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London Tech Week

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London Tech Week is Europe's largest annual technology festival, held each June in London, bringing together innovators, investors, enterprise leaders, and startups from over 100 countries. Founded in 2014 and organised by Informa Tech, Founders Forum, and London & Partners with support from HM Government and the Mayor of London, it features keynote speakers, exhibitions, content stages, and fringe events distributed across the city. The event is a platform where strategies are set, policies are announced, and business is conducted across the global technology ecosystem.

Londroid: The London Android Community Meetup

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Bringing the London Android Community Together Learn | Connect | Socialise Londroid is the largest and longest-running Android Meetup in Europe, with a community network of thousands of Android enthusiasts. We're about creating opportunities to learn, connect and socialise with the London and w

Longevity Cities

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International hub for our science-based longevity communities. Find your country, your local chapter, and the next event near you.

Lovable London

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Lovable London is a community for people across the city turning ideas and everyday problems into working products with Lovable.

Lychee

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Startup socials, events and communities for people building ambitious things. Built for startup people by startup people.

MSDUK Innovation Challenge

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsGrantmakerIncubator / Accelerator

The MSDUK Innovation Challenge is an annual programme run by Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), the UK's leading supplier diversity organisation founded in 2006. The Challenge supports ethnic minority-owned businesses across the UK and Europe to showcase innovative products and services to global corporates and investors, offering cash prizes and corporate mentoring; since its founding MSDUK has worked with over 3,000 ethnic minority businesses and more than 120 Fortune 500 firms, generating over £800 million in business for ethnic minority enterprises.

MTC

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The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is a leading UK research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, founded in 2010 and operating as one of seven centres within the High Value Manufacturing Catapult supported by Innovate UK. It employs over 600 engineers and scientists across sites in Coventry, Liverpool, and Oxford, engaging in thousands of commercial projects each year. The MTC bridges the gap between academia and industry across sectors including aerospace, automotive, defence, and digital manufacturing.

MTUK Calendar

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Our role is to ensure that the UK’s music tech start-ups and scale-ups achieve recognition, investment, and growth through the power of collaboration.

Make UK

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Make UK is the UK's leading manufacturers' trade body and employers' organisation, representing engineering, manufacturing, and technology businesses across the country. Originally founded in 1896 as the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF), it rebranded as Make UK in 2019, combining policy advocacy, employment law services, skills and apprenticeship training, and business support. It campaigns on behalf of manufacturers to government and in Brussels.

Makerversity

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Makerversity is a creative maker space and community hub based in 20,000 square feet of the lower floors of Somerset House, providing affordable workspace for over 300 founders and makers working at the intersection of design, engineering, and digital practice. It offers specialist prototyping facilities including metal and wood workshops, 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics labs, and fashion studios, alongside business mentoring support. Founded in 2013, it is B Corp certified and a London Living Wage employer, with its community having built companies valued at over £600 million.

MedCity

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MedCity is the cluster organisation for London's world-leading health and life sciences sector, launched in April 2014 by the Mayor of London in partnership with the city's Academic Health Science Centres. It helps life sciences companies establish, expand, and thrive through expert guidance, professional networks, and actionable support across diagnostics, digital health, advanced therapies, and data-driven innovation. Since 2023 it has operated as part of London & Partners, London's growth agency.

Medicines Discovery Catapult

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Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is a national life sciences service dedicated to driving breakthroughs in medicine to improve patient outcomes, operating as part of the Innovate UK Catapult network. It provides UK innovators with access to advanced drug discovery technologies, specialised scientific expertise, and industry knowledge to de-risk early-stage drug discovery projects. The organisation hosts capabilities in radiochemistry, mass spectrometry, and advanced imaging at its Alderley Park site.

Microbiology Society

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The Microbiology Society is a UK-based membership charity and learned society for scientists working in microbiology, founded in 1945 as the Society for General Microbiology. With over 8,000 members across more than 100 countries, it is the largest learned microbiological society in Europe, publishing eight peer-reviewed journals and awarding over 500 grants annually. It advances understanding of microbiology through conferences, publications, and community support.

Mind the Product

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Mind the Product is the world's largest community for product managers, designers and developers, founded in London in 2010. It provides conferences, workshops, editorial content and a weekly podcast serving over 300,000 product professionals globally. The community was acquired by Pendo in 2022 and continues to operate as a standalone brand.

Minerva Business Angels

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Minerva Business Angel Network is a not-for-profit angel investor network established in 1994 and based at the University of Warwick Science Park, matching high-growth technology startups in the Midlands with experienced private investors. The network operates ten investment groups across regions including the East Midlands, Thames Valley, West Midlands, and Yorkshire, and has supported over 100 companies to raise more than £63 million.

Muslamic Makers

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Muslamic Makers is a diverse community of Muslim technologists and change-makers, founded in March 2016 in London, providing a space to connect, grow, and belong through events, mentoring programmes, scholarships, and digital skills initiatives. After 10 years of community building the organisation is transitioning to an archive, with successor initiatives including Muslim Tech Fest and My Muslim Mentor.

MxLDN: London Magento Users Group

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Welcome to the MxLDN the bi-monthly meet up for London Magento & Adobe Commerce Users!If you are looking to network, learn, promote and have fun, this is the event for you.Looking to get involved? Get in touch via email at [email protected] or come and chat to us at our next event!

NPL

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsAcademia

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Metrology Institute, responsible for maintaining national primary measurement standards and providing measurement science, calibration, testing and consultancy services to industry and government. Founded in 1900, it operates across acoustics, biosciences, communications, engineering, quantum research and many other scientific domains.

Nesta

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsGrantmaker

Nesta is a UK research and innovation foundation and registered charity that designs, tests, and scales solutions to major societal challenges. Originally launched in 1998 as a government body funded by a National Lottery endowment, it became an independent charity in 2012 and works across areas including early childhood development, public health, and climate action. It combines applied research, policy development, venture building, and impact investment to drive systemic change.

Newable

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsIncubator / Accelerator

Newable is a London-based, employee-owned business support organisation founded in 1982 (originally as Greater London Enterprise, rebranded in 2016) that helps UK SMEs grow through finance, professional services, and workspace solutions. Its investment arm, Newable Private Investing (formerly London Business Angels), connects a network of over 500 angel investors with early-stage businesses in sectors including AI, medtech, robotics, fintech, and deep technology. The group employs approximately 1,200 people and supports over 43,000 SMEs annually.

Newspeak House

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Newspeak House, also known as the London College of Political Technologists, is an independent residential college and events venue established in 2015 to study, nurture, and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector. It hosts a fellowship programme, community dinners, hackathons, and events for technologists, policymakers, and civic activists working across political organising, AI governance, journalism, and data science.

NorthInvest

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NorthInvest is a not-for-profit angel network and investment readiness organisation based in Leeds, founded in 2016, which connects early-stage tech startups across the North of England with angel investors. The organisation has facilitated over £41 million in equity investment across sectors including fintech, healthtech, AI, and sustainability, and operates the Fund Her North initiative to support female founders.

Not Boring Founders

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Not Boring Founders is an invite-only network for the founders building London's best startups. Real relationships, built doing something worth doing, football, parties and more. Apply to join.