Founders of the Future

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherBritish

Founders of the Future is a competition run by Tech Nation in partnership with Founders Forum, targeting exceptional early-stage founders aged 25 and under across the UK and US. Finalists pitch live at the London Tech Week finale for up to £500,000 in investment backed by a network of venture capital firms. The programme was launched by Founders Forum in 2016 and is sector-agnostic, aiming to discover and accelerate the most promising young founders.

Foundervine

CommunityOtherIncubator / AcceleratorBritish

Foundervine is an award-winning UK social enterprise and accelerator that supports entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds to start and scale businesses. Founded in 2017 by Izzy Obeng, it runs immersive entrepreneurship labs and programmes such as The Foundry accelerator and the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator, and has supported over 1,600 businesses and more than 4,400 founders. It has been named twice by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe's most dynamic start-up ecosystems.

Fox Williams

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

Fox Williams is a City of London business law firm founded in 1989, offering services across commercial and corporate law, employment, financial services regulatory, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and technology law. The firm is particularly recognised for its strength in financial services, professional services, technology, and FinTech sectors.

Frog Capital

PESaaSFinanceVCBritish

Frog Capital is a London-based growth equity investor specialising in purpose-driven European software scale-ups, incorporated in February 2009. The firm deploys growth capital alongside its proprietary Scale-Up Methodology, providing operational support to technology CEOs seeking to grow rapidly. It is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Frontier Development Capital

PEOtherBritish

Frontier Development Capital is a Birmingham-based FCA-regulated debt fund provider founded in 2016 that offers flexible long-term debt financing to established mid-market SMEs and property developers across the UK. It provides debt investments between £1 million and £20 million for growth capital, shareholder transactions, and property development, focusing particularly on businesses in the Midlands and the North of England. The firm was acquired by Mercia Asset Management in December 2022 and also operates under the trading name Mercia Business Loans.

Fubra

StartupMediaConsumerBritish

Fubra is a technology, internet publishing, and investment business founded in 2000 and based in Aldershot, Hampshire. The company operates a portfolio of consumer web properties and makes early-stage investments in small technology companies, having backed a handful of startups including PlanSnap, ClearBooks, and Petrol Prices.

Fund Twenty8

VCOtherAIBritish

Fund Twenty8 was a passive Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund created by SyndicateRoom, based in Cambridge. The fund used a proprietary algorithm to automatically co-invest alongside business angels and VCs, building a diversified portfolio of at least 28 EIS-qualifying companies across sectors. The fund launched in 2016, closed having raised £4.55 million from 233 investors, and is no longer accepting new investment; SyndicateRoom now operates the successor Access EIS fund.

FundamentalVR

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesSaaSBritish

Surgical training SaaS combining VR with patented HapticVR feedback so surgeons rehearse procedures with realistic tissue and tool sensations.

Futr

StartupAISaaSBritish

Conversational/agentic AI 'co-pilots' and chatbots for councils, police forces, housing associations and charities; multilingual citizen self-service across channels.

GC Business Finance

PEOtherGovernmentBritish

GC Business Finance is a not-for-profit, FCA-regulated alternative lender and part of The Growth Company, based in Manchester. It provides debt and equity finance ranging from £500 to £300,000 to start-ups and SMEs, funded by the British Business Bank and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, and has deployed over £1 billion to more than 76,000 businesses since 2002.

GDG London

CommunityOtherBritish

GDG London is the London chapter of Google Developer Groups, a global network of developer communities supported by Google. It organises talks, workshops and networking events covering Google technologies and broader developer topics, with over 3,300 members. The group is independently run and welcomes developers of all experience levels.

GEEIQ

StartupGamingAIBritish

London-based intelligence platform that helps brands plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds such as Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.

GM&C Life Sciences Fund

VCOtherBritish

The GM&C Life Sciences Fund is a £31m seed and early-stage venture capital fund for life sciences businesses in the Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington region, managed by Catapult Ventures. Established in 2015, it has invested in over 40 companies across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, digital health, diagnostics, and medical devices, leveraging over £100m in matched private sector co-investment. New investments concluded in 2021 though the fund continues to support its existing portfolio.

GR Capital

VCFinanceLogisticsBritish

GR Capital is a pan-European venture fund founded in 2016 that backs fast-growth technology companies with proven teams and scaling capacities. The firm focuses on sectors including health, wealth, housing, and mobility, and has launched two successive €100 million funds.

Gaia

ScaleupBiotech & Life SciencesFinanceForeign

InsurTech/femtech platform using predictive technology to create IVF insurance and financing products that de-risk and fund fertility treatment for patients.

Genie AI

ScaleupAILegalBritish

Legal AI platform that drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts; generates personalised 50+ page agreements across jurisdictions in minutes with AI risk review.

Geomiq

ScaleupE-commerceSaaSBritish

On-demand custom manufacturing marketplace giving instant quotes/ordering for CNC machining, 3D printing, injection moulding and sheet metal via vetted suppliers.

Giant Ventures

VCClimateAIBritish

Giant Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that backs purpose-driven technology founders rebuilding foundational systems across climate, health, and inclusive capitalism. The firm invests from pre-seed through Series B in Europe and the US, with its global headquarters at Giant House in Notting Hill, London, and additional team members in California, New York, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

GlycanAge

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesBritish

Glycan-based diagnostics company; IgG-glycosylation 'inflammaging' clock measuring biological age and systemic inflammation, expanding from wellness into hospital diagnostics.