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Climate Policy Radar

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

Uses data science and AI to track, structure and analyse global climate laws and policies, making them accessible through an open, searchable database used by researchers and governments worldwide.

Microsoft Azure Community User Group is a community organisation for developers and IT professionals interested in Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Members gather to share knowledge, discuss best practices, and network around Azure technologies.

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.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund established in 1976 and wholly owned by the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is a globally diversified investor managing approximately $1.1 trillion in assets, investing across fixed income, equities, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, and alternative assets to generate long-term value for Abu Dhabi.

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 Security Institute

Government

The AI Security Institute (AISI) is the UK government's research body dedicated to understanding and mitigating the risks posed by advanced AI systems. Operating within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, it conducts technical safety research, evaluates frontier AI models, and works with governments and AI developers to develop safeguards. Originally established in November 2023 as the AI Safety Institute, it was renamed AISI in February 2025.

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.

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.

Accelerated Capability Environment

Government

The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) is a Home Office unit that takes an innovative, industry-led approach to solving technology and data challenges for UK public sector agencies, particularly in law enforcement and national security. Founded in 2017 within the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT), it operates via the Vivace community of over 180 private sector and academic organisations, primarily SMEs and start-ups. It has since expanded beyond the Home Office to support wider government partners.

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 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.

Advanced Research and Invention Agency

GovernmentGrantmaker

ARIA is a UK government-backed R&D funding agency, formally established in January 2023 as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It funds high-risk, high-reward research programmes across areas such as AI safety, climate resilience, robotics, and biotechnology, with an £800 million government endowment.

Angel Investment Network

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsAngel

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.

Association of British HealthTech Industries

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.

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

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.

BCSWomen

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is the UK's professional body and chartered institute for those working in digital, data, and technology roles, with over 70,000 members across 150 countries. Founded in 1957 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984, it promotes the education, practice, and ethics of IT for the benefit of the public. BCS awards professional certifications, accredits degree programmes, and is the regulatory body for the Chartered IT Professional (CITP) qualification.

BIMA

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsCommunity

BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) is a not-for-profit industry body representing the UK's digital and tech industry, founded in 1985. It promotes Britain's digital sector through knowledge sharing, awards, talent development, and engagement with government and academia. With offices in England, Scotland, and Wales, it is one of the UK's largest digital and tech community organisations.

BioIndustry Association

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & Institutions

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the UK trade association representing the innovative life sciences and biotech industry, with over 600 member companies including start-ups, biotechnology firms, pharmaceutical companies, universities, and research centres. Founded in 1989, it advocates for its members through policy influence, hosts more than 40 networking events annually, and publishes sector insights and reports.

Black Valley

CommunityIncubator / Accelerator

Black Valley is a London-based organisation founded in September 2020 by Leke Sholuade with a mission to discover, nurture, and place top Black tech talent, and to support Black-led startups through its Founders Accelerator programme. The accelerator connects early-stage founders with a network of over 200 mentors from companies including Goldman Sachs, Accenture, and Hitachi, and provides access to pre-seed investors and angel networks. Black Valley also runs a recruitment service placing Black tech professionals in roles across the industry.

Blackhorse Workshop is a social enterprise and open-access wood and metal workshop in Walthamstow, founded in February 2014 by the architectural practice Assemble in partnership with the London Borough of Waltham Forest, the Mayor of London, and Create London. It provides bookable workshop benches, courses, studio spaces, and a community café, championing the power of making to improve wellbeing and support local creative enterprise.

Bloqs

CommunityCoworking

Bloqs (formerly Building BloQs) is a not-for-private-profit open-access workshop and social enterprise based in Enfield, north London, providing professional members with pay-as-you-go access to over 32,000 square feet of industrial facilities for woodworking, metalworking, textiles, CNC routing, laser cutting, and 3D printing. Founded in 2012 in response to rising rental costs pricing makers out of London, it is sited at the Meridian Water regeneration development and also hosts training, events, a café, and a shop open to the local community.