ATTENDEES LIST
| Name | Job Title | Company | Website | Company description | Industry Sector | Type of business |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Hunter | CEO | Phlo | www.phloclinic.co.uk | Phlo is a category-defining digital health platform spanning D2C and B2B, covering clinical care, pharmacy, and healthcare infrastructure. Its vertically integrated model enables seamless, end-to-end patient care at scale. As one of the UK’s fastest-growing healthtech companies, Phlo is reshaping healthcare delivery for a digital-first world. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | SaaS B2B B2B2C |
| Adam Davies | Director | Prestige Optical | www.prestigeoptical.co.uk | Prestige Optical collaborates with the UK’s primary infrastructure build operatives and ISPs, building Britain’s reliable network infrastructure. With a skilled and diverse engineering team, we strive for world-class core network services to uphold long-term reliability. Equipped with resources and expertise, we ensure swift delivery of trusted, high-standard internet services. | Telecommunications | B2B2C |
| Ahana Banerjee | CEO & Founder | Clear | www.getclearapp.com | Clear is the unbiased AI and data layer for skin health. On the surface, Clear is a free app where consumers track routines, products and selfies, get brand-agnostic recommendations, and learn from others in the community. Underneath, Clear is building a vertically focused AI/data platform for consumers, clinicians, and brands. | Software and Internet | AI B2C B2B |
| Ailie Smith | CEO | Creative Media Skills | wwww.cmsinstitute.co.uk | Creative Media skills Institute act as a gateway for careers in Film and television. Based in the heart of one of the biggest studios in the world, Pinewood Studios, CMSI are centre of excellence for film training. Experts and legends from the industry are invited to Creative Media Skills to pass on their specialist knowledge to the next generation of filmmakers. CMSI provide training in the U.K. and across the world for government bodies and film commissions looking to develop their screen sector. | Media and Entertainment | B2B |
| Al Gerrie | CEO | ZigZag Global | www.zigzag.global | ZigZag Global is a market leading global returns and post-purchase platform, helping over 1,100 retailers manage returns. It connects brands to carriers and warehouses, reducing costs, improving customer experience, and driving sustainability through smarter, technology-led solutions processing over £2 billion in GMV. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B B2B2C |
| Alan Mosca | Co-Founder & CTO | nPlan | www.nplan.io | nPlan is the global market leader in forecasting and de-risking large-scale construction projects with AI. The core of nPlan’s technology is a patented process that involves using ‘deep learning’ to model project outcomes on large volumes of historical construction data. | Software and Internet | AI B2B |
| Alex Cowan-Sanluis | CEO | Platform One | www.platform1online.com | Platform One is an infrastructure (IaaS) provider to the wealth space, offering a fully FCA regulated end-to-end custodial platform for IFAs and wealth managers, and a range of standalone tech solutions to allow global advisory firms, family offices, banks, brokers and even other platforms efficiently run their solutions. | Financial Services | B2B |
| Alex Buttle | Co-Founder | Motorway | www.motorway.co.uk | Motorway is building a better car market for everyone. Buying and selling cars should be simpler. We take the hassle, uncertainty and legwork out of the whole process. | Transportation and Storage | B2C B2B |
| Alexander Sator | CEO | 1NCE | www.1nce.com | 1NCE is the most disruptive and fastest growing IoT software company. Just five years since its founding, 1NCE is already serving 15,000 business customers around the globe, generating three million in revenue. With its 400 employees, it's ready to double that figure in the coming year. | Telecommunications | SaaS B2B |
| Anatoly Crachilov | CEO & Co-Founder | Nickel Digital Asset Management | www.nickel.digital | Nickel Digital Asset Management provides institutional investors with secure, transparent access to digital asset markets. Using market-neutral arbitrage strategies, we capture inefficiencies and volatility to deliver consistent, risk-managed absolute returns. Our team combines Wall Street trading expertise with strong academic backgrounds, enhancing portfolio diversification and improving the efficient frontier overall. | Financial Services | AI |
| Andrew Aswani | Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer | Santersus | www.santersus.com | Santersus AG develops advanced blood purification therapies using its patented NucleoCapture apheresis technology, selectively removing NETs and cell-free DNA to improve patient outcomes. Our approach enables safe, non-pharmacological intervention without compromising immune function, offering transformative potential across critical care applications and redefining therapeutic apheresis with clinically validated, high-efficiency removal capabilities. | Health | Hardware B2B |
| Anil Stocker | CEO | Kriya | www.kriya.co | Kriya is a UK fintech providing B2B credit and payment solutions to SMEs, including Embedded PayLater, invoice finance, and working capital loans. Founded in 2011, it has advanced ~£4bn of credit and processed £28bn in B2B payments. Acquired by Allica Bank in October 2025. | Financial Services | B2B |
| Anna Colette Richey | CEO & Founder | Two Chicks | www.twochicks.co.uk | Two Chicks brings innovative, convenient egg-based products to market. The company launched in 2007 to introduce the first liquid egg white into retail in the UK. Their range is sold in almost every supermarket chain, as well as internationally. In 2022, they launched Future Female Entrepreneur to inspire the next generation. | Retail | B2B |
| Aušrinė Keršanskaitė | CEO & Co-Founder | Operations Nation | www.operationsnation.com | Operations Nation is a curated community for operations leaders across startups and scaleups. We provide trusted peer support, practical insights, and meaningful connections through events, content, and training programmes, helping leaders navigate the complexity of their roles, grow their impact, and build better businesses. | Business Services | B2C B2B |
| Avin Rabheru | CEO | Housekeep | www.housekeep.com | We make housework work. We connect customers with trusted local cleaners and tradespeople, and make the whole process seamless - from click to clean to cashless payment. And we make it easier for professionals to find work and earn more. It’s smart, it’s stress-free, it’s housework that works. | Consumer Services | B2C |
| Babek Ismayil | CEO & Founder | OneDome | www.onedome.com | OneDome is the UK’s first housing and fintech superapp, simplifying homebuying and wealth decisions through an AI-powered platform. Our integrated service combines mortgages, conveyancing, insurance, surveys and transaction management into one seamless experience. With £10bn+ annual mortgage volume and rapid growth, we’re transforming one of the UK’s most fragmented financial journeys. | Financial Services | AI B2C B2B2C |
| Bartek Szostek | Co-Founder & CTO | tem energy | www.tem.energy | tem is a modern energy business helping UK businesses pay closer to the true cost of energy. We rebuilt the pricing infrastructure underneath the supplier model, reducing wholesale mark-ups and itemising every charge. £30m in value returned across 5,000+ sites. | Energy and Utilities | AI B2B |
| Beth Worrall | CEO | VoCoVo | www.vocovo.com | VoCoVo is a market-leading retail team communications specialist, dedicated to setting the standard for connected retail. From independent convenience stores to the world’s biggest retail organisations, VoCoVo’s suite of wireless in-store communication solutions are designed to enhance task efficiency, improve staff wellbeing and connect colleagues and customers through voice technology. | Other | SaaS AI Hardware B2B |
| Bill Safran | CSO | Lightico | www.lightico.com | Lightico streamlines and automates customer-facing processes, with intelligent automation, low-code customization, and robust functionality on an omni-channel basis. Lightico is being used to transform the customer journeys for enterprises including HSBC, Santander, NatWest, BT/EE, Virgin Media/O2, and Three to improve costs, conversion rates, compliance, transaction time and customer satisfaction. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2C B2B B2B2C |
| Bill Holmes | Executive Chairman | Radius | www.radius.com | Bill graduated with a degree in biochemistry from Leeds University in 1985 before joining Esso on its sales and marketing graduate scheme.In 1990 Bill founded UK Fuels and has led the business on an ambitious growth journe and extended the range of products and services to provide a complete suite of mobility and connectivity solutions to over 480,000 customers, turning over £5B per annum. Outside of his work with Radius, Bill is a trustee of The Helvellyn Foundation, an independent charitable organisation strives to preserve biodiversity and ensure all young people have equal access to opportunities. | Business Services | SaaS B2B |
| Bobby Thandi | CEO & Founder | NorthStar Interactive | www.starfalls.studio | Bobby Thandi is the Founder & CEO of NorthStar Interactive, a games studio focused on developing standout games for Roblox. Those titles are supported by StarFalls Studio, NorthStar's publishing arm, operated in joint venture with PlatinumFalls and focused on launching, scaling, and monetizing Roblox games across a portfolio that has generated 12B+ plays, 700M+ lifetime players, 3.5M DAU, and a 7M-strong community. | Media and Entertainment | B2C |
| Boris Diakonov | Co-CEO | ANNA MONEY | www.anna.money | AI-powered ANNA is the only app you need to launch, run and grow your business. It handles business bank accounts, invoicing, payroll, taxes, and daily admin tasks for small business owners and freelancers. It’s like an accountant in your pocket and has supported more than 100,000 UK SMEs. | Financial Services | SaaS AI B2C B2B |
| Bruce Hellman | Co-Founder | uMotif | www.umotif.com | uMotif provides pharmaceutical and biotech clients with a modern eCOA/ePRO platform for global clinical and real-world research. By putting patients at the core, uMotif helps deliver faster, higher-quality studies. Co-founder Bruce is also a consultant for Positive Support Group, a leading UK provider of services for people with severe learning difficulties and autism. | Manufacturing | SaaS B2B |
| Callum Murray | CEO | Amiqus | www.amiqus.co | Amiqus is a compliance and onboarding platform trusted by governments, regulators, and over 700 organisations. It streamlines client and staff onboarding with end-to-end workflows, delivering a fast and compliant experience at scale. | Business Services | B2B |
| Celia Francis | CEO & Co-Founder | Ponterra | www.ponterra.eco | Ponterra restores tropical forests at scale as a developer and operator of nature-based carbon projects - nature as an investable asset class. Backed by Microsoft and TPG, Ponterra meets demand for high-quality carbon removals through tech-enabled reforestation projects rich in biodiversity and community co-benefits, delivering competitive investor returns. | Agriculture and Mining | B2C |
| Charles Ponsonby | CEO & Co-Founder | Plandek | www.plandek.com | Plandek is a global leading Developer Productivity Insight (DPI).Plandek provides software engineering practitioners with insight and actions, to drive the safe roll-out of AI tools and to transform engineering productivity and ROI. Based in London, with offices in the US, Plandek is used by over 1,800 engineering teams globally in the private and public sectors. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI |
| Cherif Massoud | CEO | Basma Health | www.basma.com | Basma.com, a leader in the GCC for orthodontic aligners, leverages AI live chat support to offer unique, innovative dental solutions. Specializing in convenient and effective teeth straightening, Basma.com ensures a seamless experience for confident smiles, setting the standard in accessible, cutting-edge dental care. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | Hardware B2C B2B2C |
| Chris Pettit | CEO & Co-Founder | Revving | www.revving.io | Revving is transforming how the digital economy gets paid. Its Transactional-Based Funding model unlocks instant liquidity from real-time revenue data, removing payment delays and outdated financing models. By aligning funding with performance, Revving gives businesses fast, flexible capital and full control over how and when they grow. | Financial Services | SaaS B2B |
| Christopher Priebe | CEO | Zelt | www.zelt.app | Zelt is a native all-in-one platform for people operations. By seamlessly integrating HR, payroll, and IT into a single automated system, Zelt eliminates fragmented stacks and manual admin. Its employee-centric design empowers high-performing teams to scale efficiently while maintaining a single, real-time source of truth. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Dan Saunders | CEO & Founder | ZETI | www.zeti.group | Zeti is a technology company providing financial and operational insight into hard assets, including transportation vehicles, energy assets and construction equipment through its proprietary patent-pending operating system, ZetiOS. ZetiOS provides customers with real-time information on individual asset performance, identifying where value is being generated and where it can be increased. | Financial Services | SaaS B2B B2B2C |
| Dan Thompson | CEO | Kluster | www.kluster.com | Kluster is an agentic revenue solution for the enterprise. It delivers forecasts, finds risks and opportunities, and defines strategy, at the speed of AI. Delivering the next best move to executives before they know they must make it. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B |
| Danial Daychopan | CEO & Founder | Plutus | www.plutus.it | Plutus bridges fiat and crypto through a secure, banking-like app combining non-custodial wallets with everyday payments. Users retain full control of their assets while seamlessly switching between currencies via a decentralised exchange. With a debit card accepted globally and built-in crypto rewards, Plutus makes practical, real-world crypto spending accessible today. | Financial Services | B2C |
| Daniel Braithwaite | Co-Founder | Veremark | www.veremark.com | Veremark is a background screening platform, supporting the hiring process for businesses across the globe. We have digitised and automated the traditional manual processes that either get overlooked or cost companies time and money whilst providing a poor experience to the candidate. Veremark checks are faster, data-compliant and insightful. | Business Services | SaaS B2B |
| Daniel Nivern | CEO | Virtual Internships | www.virtualinternships.com | Virtual Internships is a Sequoia Capital backed ed-tech company that runs online internship programs across 18 career fields. We help young people from all backgrounds to undertake global work experience and gain an unbeatable advantage in a competitive job market. | Education | B2B |
| Dave Stevinson | Group CEO | QBS Software | www.qbssoftware.com | Dave Stevinson is the Founder, Owner and Chief Executive Officer of QBS, a global enterprise software delivery platform headquartered in Alderley Edge, UK. Founded in May 2017, QBS has scaled rapidly into a market-leading platform, generating over $700m in annual recurring revenue. The group has completed 15 strategic acquisitions, creating the largest independent software delivery platform across 24 geographies and a critical route to market for the global software ecosystem. QBS works with more than 12,500 independent software publishers and supports over 6,000 active partners, enabling secure, compliant and scalable software delivery for the world’s largest enterprise customers. Recognised for operational excellence, governance and sustainable growth, QBS has received over 45 industry awards. QBS is a Certified B Corporation and holds Investors in People Gold, reflecting responsible, long-term value creation. Dave brings over 30 years of experience in the technology sector and holds undergraduate, MBA and executive education credentials from leading institutions. | Software and Internet | B2B B2B2C |
| David Bäckström | CEO | SeQura | www.sequra.es | seQura is a profitable fintech platform operating across six markets, delivering €192m in revenue and €28m EBT in 2026. Built over a decade, it combines checkout technology, credit infrastructure and vertical SaaS — serving 7,000+ merchants across Education, Eyewear and Retail, with a clear path to €1bn by 2030. | Financial Services | SaaS AI B2B2C |
| Derek Joyce | CEO | XYB | www.xyb.co | The first and only platform for modern adaptive finance: Adaptive by design, Composable at scale, Intelligent at the core and Operationally driven. | Financial Services | SaaS AI B2C B2B B2B2C |
| Diane Young | CEO & Co-Founder | The Drum | www.thedrum.com | The Drum informs and inspires marketing professionals, helping them to make better decisions. Thedrum.com is the no3 platform in the world (and largest in Europe). We serve content to our audience in multi-formats and help our clients to grow their businesses. | Media and Entertainment | B2B |
| Dimple Patel | CEO | NatureMetrics | www.naturemetrics.com | NatureMetrics is the global leader in nature intelligence, deploying eDNA, bioacoustics, Earth Observation, and AI to provide scalable biodiversity insights. Supporting 600+ clients worldwide, their platform is the gold-standard for corporate nature reporting. An award-winning 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalist, they are transforming how businesses measure, report, and manage their environmental impact and nature risk at scale. | Other | SaaS AI Hardware B2B |
| Dominic Mills | CEO & Founder | Yuup | www.yuup.co | Yuup is the UK’s leading marketplace for unique, bookable experiences, connecting people with local hosts and unforgettable things to do. From creative workshops to food tours, outdoor adventures and drone light shows, Yuup celebrates cities through real experiences, helping people discover, share, and support those who make their city special. | Software and Internet | B2C B2B2C |
| Edward Lovett | CEO & Founder | The Collecting Group | www.collectingcars.com | The Collecting Group is the leading global platform for curated collectibles. Spanning specialist cars and luxury timepieces, we have sold over 29,000 lots with a combined value exceeding £1.3 billion. With over 400,000 members worldwide, we have disrupted the traditional auction model; delivering unrivalled value, transparency, and expert local service, while providing worldwide exposure across more than 100 countries. | Software and Internet | B2B2C |
| Elin Roberts | CEO & Co-Founder | Better Nature | www.betternaturetempeh.co | At Better Nature, we want to get more people eating supercharged protein - protein that also gives you fibre, gut-friendly prebiotics and the confidence about what you're putting into your body. We do this with tempeh, an ancient Indonesian food made using fermented soybeans. Sold in Tesco, Asda, Lidl and Wholefoods. | Retail | B2B2C |
| Erika Brodnock, MBE | CEO | Kinhub | www.kinhub.com | Kinhub is a B2B SaaS platform delivering AI-powered coaching to improve employee performance and productivity. Its proprietary generative AI, trained on over 1.2 million coaching conversations, supports employees across leadership, neurodiversity, grief and career transitions, helping organisations scale personalised support and drive measurable workforce outcomes. | Business Services | SaaS AI B2B |
| Estelle Lloyd | Founder | Macademia | www.macademia.com | Estelle Lloyd is the Founder and Managing Partner of Drogon Capital Partners, a corporate finance advisory firm specialising in M&A and fundraising for founder led tech businesses. A two time exited entrepreneur, she co founded and scaled Macademia (sold to CosmoBlue Media in 2024) and VB/Research (sold to Centaur Media), having started her career at BNP Paribas in New York. Estelle is an active non executive director, board advisor, and angel investor across the tech ecosystem, and co chairs the NSPCC Great Chefs Dinner, which has raised over £3m for Childline. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is bilingual in French and English | Financial Services | B2B |
| Felix Atkin | Founder | Sharesy | www.sharesy.com | Sharesy is a venue hire platform for community spaces, on a mission to turn under-used venues into vibrant local hubs. It helps people and businesses find and book spaces easily and securely, while ensuring money spent goes back into the community. | Consumer Services | B2C B2B |
| Flinty Bane | CEO & Founder | Skin | www.theskin.app | SKIN is the beauty app that helps you track, compare and buy the products you love for less. Every search and price alert generates first-party purchase intent data, putting us at the intersection of the fastest-growing retail channel and the most valuable insight a beauty brand can buy. | Software and Internet | B2C B2B |
| Francesca Cordeiro | CEO & Founder | Novai | www.novai.co.uk | Novai is revolutionizing early detection of eye and brain diseases with its DARC technology, uniquely offering real-time, single-cell visualization to predict future disease activity. With £4.5M in commercial sales, strong clinical results, and an expanding IP portfolio, Novai is a deeptech pioneer disrupting the healthcare landscape by driving earlier interventions and transforming patient outcomes. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | AI B2C B2B |
| Gosia Furmanik | CEO & Founder | fena | www.fena.co | Fena is an FCA-regulated fintech powering smarter B2B commerce. We offer Open Banking payments (Pay by Bank) and a B2B software suite — including Fena Toolkit and a Shopify Wholesale App — helping wholesalers, distributors, and growing brands streamline payments, orders, and operations in one place. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Graham Wylie | Chairman | Medical Research Network | www.themrn.io | MRN is a niche clinical trial services provider focused on driving a paradigm shift in clinical trial management defined by operating clinical trial activities in the patient's own home, reducing the impact of the trial on the patient's life and thus speeding up recruitment and delivering drugs to market faster. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | B2B |
| Guy Riese | Founder & CEO | Up Learn | www.uplearn.co.uk | Up Learn is an edtech platform combining world-class teaching, cognitive science, and AI to deliver highly effective A-Level and GCSE learning, with A*/A and 8-8 or above guaranteed on course completion or your money back, and support for both individual students and schools. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B B2B2C AI |
| Harriet Morton-Liddle | Co-Founder | Nugget Savings | www.nuggetsavings.com | We help individuals plan financially secure maternity and parental leave through expert guidance, practical tools and a supportive community. Our platform provides clarity on income, benefits and budgeting, empowering users to make confident decisions and maintain financial stability during this important life transition. | Software and Internet | B2C B2B |
| Hasna Kourda | CEO | Save your wardrobe | www.saveyourwardrobe.com | Save Your Wardrobe is the global standard for end-to-end aftersales solutions, powering every service beyond the point of sale. We empower brands to map, design, automate, and scale aftersales processes, delivering the service infrastructure modern retailers need to operate intelligently and transform post-purchase interactions into measurable value. | Retail | SaaS B2B B2B2C AI |
| Helen Cannon | CEO & Founder | ISON Travel | www.isontravel.com | ISON Travel is one of the fastest growing independent travel management companies in the UK. Ranked 41st by the Sunday Times and the tenth in travel/hospitality by FT1000. Established in 2013, we're an award-winning team of travel specialists across the world, who deliver an exceptional personalised service 24/7. | Travel Recreation and Leisure | B2C B2B2C |
| Hellen Bowey | CEO | Alcove Group | www.youralcove.com | Alcove Group delivers award-winning technology and services to older & disabled adults; combining AI-powered data insights, virtual care and 24/7 emergency response to support independent living. Trusted by over 20,000 users, Alcove supplies Local Government & the NHS to enable safer, smarter care while generating significant cost savings and transforming traditional social care delivery. | Government | SaaS AI Hardware B2B |
| Hubert Fenwick | CEO | Selina Finance | www.selinafinance.co.uk | Selina Finance helps homeowners unlock the value of their property through flexible secured lending solutions, including Home Equity Lines of Credit and loans. As a fully regulated UK lender, we provide transparent funding for life plans such as home improvements or investment, combining deep financial expertise with a customer-focused approach. | Financial Services | B2C |
| Ian Bastow | Co-Founder & CFO | Patients Know Best | www.patientsknowbest.com | PKB integrates medical records from public, private and not-for-profit healthcare providers, along with patient generated data. The fully aggregated record is held and shared directly under the patient’s ownership and control. The PKB PHR (personal health record) platform now has nearly 7 million registered users, and is growing rapidly. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Ishveen Jolly | CEO & Co-Founder | OpenSponsorship | www.opensponsorship.com | Ishveen founded OpenSponsorship, the world’s largest marketplace connecting brands with 17,000+ athletes. A Forbes 30U30 and Inc. Top 100 Founder, she’s raised $5M+ from top VCs, athletes, and Oxford. The platform has done 10,000+ deals for brands like Walmart, ESPN, and Footlocker, with athletes from major agencies and direct. | Media and Entertainment | SaaS |
| James Owusu-Agyemang | CEO & Founder | Checkboard | www.checkboard.com/ | Checkboard helps regulated entities take on new clients faster, with less paperwork. It runs the necessary background and identity checks, verifies where money is coming from, and handles payments securely - all in one place. This keeps firms compliant, cuts admin time, and lets them focus on their clients. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B2C |
| James Hirst | Founder | Tyk | www.tyk.io | Tyk is the API management platform powering billions of mission-critical transactions for global enterprises. Where 99.95% reliability is not good enough, Tyk enables teams to secure, govern and scale APIs, accelerating innovation for seamless digital experiences. Leading brands depend on Tyk for 100% reliability, performance and security. | Software and Internet | AI B2B |
| James Lynn | CEO & Co-Founder | Currensea | www.currensea.com | Currensea is a fast-growing fintech co-brand card platform partnering with global brands such as Marriott, Hilton and United Airlines to power their debit card programmes and enhance loyalty experiences for their customers. The unique multi-bank approach, connects payment cards to customers’ existing bank accounts, delivering a simple, low-friction experience. | Financial Services | B2B2C |
| Jay Shen | CEO | Transreport | www.transreport.co.uk | Transreport is a UK-based technology company transforming accessibility in transport. Its digital platform enables older customers and disabled people to travel with confidence through its app, Passenger Assistance, while helping operators improve efficiency, compliance, and customer experience. It is building a global standard for inclusive mobility. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Jeff Kofman | CEO & Co-Founder | Trint | www.trint.com | Trint is the market leading AI-powered transcription and content creation platform for enterprise media — built for newsrooms, broadcasters, sports organisations, marketers and corporate comms. Trint lets users effortlessly turn the spoken word into content with a seamless workflow for search, creation and collaboration in a high-security environment. | Media and Entertainment | SaaS AI B2B |
| John Warburton | CEO | Konsileo | www.konsileo.com | Konsileo is defining the future of B2B insurance broking, delivering next generation risk advice at scale enabled by technology, data and the future of work. The business is scaling up with £70m+ premium, 165 staff throughout the UK and an ability to place any risk for mid-sized businesses. | Financial Services | B2B |
| John Lees-Miller | Co-Founder & CTO | Overleaf | www.overleaf.com | Overleaf is a London-based startup and social enterprise that builds modern collaborative authoring tools for scientists to help make science faster, more open and more transparent. We have over 20 million users in academic and enterprise R&D settings around the world. We are now part of Digital Science. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2C B2B |
| John Lewis | CEO | char.gy | www.char.gy | char.gy is a leading UK provider and operator of electric vehicle charge points, managing a growing network of 4,700 public chargers nationwide. It delivers reliable, convenient, and affordable charging, supporting the 40% of households without driveways, and helps make electric mobility more accessible for communities across the UK. | Energy and Utilities | AI Hardware B2B2C |
| John Lusty | Founder | Iconic | www.iconicgames.io | Iconic is a next generation games studio, combining AI expertise and AAA games development experience. Focused on AAA games on consoles and PC Iconic is revolutionising both the way games are made and the experiences players have. | Media and Entertainment | AI B2C B2B2C |
| John Bentinck | CEO & Founder | Primary Portal | www.primaryportal.com | Primary Portal is a capital markets infrastructure fintech that streamlines equity issuance workflows by enabling banks to distribute deal information and investors to manage orders efficiently. It standardises communication, reduces operational risk by integrating with internal systems. Widely adopted globally, it is used by over 500 leading asset managers and over 100 banks. | Software and Internet | SaaS | AI | B2C |
| Jon Cornwell | CEO | Newsflare | www.newsflare.com | Newsflare operates a video licensing platform for AI companies, publishers, producers and marketers seeking real-world video to achieve their commercial objectives. The business has developed proprietary technology to source, verify and understand huge volumes of real-world video, enabling buyers to rapidly select the video data that they need. | Media and Entertainment | B2B2C |
| Jonathan Spry | CEO | Envelop | www.enveloprisk.com | Envelop Risk is a global specialty cyber insurance firm, combining decades of insurance industry expertise with sophisticated cyber and machine learning analytics tools. Envelop Risk provides underwriting and risk structuring to insurers and reinsurers, while partnering with cyber software experts for custom product delivery. Jonathan brings over 20-years of insurance and investment banking experience to Envelop. | Financial Services | AI B2B |
| Justine Roberts | Founder | Mumsnet | www.mumsnet.com | Mumsnet is the UK’s largest network for parents,with 8 million unique visitors per month clocking up over 100 million page views, and a mission to make parents’ lives easier. | Media and Entertainment | AI |
| Karen Barrett | CEO & Founder | Unbiased | www.unbiased.co.uk | Unbiased empowers everyone to make confident financial decisions. Using AI technology, it provides consumers matches to financial advisers, mortgage advisers, and accountants, to date helping over 25 million consumers make smarter financial decisions and providing advisory businesses with the opportunity to add over £50bn in AuM each year. | Financial Services | SaaS B2B2C |
| Katy Wigdahl | CEO | Speechmatics | www.speechmatics.com | Speechmatics is a global leader in speech technology, using advanced AI and machine learning to accurately transcribe and understand human speech across languages, accents and contexts. Processing over 300 years of audio monthly, our technology powers real-time insights including summaries, sentiment and translation for businesses worldwide. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B |
| Kerim Derhalli | CEO | AI Portfolio Solutions | www.aiportfoliosolutions.com | AI Portfolio Solutions is a cutting-edge financial AI company that delivers superior investment returns and “alpha-as-a-service” portfolio solutions. AIPS can transform the active asset management industry ($60+ trillion) and the US wealth management industry ($120 trillion). The AIPS team combines exceptional domain, data science and technology expertise. | Financial Services | SaaS AI B2B B2B2C |
| Laura Towart | CEO | VIVAN | www.vivantx.com | Vivan Therapeutics pioneers diagnostics and decision support in cancer care, stemming from Mount Sinai Medical Center New York. Their mission is to enhance treatment options, revolutionizing cancer care and aiding drug development. Vivan's focus is on personalizing therapies for oncology patients and assisting pharma in optimizing treatment outcomes. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | SaaS AI B2B B2C B2B2C |
| Leonardo Poggiali | CEO | Ooodles | www.ooodles.com | Ooodles is a flexible IT procurement and lifecycle platform for small and mid-sized businesses. It enables IT, HR and operations teams to manage devices from purchase to end-of-life in one place, including financing, logistics, repairs and redeployment. Trusted by over 300 companies, Ooodles helps organisations save time, reduce costs and optimise performance, security and sustainability across their IT estate. | Computer and Electronics | SaaS Hardware B2B |
| Leslie Kanthan | CEO | TurinTech AI | www.turintech.ai | TurinTech delivers AI-driven solutions that transform existing code and data into optimized, production-ready systems. Using agentic collaboration, advanced optimisation algorithms and real-time validation, we help teams modernise legacy infrastructure, improve AI-generated code and automate machine learning workflows, driving performance, efficiency and scalable, cost-effective innovation. | Software and Internet | AI | B2B |
| Lian Ni Lee | Co-Founder & VP Immunology | Infinitopes | www.infinitopes.com | Infinitopes is a pioneer in precision immunomics medicines. A Cancer Research UK (CRUK)-led biotech spinout from Oxford University, we are empowering the immune system to fight cancer metastases with unique, de novo antigen discovery technologies, innovative high efficiency vectors and intelligent clinical trial design. Our mission is to significantly enhance patient survival. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | AI |
| Lucy Walker | CEO & Founder | AM Insights | www.aminsights.com | AM Insights was born from frustration - fund data platforms are still stuck in the '90s. Built by a former fund buyer, it is revolutionising asset and wealth management with live, proactive insights and alerts, even on-the-go. We're working with global asset and wealth managers including Schroders, Evelyn Partners & AJ Bell. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Luisa Barile | CEO | ManyPets | www.manypets.com | Luisa joined ManyPets in 2018 at the start of the brand’s meteoric rise in pet insurance from zero to one of the top brands in the UK. In 2024 Luisa became CEO of ManyPets and has since transformed the fast-growing business to a mature and profitable one, capable of scaling further. Before ManyPets, Luisa, an actuary by training, spent 10 years at McKinsey as a management consultant and has held various roles in the finance and insurance including operations manager at Beazley, COO and then CEO of the insurance outsource provider Charles Taylor Insurance Services and NED of insurance tech company Fadata. | Financial Services | B2C |
| Marcus Greenwood | CEO | UBIO | www.ubio.ai | UBIO uses AI to automate the web automation process. Self-learning agents that create and repair web automations so humans don't have to. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Margo Polishchuk | Founder & President | proSapient | www.prosapient.com | proSapient provides a comprehensive primary research and expert networking service to institutional investors, consultants, and corporate clients. Our advantage is the speed and accuracy by which we deliver actionable intelligence and relevant experts. Our AI powered technology separates us from other providers of market information. Expert Intelligence On Demand. https://www.prosapient.com/ | Business Services | B2B |
| Marko Dobroschelski | CEO | Linehub | www.linehub.com | Linehub is a constellation of nine connected and impactful online and offline marketing labels. Our team of driven professionals collaborates to innovate and grow brands on a national and international level. We deliver market insights, market expansion and marketing growth focused on sustainable results. | Media and Entertainment | B2B |
| Martin Woolley | Exec Chair | What's Possible | www.whatspossiblegroup.com | Martin Wooley is part of What’s Possible Group, the marketing group built for entrepreneurial brands. They help ambitious marketers outsmart better-resourced competitors by delivering evidence-based marketing that works - fast. If you’ve ever had to do more with less, they’re your people. | Business Services | B2B |
| Matt Franklin | CEO | Roc Technologies | www.roctechnologies.com | Matt is the founder and CEO of Roc Technologies Ltd a £50m IT Transformation Services Provider that serves some of the largest and most secure organisations. Matt was Young Entrepreneur of the year in 2008 and holds a world record for the highest games of Ruby played on Mount Everest. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI |
| Michael Doyle | CEO | Bondsmith | www.bondsmith.co.uk | Bondsmith is a cash deposit aggregation platform that enables fintechs and their clients to access competitive interest rates across multiple banks through a single account or API, helping to maximise yield and FSCS protection while simplifying cash management. | Financial Services | SaaS B2B2C |
| Mike Bristow | Founder | CrowdProperty | www.crowdproperty.com | CrowdProperty is the UK's leading specialist property development lending platform – a fintech/proptech innovator founded in 2013 and recognised in the Sunday Times 100 list of Britain’s fastest growing businesses in 2023. The business has funded over £1bn of SME residential property development projects across the UK and Australia. | Financial Services | B2C B2B |
| Mridula Pore | CEO & Co-Founder | Peppy Health | www.peppy.health | Peppy is a global employee healthcare benefit that gives people unlimited, easy access to specialist clinicians across key life stages, all through an app. Peppy supports over 250 employers in over 20 countries, offering proactive and ongoing support to over 3 million people. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | SaaS B2B2C AI |
| Murat Soysal | Co-Founder | Segmentify | www.segmentify.com | Segmentify, an AI-powered Customer Engagement Platform, provides the best business solutions and a unique eCommerce growth-partnership model through its excellence centre and local partner experts. Segmentify creates omnichannel personalised experiences for each customer throughout the entire eCommerce journey to increase conversions, engagement, revenue and customer lifetime value. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Natasha Heneghan | MD | The Mothership | www.themothership.ai | The Mothership is a multi-brand operating company with a growing health & wellness portfolio. Our highly efficient growth model deploys expert teams, data-driven marketing and advanced technology across five multi-channel brands - scaling smaller brands faster than they ever could alone. | Retail | AI |
| Neil Chandler | CEO | Tandem | www.tandem.co.uk | Tandem is a digital bank on a mission to help customers live more sustainably, making better financial choices easier, every day. From app-based savings to greener home improvement loans and vehicles, and EPC discount mortgages, we support better living. Founded in 2014, Tandem is focused on helping customers get more from their money. | Financial Services | B2B |
| Nick Thompson | CEO | OLO Robotics | www.olo-robotics.com | OLO transforms how people work with robots. Through one browser-based platform, it enables users to program, control, monitor and simulate robots in a far more accessible and practical way. From learning and testing to real-world deployment, OLO opens up robotics to more people and helps organisations move faster with confidence. | Computer and Electronics | AI Hardware |
| Patrick McCaghy | CEO & Founder | Golf Travel Group | www.golftravel.group | Golf Travel Centre creates tailored golf holidays designed by golfers, for golfers. Our specialist team curates personalised trips, matching the right courses, destinations and timing to each client. From championship links in Ireland to resort escapes in Portugal, we deliver seamless, end-to-end experiences that go beyond standard travel packages. | Travel Recreation and Leisure | B2C B2B B2B2C |
| Peter Donnelly | CEO & Co-Founder | Genomics | www.genomics.com | In 2014, Peter Donnelly and three colleagues founded Genomics plc, spinning it out of the University of Oxford, aiming to transform health and healthcare using the power of genomics. Today, Genomics plc’s powerful risk prediction tools enable personalised, preventative healthcare, getting more people the screening, diagnosis, and treatment they need. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | SaaS B2B B2B2C AI |
| Peter Grinbergs | Co-Founder & CMO | EQL | https://www.eql.ai/ | EQL is a digital health company transforming how people access musculoskeletal care. On a mission to make high-quality, evidence-based MSK care accessible for all, EQL partners with employers, insurers, and health systems worldwide, delivering measurable improvements in recovery, wellbeing, and workforce resilience. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | SaaS B2B B2B2C AI |
| Pip Wilson | CEO | amicable | www.amicable.io | Amicable is the trusted legal service for divorcing and separating couples. Now part of the Octopus Money group, we are changing the nature of divorce in the UK by transforming separation from a traditional legal experience to one based on smart technology and great customer service. | Consumer Services | B2C B2B2C |
| Rachel Carrell | CEO | Koru Kids | www.korukids.co.uk | Koru Kids is one of the UK's biggest childcare brands, providing part-time and full-time nannies for families with children aged 0–10. Founded in 2016, the multi-award-winning service has delivered 5 million hours of childcare, deploying more than 2,000 nannies daily across the UK. | Education | SaaS AI B2C |
| Raj Khaira | Co-Founder & Deputy Global CEO | AutogenAI | www.autogenai.com | Raj is co-founder and Deputy Global CEO of AutogenAI, an organisation that is transforming the way companies write and manage proposals. A former management consultant and corporate lawyer with degrees in biology, politics and law, Raj is passionate about systems, linguistics and the challenge of building for scale. Raj is published author and frequently appears in broadcast media. Raj was recently named Times Female Entrepreneur of Year at the Times Tech 100 Awards. | Software and Internet | B2B |
| Rajeeb Dey | CEO | Learnerbly | www.learnerbly.com | Learnerbly is an enterprise learning platform connecting company strategy to individual development. We curate the world's best learning resources from 200+ providers and align them to business & individual development goals so employees learn what actually moves the business forward. Trusted by 100+ leading enterprises incl Ocado, King.com and Flutter. | Computer and Electronics | SaaS B2B2C AI |
| Rajesh Melwani | Co-Founder, CFO & CCO | Global Futures & Options | www.gfo-x.com | GFO-X is the UK’s first regulated, centrally cleared trading venue for digital asset derivatives. Combining high-performance technology with institutional-grade infrastructure and clearing via LCH, we provide robust risk management and market integrity. Our regulation-first approach enables trusted access, supporting the growth of digital asset futures and options markets. | Financial Services | B2B |
| Rhiannon Rees | CEO | PlantSea | www.plantsea.co.uk | PlantSea develops and manufactures a seaweed-derived biodegradable biopolymer (Hydra) that replaces the key petroleum-based PVOH ingredient used in soluble films. PlantSea is focused on a core market of films for home-care capsules i.e. laundry and dishwasher, and secondary market of food applications i.e. lamination of high-performance film to paper for dry food packaging. The PlantSea Hydra polymer delivers improved compatibility with next-gen detergents and shelf life (compared to incumbent PVOH). Consistent mechanical strength, sealing performance, shelf life and water solubility at price parity. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | B2B B2B2C |
| Richard Davies | CEO | Allica Bank | www.allica.bank | Richard is CEO of Allica Bank, a digital challenger bank built solely to meet the needs of established SMEs that has scaled to nearly £4bn of lending and over £5bn of deposits since launching in 2020. Named the UK’s fastest-growing company by The Sunday Times in 2024 and ranked second in its 2025 Tech list, Allica also topped Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 in 2023 and 2024, placing seventh in 2025. It has been recognised by The Financial Times and Sifted as one of Europe’s fastest-growing businesses, and recently announced its latest funding round valuing the company close to $1.2bn. Richard was previously COO at Revolut, as it scaled from 5 million to 15 million customers and launched in various new markets, and he was the inaugural CEO at OakNorth, developing its business model, technology and regulatory license application. | Financial Services | B2C |
| Richard Chambers | Founder | Get A Drip | www.getadrip.com | Get A Drip is a leading longevity wellness clinic offering IV vitamin drips, diagnostic testing and advanced therapies to optimise health and vitality. With a growing UK and European franchise network and nearly 200,000 treatments delivered, we combine innovative services with a scalable, high-growth model for clients and partners alike. | Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech | B2C |
| Riya Grover | CEO | Sequence | www.sequencehq.com | Riya Grover is the Co-founder and CEO at Sequence, the AI powered billing and quote to cash platform for Finance teams. Prior to Sequence, Riya built Feedr, acquired by Compass Group in 2020. Riya holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and Management from Oxford University. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Robert Fryers | CEO | Spotta | www.spotta.co | Insect pests cost the world $500Bn annually and drive 2% of global CO2 emissions. Spotta fixes this with AI-powered IoT Pods to provide early detection, enabling precision intervention and a data-driven alternatives to blanket chemical spraying. From our base in Cambridge, UK, Spotta’s systems are now exported to >30 countries. | Other | SaaS AI Hardware B2B |
| Ruby Raut | CEO | WUKA | www.wuka.co.uk | Founded by Ruby Raut in 2017, WUKA pioneered the UK’s first reusable period underwear. Inspired by Ruby’s upbringing in Nepal, this female-led B Corp replaces single-use plastics with high-performance, carbon-neutral innovation. By smashing taboos and preventing millions of disposables from entering landfills, WUKA provides a planet-positive solution that empowers every body through sustainable, inclusive,budget friendly and ethical menstrual health. | Retail | B2C B2B |
| Ruth Handcock OBE | Former CEO | Octopus | www.octopusmoney.com | We make financial advice simple and accessible to everyone. Using a combination of experienced advisers, friendly coaches, and smart technology, we give people a clear and personalised roadmap for achieving their money goals. We help thousands of people in the UK each year by partnering with their workplace or existing financial services provider. | Financial Services | B2C |
| Saasha Celestial-One | Co-Founder & COO | Olio | www.olioapp.com | Olio is the must-have money-saving app, loved by 9 million users. Unlock free food from supermarkets, get discounted groceries and keep more cash in your pocket for the things that matter. For businesses, Olio's surplus food tech stack generates more revenue from discounted food, before redistributing unsold food to communities. | Other | B2C B2B2C |
| Scott Maguire | CEO | Santersus | www.santersus.com | Santersus AG develops advanced blood purification therapies using its patented NucleoCapture apheresis technology to selectively remove NETs and cell-free DNA. Delivering over 95% removal in a single pass, our non-pharmacological approach preserves immune function while offering transformative potential across critical care and redefining therapeutic apheresis. | Health | Hardware AI |
| Seden Gurcu | Co-Founder | ADIN.AI | www.adin.ai | Adin.AI is an AI-native cross-channel media planning & execution platform built for enterprise advertisers. With one intelligent dashboard, brands can seamlessly plan, buy, optimize, and report across channels - cutting inefficiencies, increasing transparency, and boosting ROAS by up to 5X. | Media and Entertainment | SaaS B2B AI |
| Seema Khinda Johnson | Co-Founder | Nuggets | www.nuggets.life | The trust layer for autonomous AI. Nuggets extends existing IAM and cloud infrastructure to make AI actions provable, auditable and compliant at the point of execution. Built for enterprises deploying AI that must be trusted. | Software and Internet | AI B2B |
| Stacey Body | CEO & Co-Founder | Aventur | www.aventur.co.uk | Aventur is an award-winning, modern fintech on a mission to make financial wellbeing more accessible. Combining smart technology with human insight, it delivers clear, holistic financial guidance. Aventur also partners with firms to provide scalable, Consumer Duty-aligned solutions, as a fast-growing, values-led, B Corp-certified business. | Financial Services | SaaS B2B B2B2C B2C AI |
| Steve Butterworth | CEO | Neighbourly | www.neighbourly.com | Neighbourly is a multi-award-winning social impact platform and B Corp that helps businesses make a positive impact in their communities by donating volunteer time, money and surplus to a vetted network of over 45,000 local charities and community groups. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B |
| Steven Cracknell | Founder & CPO | Insig AI | www.insig.ai | Insig AI plc (AIM: INSG) is a leading provider of AI-led data infrastructure and machine learning solutions, transforming complex documents into structured, traceable data for investment, ESG and legal workflows - trusted by leading asset managers, hedge funds, and regulators including the FCA. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Stuart Dale | CEO & Founder | OrbitalX | www.orbitalx.com | OrbitalX is an AI ABM marketing automation platform. We specialize in helping lean marketing teams dominate their existing market or enter new ones and win without increasing headcount. Our platform 10x's a single marketers impact and effectiveness whilst bringing a performance focus for every marketing activity. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Taj Kamranpour | Co-Founder | Stotles | www.stotles.com | Stotles is the end-to-end platform for businesses selling to the public sector. It combines comprehensive UK procurement data with AI tools to plan strategy, identify opportunities early, track tenders, and write bids in one place. Stotles empowers some of the UK’s most successful sales teams, increasing win rates and boosting revenue. | Software and Internet | SaaS B2B AI |
| Thomas Fenal | Founder | Gentian.io | www.gentian.io | Gentian empowers organisations to understand and protect biodiversity using AI and high-resolution satellite imagery. Our solutions deliver habitat mapping, risk assessments and actionable insights that support sustainable decision-making. Working with governments, corporations and environmental partners, we enable nature-positive strategies that enhance resilience and integrate biodiversity into planning and operations. | Real Estate and Construction | B2B |
| Tim Groot | CEO & Founder | Grip | www.grip.events | Grip is the AI-powered, event technology platform built for engagement. Featuring an award-winning event app, matchmaking, registration, badging and more. Increase revenue by making relationships happen at your event. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B |
| Tom Wynne | CEO | Capsule Insurance Services | www.capsulecover.com | Capsule is a specialist insurance partner for the UK's most exciting scaleups. We combine deep sector expertise with a proactive approach to new and emerging risk — working alongside businesses scaling fast in Fintech, AI, Medtech, and beyond. We've rebuilt the traditional broking proposition from the ground up: less friction to buy and manage, and meaningfully better cover for companies that can't afford to get it wrong. | Financial Services | B2B |
| Tom Lawson | CEO | Opencast | www.opencastsoftware.com | Since becoming Chief Executive of Opencast in 2020, Tom Lawson has led significant growth at the technology consultancy, scaling revenues from £6 million to over £50 million and expanding the team to nearly 700 across the UK. Opencast specialises in designing and building human‑focused digital solutions, working at the heart of government and healthcare, while supporting purpose‑driven organisations through pro and low‑bono work. | Software and Internet | B2B |
| Verona Frankish | CEO | Yopa | www.yopa.co.uk | Verona Frankish is CEO of Yopa and Chair of Women in Estate Agency, where she champions innovation, leadership and greater representation across the property sector.With nearly two decades of experience spanning mortgages, financial services and estate agency, Verona has built a reputation for combining commercial focus with people-first leadership. Before joining Yopa, she held senior executive roles at Purplebricks and Mortgage Advice Bureau, helping to shape some of the industry’s most disruptive business models and growth strategies.Since becoming CEO in 2022, she has led Yopa through significant transformation, focusing on sustainable growth, empowering self-employed agents and modernising the customer experience through technology.Passionate about developing the next generation of leaders, and as the Chair of Women in Estate Agency, Verona is also a prominent voice on culture, inclusion and the future of estate agency in the UK. | Real Estate and Construction | B2C B2B |
| Zoe Bucknell | CEO & Co-Founder | Kuberno | www.kuberno.com | Kuberno builds Kube, a legal entity management platform for modern enterprises, helping organisations turn complex legal entity data into a connected, trusted strategic asset across functions and jurisdictions. | Software and Internet | SaaS AI B2B |