Explore London's tech ecosystem
Techstars is a global mentorship-driven startup accelerator and network founded in 2006, operating programmes across more than 150 countries. It invests in early-stage companies through a three-month accelerator model, providing capital, mentorship, and lifelong access to its network. Since inception it has helped launch thousands of companies including dozens of unicorns.
Techstart Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on backing technology founders in Northern Ireland and Scotland. It invests from inception to pre-seed stage with first cheques up to £750k and follow-on capacity, managing a combined equity fund of approximately £50 million supported by the Scottish Government and Invest Northern Ireland. The firm has invested in around 118 companies across software, AI, fintech, and digital health.
TeknTrash Robotics develops AI-powered robotics for waste handling and recycling, including the ALPHA humanoid waste-sorting assistant and the Stipra B2B recycling-rewards and ESG data platform.
Singapore state-owned investment company managing a global portfolio of over S$380 billion across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and beyond.
Modern applications increasingly rely on long-running processes, external APIs, human approvals, background jobs, AI agents, and distributed services. Yet much of the software we build is still designed around the assumption that everything will work first time. The Durable AI Meetup is for developers, architects, and engineering leaders interested in building systems that continue to make progress despite failures, restarts, network issues, and long-running operations. Whether you're building financial systems, internal platforms, SaaS products, or AI-powered applications, this meetup aims to share practical lessons and real-world experiences from engineers tackling reliability and complexity at scale. Talks Tom Vance (Tuza) From Ticket to Production: Giving non-engineers the keys to our agent platform. Jules Belveze (H Company) One Sentence to Production: How we put AI agents on Temporal rails for forward-deployed engineers Jefferson Girao (Modal) State Management for Agents: Snapshotting, forking, and keeping agentic workloads secure and compliant Agenda 18:00 - Doors + drinks + food 18:30 - Welcome 18:35 - Talks + Q&A 19:35 - Drinks & networking 21:00 - Close FAQs Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? The event will be tech-focused, so in the interests of keeping the content relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. Are there any house rules? We are committed to providing events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending, so we ask that all attendees participate in accordance with these principles. All attendees are required to have registered via Luma before hand and will need to check-in at the event. Will the event be catered? Yes there will be complimentary food and drinks. However as we cannot precisely estimate attendee numbers on the day, food and drink will be on a first come, first served basis.
Multi-stage global venture capital firm specialising exclusively in cybersecurity, with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, Boulder, and London.
The leader in exposure management and AI security, Tenable cybersecurity solutions reduce cyber risk across IT, OT, cloud, identity & hybrid attack surfaces.
Chinese multinational technology conglomerate operating WeChat, Tencent Cloud, gaming, and fintech platforms, and making strategic investments globally.
Tencent Investment is the corporate venture capital arm of Tencent Holdings, one of China's largest technology conglomerates headquartered in Shenzhen. It has made over 800 investments globally across wireless internet, new media, online gaming, e-commerce, and healthcare, managing a portfolio of nearly 500 active investments spanning early and late-stage companies worldwide. The investment arm operates as a strategic investor with a strong focus on gaming, consumer internet, and fintech.
Tenpoint Therapeutics is a UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on ophthalmology, best known for YUVEZZI, the first FDA-approved dual-agent combination eye drop for presbyopia, which received US regulatory approval in January 2026. The company raised $235 million in debt and equity to support commercialisation and has a growing pipeline in vision correction.
London-based platform automating global IT device procurement, configuration, delivery, and offboarding for distributed teams across 180+ countries.
Ternary Therapeutics is a UK drug discovery startup developing AI-designed molecular glue degraders for immunological and neuroinflammatory disorders, with laboratory operations at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst.
Terra Firma Capital Partners is a British private equity firm founded in 2002 as a spin-off from Nomura Principal Finance Group, though its investment heritage traces to 1994. The firm focuses on leveraged buyouts of large, asset-backed businesses in essential industries including agriculture, energy, hospitality, real estate, and infrastructure. Since inception it has invested over €18 billion in equity across 43 businesses.
TerraDock is a collaborative business acceleration and co-working hub located within the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability at the University of East London's Docklands Campus. Launched in November 2024, it provides low-cost flexible workspace, private offices, meeting rooms, maker spaces and AV/AR labs to startups, SMEs and artists, with a particular focus on sustainability and technology. Members benefit from weekly business and legal clinics, access to student talent, pitch nights and founder networking events.
Terrabotics provides satellite and aerial remote-sensing analytics, 3D terrain mapping and environmental monitoring services for natural-resource, infrastructure and environmental projects globally.
Tessl is an AI-native software development platform that takes a specification-centric approach, allowing developers to define software behaviour in natural language and having AI generate and maintain the resulting code. The company raised $125 million in 2024 at a reported $750 million valuation.
Teya offers all-in-one payment solutions for local businesses, including reliable card machines, a business account and access to flexible business funding.
The Archives is a multi-storey creative workspace and studio complex in Tottenham Hale, operated by Purpose Group, which transforms underutilised buildings across London into affordable office, studio, and event spaces. Originally a storage building for legal documentation, the former industrial building spans over 100,000 sq ft across six floors with 4.5-metre-high ceilings, housing offices, studios, a ground-floor event and film space, and a café. Located two minutes from Tottenham Hale station, it is home to a diverse community of artists, designers, photographers, and small businesses.
The Bakery is a corporate innovation management firm founded in London in 2012 that connects major corporates with startups, entrepreneurs, and investors to drive digital transformation, open innovation, and new revenue creation. It provides Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Corporate Venture Building (CVB), and AI strategy as-a-service solutions, and has generated over $100 million in measurable economic value for clients in a single year.
Functionalises plant proteins from agricultural by-products (e.g. rice bran) to replace eggs' foaming, binding and emulsifying properties in food. The company raised $2.67M in pre-seed funding in early 2026 and is conducting trials with large CPG companies in the US and Europe.
The Boutique Workplace Company is a London-based provider of design-led, unbranded serviced office space operating across approximately 40 flexible workspace sites in the UK. The company specialises in period and listed buildings with individually designed interiors, offering private offices, coworking spaces, meeting rooms, and event spaces. Its origins trace to Ventia Ltd, established by office sector veterans who focused on boutique spaces in heritage Central London buildings.
The Brew is a flexible co-working and managed office space provider operating multiple locations in Shoreditch and Holborn, London. Founded in 2012, it offers co-working desks, private offices, meeting rooms, and virtual office services for freelancers, startups, and scaling businesses. All sites provide 24/7 access, gigabit internet, and on-site support.
AI-driven data-compression software that runs onboard satellites to overcome downlink bandwidth limits and unlock the approximately 98% of satellite data that never reaches Earth. Founded by Imperial College graduates, the company raised $3.4M in pre-seed funding in February 2026, led by Long Journey Ventures.
London-based EIS impact fund (est. 2021) backing early-to-growth-stage UK startups in climate, health, education, and financial resilience.