Tech Nation is the leading growth platform empowering ambitious founders with the access & knowledge they need to scale Tech Nation fuels the growth of game-changing founders, leaders and scaling companies so they can positively transform societies and economies. We provide them with the coaching, community and connections they need for their journey in designing the future. Tech Nation - the growth platform for tech companies and leaders. Entrepreneurship, Digital, UK Tech, Tech ecosystem, Digital learning, Startups, Scaleups, Technology, Tech insights, UK Tech Visas, and Tech Reports

Help increase the GDP of the internet. Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

Sectors: IT services

The specialist insurtech investor, supporting early-stage founders tackling complex climate and social challenges. 🚀 Insurtech Gateway, the specialist insurtech investor - recently named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs - supports founders tackling complex climate and social challenges. Their incubator supports early-stage tech founders with underwriting capacity, regulatory compliance, seed capital and expert guidance. Founded in 2016, Insurtech Gateway has authorised incubators in London and Sydney, supporting over 40 portfolio companies, live in 97 countries, working with 73 insurance partners. Insurtech Gateway was the birthplace of many of Europe’s hottest insurtechs; By Miles, Coincover, Nayms, …

We lead Pre-Seed rounds for Deep Tech (crypto, space, bio, AI, robotics, VR, Sci-Fi). Boost VC is an early stage venture capital firm with $200m AUM in San Mateo, CA founded by Adam Draper & Brayton Williams. We lead Pre-Seed rounds for Deep Tech (crypto, space, bio, AI, robotics, VR, Sci-Fi).

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Venture Capital firm on a mission to uplift people and economies worldwide through entrepreneurship. 500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Transforming Tomorrow Together UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the public sector organisation that invests £8 billion annually to support the entire research and innovation system. We strive for a society powered and empowered by research and innovation, with economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits for all. We invest in people, places, ideas, innovation and impacts, empowering researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to turn the many challenges we all face into opportunities, driving up prosperity and wellbeing across the UK and globally. The impacts of our work are felt right across society. We enrich lives by increasing our understanding of ourselves …

Sectors: Public business cluster

"The world's biggest technology event" - POLITICO. Join us in Lisbon, Doha, Rio de Janeiro and Vancouver #WebSummit In the years since 2009, Web Summit has grown from a 150-person conference in Dublin to a global event series gathering more than 140,000 attendees every year from all over the world. We build incredible things, from technology and stages to relationships and experiences. Since 2009, we've grown our team to more than 340 people. At our headquarters in Dublin, Ireland – and in Portugal, Canada, Qatar, Brazil and many more locations around the world – incredible engineers, developers, producers, designers, marketers …

Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We aim to be the first true believers in tomorrow’s most valuable and enduring businesses. We partner with a few outliers each year and go all-in, providing them with the hands-on help required at every stage of the company building journey. Our expertise comes from 50 years of working with legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Adi Tatarko, Brian Chesky, Jensen Huang, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Yuan, Patrick Collison, Julia Hartz, and Sebastian Siemiatkowski. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 25% of NASDAQ's …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Building the future of finance Rise, created by Barclays is a global fintech ecosystem made up of cutting-edge start-ups and scale-ups. At Rise, we have created an environment for innovation and growth in financial services through our physical locations in New York and London, and our virtual community in India. Our ecosystem has access to Barclays' network of industry experts, mentors, investors and partners to help founders scale at pace. Onsite and virtually we offer events and mentoring sessions on the topics of all things fintech. We also have the Rise Academies, digital fintech programmes designed to meet founders at …

Techstars program helping remarkable teams scale through a connected, energizing, and community-driven experience. This hybrid accelerator program is funded in partnership with Grinnell College and focused on startups addressing innovations across a broad technology landscape. Affiliate partners, The University of Iowa and Iowa State University, contribute mentorship and ecosystem support as well. If you're team is ready to make a ruckus, let's build together. #GiveFirst Entrepreneurship, Startups, and Venture Capital

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Creating a thriving angel investment ecosystem across the island of Ireland HBAN is a platform that connects individual angels and syndicates to startups across the island of Ireland. Angels on the HBAN platform have invested over €170m from private investors into more than 700 deals and exits with renowned companies such as Decawave ($400m), Glofox (€200m plus), Aventamed (undisclosed), Boxever (€130m) and several others. The mission of HBAN is to foster a thriving angel investment ecosystem across the island of Ireland. We represent the views of angel investors and provide data-informed policy recommendations to the government, we championing inclusivity and …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Make something people want. Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 4,500 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Instacart, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world alongside the products and programs to support founders for the life of their company.

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Official Global LinkedIn page for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, …

Sectors: IT services

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Learn more at Visa.com. Global payments technology company

Sectors: Finance