Directory

Foundervine

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

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.

Foxglove

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Foxglove is a UK-registered, not-for-profit community interest company that uses legal action, investigation and campaigning to challenge government and corporate overreach in technology and data. Its work spans AI accountability, data privacy, NHS data governance and the environmental impact of data centres. The organisation was co-founded in London in 2019.

Francis Crick Institute

AcademiaEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe's largest biomedical research institute, located beside St Pancras station in London. Established through a partnership between the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London, and King's College London, it brings together over 2,000 scientists, engineers, and support staff to conduct research into the fundamental biology underlying health and disease.

Frontier Deep Tech x Silicon Roundabout Ventures

VCCommunity

Silicon Roundabout Ventures - Investing in European Deeptech With Conviction As Early As We Can

Future Forward

Community

Founders, investors and senior leaders in one room, at the frontier of emerging technology. A curated event series by Blott and Walmer Group.

GDG London

Community

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.

GMax Card

Community

GMax Card hosts regular business, finance, and tech networking events in London, offering digital business cards to participants.

GirlsWhoML

Community

A Global Movement to Bridge the Gender Gap in AI Introducing 100,000 women around the world to Machine Learning and AI by 2027 Building a global ecosystem for Women that makes Machine learning accessible and relatable OUR VISION Introducing 100,000 women to Machine Learning and AI by 2027 Data Scientist London Amara Okafor Machine Learning Engineer London Isabella Rossi Deep Learning Engineer London […]

Global AI Community

Community

Free events, local chapters around the world, videos, and the Global AI Weekly newsletter. Connect, learn and build with AI developers worldwide.

Global Tech Advocates

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsCommunity

Global Tech Advocates is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit international grassroots tech community uniting the private sector across more than 40 cities and regions worldwide, with over 40,000 members including startups, scaleups, corporates, policymakers and academics. Founded in 2015 as an extension of Tech London Advocates (founded 2013), it facilitates knowledge exchange, networking, and advocacy to support the growth of the global technology sector. It operates under the same entity as Tech London Advocates.

Good Space

CoworkingCommunity

Good Space is a neighbourhood work club and co-working operator in London, with locations in Queen's Park (NW6) and Islington Square (N1). Originally founded during the pandemic period around 2021 in Queen's Park, the company focuses on community-oriented flexible workspace for local creative professionals. It also runs an Ideas Club newsletter reaching over 3,000 subscribers.

Grantham Institute

AcademiaEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Grantham Institute is Imperial College London's climate change and environment research institute, producing scientific research, policy analysis and public engagement on climate solutions, and supporting climate-focused startups and cleantech innovators.

Grow London

GovernmentEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Grow London is a suite of business support programmes delivered by London & Partners on behalf of the Greater London Authority, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It encompasses Grow London Global (supporting tech scale-ups with international expansion), Grow London Local (free support for small businesses), and Grow London Early Stage (supporting early-stage high-growth companies in London).

HERVISIONS

Community

HERVISIONS is a femme-focused curatorial agency founded in London in 2015 by Zaiba Jabbar, commissioning and producing digital art at the intersection of technology and culture. It collaborates with cultural institutions such as Tate, the V&A and the BFI, and is supported by Arts Council England.

HVM Catapult

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) is a strategic research and innovation hub that commercialises the UK's most advanced manufacturing ideas, operating a nationwide network of seven research and development centres. Established in 2011 by Innovate UK, it employs over 3,700 engineers, scientists, and technicians who support businesses across automotive, aerospace, defence, clean energy, and advanced materials sectors. It has supported over 30,000 manufacturing businesses since inception.

Hacker News London

Community

Hacker News London is a community group for technologists and entrepreneurs interested in the Hacker News platform and tech culture, hosting meetups and fostering discussion around technology, startups, and innovation.

Hatch Enterprise

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

Hatch Enterprise is a UK registered charity and social enterprise, founded in 2014 in South London, that supports underrepresented entrepreneurs — including women, ethnic minorities, disabled, and neurodivergent founders — to start and grow businesses. Its programmes include cohort accelerators, one-to-one consultancies, masterclasses, and peer mentoring, and it has supported over 10,000 founders since inception. Partners include the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, NatWest, and UBS.

Headstart Team

StartupCommunity

Headstart Global runs eight-week startup micro-internship programmes that pair university students in small teams with startup partners on live business briefs, spanning strategy, product, fundraising and growth work. Founded by two UCL students, it has built a community of thousands of students and hundreds of startup partners across dozens of universities.

Health Innovation Network

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Health Innovation Network South London is the NHS-commissioned health innovation network for south London, connecting the NHS, academia, industry, and investors to accelerate the spread and adoption of proven health technologies and innovations. Hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, it serves 55 health and care organisations across 12 south London boroughs.

Henley Business Angels

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Henley Business Angels (HBA) is a UK angel investment network established in 2016 under the auspices of Henley Business School at the University of Reading, serving the Thames Valley region. The network facilitates investments of £50,000 to £500,000 in early-stage, high-growth businesses, with particular interest in clean and green technology, life sciences, biomedical, robotics, and SaaS businesses. HBA is a member of the UK Business Angels Association and a signatory of the Investing in Women Code.

House London!

Community

A monthly data sprint turning London

IC WSET

Community

A student-led society at Imperial College London supporting female-identifying and non-binary students in STEM through mentorship, networking, careers events and hackathons with corporate partners.

ICE

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is the world's oldest professional engineering body, founded on 2 January 1818, and the leading qualifying body for civil engineers in the UK. With over 96,000 members across 150+ countries, it supports the profession through professional qualification, education promotion, ethical standards, and liaison with industry, academia, and government. It operates Thomas Telford Ltd as a commercial arm delivering training, recruitment, publishing, and contract services.

IET

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is one of the world's largest engineering institutions, with approximately 168,000 members in over 150 countries. It works to inspire, inform, and influence the global engineering and technology community through professional membership, knowledge resources, events, and advocacy, and was formed in 2006 from the merger of the IEE and the IIE.