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Index is a San Francisco and London-based venture firm that covers every investment stage, from earliest seed through to explosive growth. We partner with pioneers who are using technology to reshape the world around us.

Seed investor investing £250k-2m in sectors covering globally scalable marketplaces, platforms and software (SaaS).

European pre-seed & seed investor, sector-agnostic.

Pre-series A investor, investing £100K - £500K into companies with a focus on technology enabled consumer brands

Seed fund investing £250k – £2.5m in early stage software companies in the UK.

Seed investor in product & service start-ups in high growth markets

One of the world's most active early-stage venture capital funds, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world

The Family nurtures Entrepreneurs through Education, Unfair Advantages & Capital. Moving at startup speed, The Family is transforming a portfolio of non-linear companies, special projects and virtual infrastructures into a connected community of entrepreneurs, operators & fellow investors who inspire and support each other.

Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor. We invest time and money in the world’s most talented and ambitious individuals, helping them to find a co-founder, develop an idea, and start a company. So far, we’ve helped 2,000+ people create 300+ companies, worth a combined $2bn

Activate seeks out entrepreneurs with outstanding ideas, who want to have a positive impact in the world — then uses our business and technology expertise to help them in building successful, sustainable, and personally rewarding businesses.

Zinc builds new companies that solve the developed world’s toughest challenges. They do this through a Mission-led 9-month full-time Company Builder Programme which brings together top entrepreneurial talent, domain expertise, insights from social science and a leading network of experts to create new mission-led companies.

Level39 supports fast-growth tech companies in three clear ways – giving access to world-class customers, talent and infrastructure. Through expert mentors, investors and partners, access to Canary Wharf’s dynamic workspace, a packed events calendar and best-in-class facilities we help businesses achieve scale.

Developed by Digital Catapult, Augmentor is a 12-week acceleration programme for B2B immersive startups designed to increase their investment readiness and accelerate their business growth.

Over 12 weeks, through interactive sessions and working with Activate mentors/coaches and a cohort of peers, each startup will develop a roadmap towards success.

We want to make the UK the best place to launch and grow startups that use location or property data. Through our Accelerator Programme we support and encourage location and property innovation.

IgniteNI supports 30 early-stage companies every year through their pre-accelerator (Propel), accelerator and US Landing Pad programmes. Propel offers £15k (equity free) and a 6 month programme to help launch their business. The 3 month accelerator programme helps companies fundraise and scale (particularly into the US).

Propelia is the UK accelerator navigating the development and use of 'Pilot Rounds' in the pre-seed space. A Pilot Round that essentially identifies and connects founders with aligned investors, to enable them to quickly leverage SEIS capital to fuel, test and iterate strategic market assumptions over the next 6 months.

We power spaces that support our community to build businesses with impact. From our Startup Academy, coworking office spaces, to unmissable events across our network — our business ecosystem brings together startups, scale-ups and enterprises to work, learn and collaborate.

Founder Institute

The Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, we have helped over 4,500 entrepreneurs get the focus and support needed to build a business that matters. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 90 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.

Angel Investment Network helps entrepreneurs quickly make contact with relevant early stage investors, with unique reach from it's global network of 60 international platforms of 200k investors

As a lifetime funding partner, Crowdcube is helping the next generation of businesses fuel long-term growth through their campaign-led approach to equity crowdfunding. Recognising that as a founder of a startup your time and resources will be stretched.

ISQ supports business leaders to plan, prepare and launch successful equity-crowdfunding campaigns by coaching and guiding them through a proven, disciplined and structured methodology

Dedicated to supporting SMEs, Swoop utilises ground-breaking financial technology to match businesses with tailored funding and savings solutions. Working with over 1,000 funding providers, simplicity, speed and expertise are at the heart of all they do. Sign up for free and build your profile in a matter of minutes to access every finance opportunity on the market.

Robot Mascot help entrepreneurs convince investors that their business is the one to back. Their clients are 30x more likely to raise investment and they're recognised as the UKs leading pitch agency.

InvestorConnected brings together startups and scale-ups with funders. Through the use of our online platform and consulting services, we help businesses to significantly increase their chances of getting funded by ensuring they present their businesses effectively and introducing them to our network of funders (investors & lenders). Equally, we help funders save time and money by streamlining their deal-flow and due diligence processes.

A technology platform that connects angel investors and early-stage startups. Sector agnostic, investing between £100,000 and £700,000.

Le Wagon is the world's no.1 ranked coding bootcamp, based in 38 cities and 22 countries. They teach full stack web development and data science in either 9-week full time, or 24-week part time formats.

Apogee Associates are proud to be the R&D tax credit partner for SeedLegals, having helped businesses in all sectors, ranging from small startups to well established multinationals, with their R&D tax credit applications. Apogee's team of R&D tax credit specialists have compiled over 500 applications, all of which have been processed in full by HMRC without receiving so much as a query.

Clear Currency is the preferred currency partner for SeedLegals, offering low cost, secure and stress-free international payments. Need to make an investment in another currency? Find out how you can get your money there quickly and with excellent exchange rates.

Flexible business insurance by monthly subscription. Protect your business with customisable cover that adapts to the changing needs of your business

A demo day without an accelerator, backed by the UKs leading VCs.

A demo day for first time founders, backed by leading UK and Irish VCs

Top inhouse lawyers working flexibly with ambitious SMEs. My Inhouse Lawyer is the legal arm of the Liberti Group and 1 of 7 successful business who provide portfolio experts in Finance and Accounting; Sales and Marketing, IT and HR.

NaviStar Legal helps small and medium businesses (SMEs) and smaller legal teams to get the in-house legal support, skills and self-management that they cannot normally afford – helping them save time, money and avoid the risks that could cripple their business

SMB is an agile technology-focused law firm based in London’s West End. It acts for a wide spectrum of technology companies, ranging from start-ups through to scale-ups and unicorns. The firm delivers pragmatic commercial advice and services on a fast, inexpensive and fixed-price basis. Services include commercial contracts and data protection as well as all corporate and employment law requirements

Legal Edge is an alternative to the law firms whose approach is too complex, too expensive or just impractical. We don’t do endless letters of advice or prolonged contract negotiations. We don’t put the clock on and leave it on. We simply help businesses keep control of workflow, priorities and budget.