Directory

Weaver Labs

ScaleupSpaceBritish

Cell-Stack software that aggregates telecom and satellite ground assets (antennas, fibre, satellite networks, edge cloud) into Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Network-as-a-Service.

WestTech London

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherBritish

WestTech London is an innovation and entrepreneurship initiative established by Imperial College London, uniting stakeholders across four West London research and innovation clusters: Albertopolis (South Kensington), Paddington Life Sciences, White City Innovation District, and Old Oak. Announced in March 2024 as part of Imperial's Science for Humanity strategy, it aims to create a global powerhouse for frontier innovation, creating jobs, attracting investment, and driving economic growth across the region.

Westmont Enterprise Hub

Incubator / AcceleratorOtherAcademiaCoworkingBritish

The Westmont Enterprise Hub is the entrepreneurship and business incubation centre at the University of West London, based on the St Mary's Road campus in Ealing. It supports student founders, alumni, staff and local community entrepreneurs with co-working space, mentoring, workshops, and expert business advice to help turn ideas into viable businesses. The hub was established with support from the Westmont Hospitality Group and launched in February 2019.

Wildfarmed

ScaleupClimateConsumerBritish

Regenerative-agriculture supply-chain company producing regenerative flour and bread by contracting farmers to grow grain without synthetic inputs.

Wilson Partners

Professional ServicesOtherBritish

Wilson Partners is a UK chartered accountancy and advisory firm headquartered in Maidenhead, Berkshire, founded in 2008. The firm provides integrated services across accounting, tax (UK and US), audit, corporate finance, and strategic advisory to entrepreneurs, SMEs, private clients, and investors. It operates from offices across England and South Africa, with a specialist corporate finance division covering M&A, debt advisory, and transaction support.

Wimbletech

CommunityOtherCoworkingBritish

Wimbletech CIC is a Community Interest Company founded in October 2013 that transforms underutilised spaces — primarily public libraries — into affordable coworking communities for startups, entrepreneurs, and remote workers across London and the South East. Operating under three brands (Wimbletech, TheWorkary, and Rivertech) across more than ten sites, the network supports hundreds of businesses and hosts nearly 1,000 community events annually.

Win-Win

StartupConsumerClimateBritish

Produces cocoa-free chocolate alternatives from rice and carob using a patented fermentation process, with approximately 82% lower CO2e than conventional chocolate.

Winnow

ScaleupAIClimateBritish

AI and computer-vision platform for commercial kitchens that measures and reduces food waste, serving hotels, caterers and cruise lines globally.

Wordsmith

StartupLegalAIBritish

Edinburgh-based AI platform that captures, triages, resolves and records legal requests for in-house legal teams, serving 500+ companies including BT, Canva and Deliveroo.

Work.Life

CoworkingOtherBritish

Work.Life is a B Corp-certified coworking and flexible office space operator founded in 2015 by David Kosky and Elliot Gold, with over 14 locations across London, Manchester, and Reading. The company provides private offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, and event spaces for startups, SMEs, and growing teams, with a focus on employee wellbeing and community.

WorkPad

CoworkingOtherBritish

WorkPad is a premium London serviced office provider founded in 2013, specialising in transforming period properties into luxury flexible workspaces across prime central London locations including Soho, Mayfair, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Farringdon, Holborn, and Marylebone. The company manages over 30 premium office spaces and offers serviced offices, virtual offices, and meeting rooms on flexible monthly agreements.

Working From_

CoworkingOtherBritish

Working From_ is a coworking brand launched in 2019 by Ennismore, inspired by the working atmosphere of The Hoxton hotel lobbies. It offers flexible workspace memberships with 24/7 access across locations in London (Southwark), Brussels, and Chicago, with amenities including meeting rooms, wellness classes, and hotel perks. Ennismore, its parent company, is a UK-registered lifestyle hospitality group headquartered in London.

Wren Capital

VCOtherAIBritish

Wren Capital is a London-based angel investment group founded in 2011 that invests in early-stage companies across science, engineering, and software. The firm typically deploys £50,000–£200,000 per funding round and has invested in over 60 companies spanning sectors from semiconductors and genome editing to medical devices and satellites.

Wyvern Seed Fund

VCOtherAIBritish

Wyvern Seed Fund was an early-stage venture capital fund based in Bristol, owned by the Universities of Bristol and Southampton, that provided seed and growth capital to technology spin-outs and companies connected to its partner universities and the SETsquared Partnership. The fund typically invested up to £500,000 per company and has since been liquidated and ceased trading.

YABA

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsOtherBritish

The Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) is a non-profit angel investment network founded in 1995 and based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, that connects business angel members with early-stage entrepreneurs across Yorkshire and the Humber region seeking equity funding. YABA holds regular investor meetings at various venues throughout the region and charges only a modest membership fee to angels and a small administration fee to entrepreneurs, taking no commission on funds raised. The network is managed by Envestors Limited and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

YSYS

CommunityOtherBritish

YSYS (Your Startup, Your Story) is a London-based community dedicated to connecting diverse people with opportunities in the tech startup ecosystem. Founded in 2017, the organisation runs programmes including Founders Door and Talent Door, providing networking, training, and access to investment for underrepresented founders and tech professionals. Since launch it has supported over 17,000 diverse individuals to advance in tech, in partnership with organisations such as Google, JP Morgan, and the Mayor of London.

Yonder

StartupFinanceBritish

Rewards credit card for young professionals and credit-invisible consumers, focused on dining, travel and city experiences in the UK.

ZELP

StartupClimateBritish

AgriTech company developing a patented cattle wearable that oxidises methane from bovine burps in real time, reducing livestock greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50%. The device also captures performance data to improve farm productivity and animal welfare.

Zango AI

StartupFinanceAIBritish

Regtech platform using AI agents for financial-services compliance, covering horizon scanning of regulatory change, gap analysis, controls testing and real-time compliance monitoring.

Zapp

ScaleupConsumerE-commerceBritish

Premium on-demand instant grocery and convenience delivery operating from dark stores across affluent areas of central London, with listings on UberEats and Deliveroo.

Zevero

StartupClimateAIBritish

AI-based carbon accounting and management SaaS platform that helps businesses measure, reduce, and report Scope 1–3 emissions in line with tightening disclosure regulations.

Zodia Custody

StartupFinanceBritish

Institutional-grade digital asset custodian providing regulated, secure custody solutions for cryptocurrency and digital assets, serving global financial institutions. It was established as a joint venture backed by Standard Chartered and SBI Holdings.

Zone29

Incubator / AcceleratorOtherAcademiaCoworkingBritish

Zone29 is the University of Westminster's purpose-built nine-storey hub for careers and enterprise, located in Marylebone, which completed construction and opened in spring 2026. It offers entrepreneurship support through the WeNetwork programme, which provides tiered grants, workshops, mentoring, and co-working facilities to help students and graduates start and grow businesses, alongside digital skills labs, a maker space, podcast studios, and event space.

Zya

StartupBiotech & Life SciencesBritish

Synthetic biology startup developing digestive enzyme technology that converts a portion of dietary sugar into prebiotic fibre during digestion. Its lead product, Convero, is designed to improve gut health without requiring changes to food formulation.