Venture partner to nations
Building venture programmes for corporations, banks and governments around the world.
Mission
A venture partner for corporations, banks and governments around the world — to build venture programmes that shape the future of nations, and technology ventures that make our world a better place to live for everyone.
United Kingdom
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Co-building the BPI Grow Music Programme for music ventures
United Kingdom · Corporation
Co-building an innovation accelerator with the BPI to support UK music startups with revenues or investment of a minimum of £50K to grow internationally.
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Advising Spring and Microsoft accelerators to advance water
United Kingdom · Corporation
Advising Microsoft and Spring on building startup accelerators that solve problems for the future of water for millions of UK customers.
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Advising UofE AI Accelerator to advance UK health and climate
Scotland · University
Advising the University of Edinburgh’s AI Accelerator ventures each year building AI products in health and climate for millions of people.
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Building an Airbnb startup programme for 100 global cities
United Kingdom · Corporation
Designed and built a startup programme with Airbnb, for anyone to learn about building startups. Joined by 750+ entrepreneurs from 170 international cities.
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Advising NCSC programme to advance the £13bn cyber market
United Kingdom · Government
Advising the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre programme and startups each year building products advancing safety in the UK’s £13 billion cyber market.
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Building NEXUS ESG Accelerator for ventures to impact their nations
United Kingdom · Innovation Hub
Designed and delivered a startup accelerator for NEXUS to support and grow ventures with an ESG commitment from the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Advising Barclays Eagle Labs ventures to advance technology
United Kingdom · Corporation
Advising and mentoring entrepreneurs for Barclays Eagle Labs, one of the UK’s largest entrepreneurship networks for ventures with revenue of £0-1 million.
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Advising CodeBase ventures to advance the UK's tech ecosystem
United Kingdom · Corporation
Advising and mentoring startup founders with revenue of £0-1 million for CodeBase, the UK’s largest technology startup incubator.
Data
11
Fully distributed team members internationally.
23
International countries’ programmes are active.
£1.1 billion
Combined valuation of ventures advised internationally.
60-80
Ventures accelerated and advised each year.
International
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Advising iTUBS university ventures to advance German mobility tech
Germany · University
Advising technology startups in the iTUBS University intelligent mobility programme on using metrics to scale companies to millions of people in Germany.
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Advising ICMPD programme to grow African venture investment
Africa · Government
Advising the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, and the EU and African Union for more European investment across African countries.
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Advising the Austrian Embassy to scale Austrian ventures globally
Austria · Government
Advising the Austrian Embassy's startup programme and 10+ scale-up ventures from Austria, Germany and Switzerland entering the UK’s £1.1 trillion market.
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Advising Wa'ed to invest in Saudi Arabia's best technology ventures
Saudi Arabia · Fund
Advised Wa’ed Ventures $500 million fund backed by Saudi Arabia’s biggest company, Saudi Aramco, about ways to better select and service technology ventures.
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Building a Bank of Korea fintech hub to advance Korean banking
South Korea · Bank
Designed and delivered a fintech hub for the Bank of Korea with 12 UK fintech companies building innovative products the bank‘s 17 million customers may use.
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Building a Higo Bank fintech hub to advance Japanase banking
Japan · Bank
Designed and delivered a fintech hub for Higo Bank in Japan with 4 UK fintech companies building products that could serve the bank’s millions of customers.