Directory

10x10

CommunityVC

10x10 is a UK-based community of Black founders, angel investors, and venture capitalists, founded in 2015 by Andy Davis as an informal support network that began as a WhatsApp group. The network connects Black entrepreneurs with capital and peer support through office hours, pitch sessions, and a Slack community, and has produced The Black Report in partnership with Google for Startups. The community has since expanded to include 10x10 Capital, an investment fund and AngelList syndicate investing in Black founders at pre-seed stage.

5Rights Foundation

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

5Rights Foundation is a UK-based charity and global advocacy organisation working to ensure that the digital world is designed and regulated to be safe and rights-respecting for children and young people. It works across advocacy, research, compliance and youth engagement, partnering with regulators, tech companies and international bodies including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Foundation operates in the EU, UK, US, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

AAIF Community London

Community

Join 70,000+ ML engineers sharing knowledge, solving real MLOps problems, networking, and growing together. Learn best practices, meet peers, and advance your career.

ABHI

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) is the UK's leading industry association for the health technology sector, representing approximately 400 members who account for around 80% of the UK HealthTech sector by value. Formed in 1988, it supports manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostics, surgical equipment, and digital health solutions in delivering products and services that help people live healthier lives.

ABPI

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the UK trade body representing companies that research, develop and supply medicines, tracing its origins to the 'Drug Club' founded in 1891 and formally established as the ABPI in 1948. Its approximately 120 member companies supply more than 80 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the NHS, and the ABPI represents their interests to government, regulators and NHS bodies. It also sets and administers industry ethical standards through the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority.

ADS Group

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

ADS Group is the UK trade association representing and advancing leadership across the aerospace, defence, security, and space sectors. Formed in 2009 through the merger of the Society of British Aerospace Companies, the Defence Manufacturers Association, and the Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers, it represents over 1,700 member companies. ADS operates UK-wide and maintains an office in Toulouse, France.

AFBE-UK

Community

AFBE-UK (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers) is a UK company limited by guarantee (registered no. 6570439) founded in 2007 that supports ambitious students and engineering professionals from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds. It runs over 100 events annually, operates a mentoring programme with 300 mentors, and has reached more than 20,000 beneficiaries since inception.

AI After 5

Community

The global community for women building with AI through practical sessions, deliberate connections, live events and public opportunities.

AI Pilled

Community

A series of building and sharing sessions for builders and organisations to harness the power of AI. Prescribing AI pills to make work and life less mundane, more enjoyable.

AI Standards Hub

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The AI Standards Hub is a UK initiative dedicated to knowledge sharing, community building, and strategic research around the standardisation of AI technologies. It is a partnership led by the Alan Turing Institute with the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), supported by the UK Government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Launched in October 2022, the Hub works to increase multi-stakeholder participation in AI standards development and facilitate international engagement.

AI for Growth

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsCommunity

A free, practical UK initiative helping small businesses adopt AI. Join the free SME Community, learn from real businesses, get honest tool recommendations.

AI for the rest of us London

Community

A community organisation focused on democratising artificial intelligence knowledge and access for a broad audience beyond specialist technologists.

AWS London Well-Architected User Group

Community

A user group for AWS practitioners in London focused on well-architected design principles and best practices. Members gather to share knowledge, discuss cloud infrastructure strategies, and learn from peers in the AWS ecosystem.

AWS User Group UK

Community

AWS User Group UK is the largest dedicated Amazon Web Services community in Europe, based in London, with over 9,500 members. Founded in 2012, it runs regular in-person events covering all AWS topics, with no vendor sales pitches. The group also operates a specialist AWS AI in Practice sub-group.

Academy of Medical Sciences

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Academy of Medical Sciences is the UK's independent body representing the diversity of medical science. It promotes medical research, supports researchers through fellowships and grants, and conducts policy work on major health challenges, connecting the NHS, academia, and industry.

Ada Lovelace Institute

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The Ada Lovelace Institute is an independent research institute established by the Nuffield Foundation in 2018 to ensure that data and AI work for people and society. It conducts research, policy analysis and public deliberation on the ethical and social implications of AI and data-driven technologies, operating in collaboration with partners including The Alan Turing Institute, the Royal Society and the British Academy.

Ada's List

Community

Ada's List was a global community network for women and non-binary people working in technology, founded in London in October 2013 as an email group. It grew to over 150,000 members and joined TechLadies in 2022–2023, with the community integrated into the Tech Ladies platform. The adaslist.co domain has since been repurposed and no longer belongs to the organisation.

Angel Capital Scotland

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Angel Capital Scotland (formerly LINC Scotland) is the national association for business angels in Scotland, established in 1993 and based in Glasgow. The organisation represents approximately 2,000 active angel investors across around 20 structured angel syndicates, collectively investing over £100 million annually into early-stage Scottish companies. It advocates for its members at government level and is a founding member of Business Angels Europe.

Angel Investment Network

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Angel Investment Network (AIN) is the world's largest online angel investment platform, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Twickenham, London. The platform connects entrepreneurs seeking funding with a global network of over 300,000 angel investors across more than 90 countries, operating country-specific portals and facilitating introductions between startups and investors at seed and early-stage across all sectors.

Angelgroups

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Angelgroups is a UK-based angel network founded in 2015 that intelligently matches angel investors with ambitious, high-growth SMEs across all sectors. The network runs monthly pitching events and operates an online platform enabling angels to browse investment opportunities, invest individually or as part of a syndicate, and typically facilitates raises of between £100k and £500k.

Apollo Research

StartupEcosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Technical AI safety organisation focused on reducing risks from scheming/deceptive frontier AI through interpretability research and behavioural model evaluations; also provides pre-deployment auditing services to frontier AI laboratories.

Artsect

Community

ArtSect Gallery - London's leading NFT gallery and decentralized arts organisation. Curating immersive NFT exhibitions, digital art, and blockchain art in Hackney Wick and across the UK.

BABA

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The British African Business Alliance (BABA) is a diaspora-led network for business leaders, investors, and development organisations focused on Africa. Its objective is to encourage investment, business partnership, enterprise, and the creation of sustainable jobs across the African continent and within the UK.