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Supporting climate tech founders
Empowering underrepresented tech founders
Growing late-stage ventures, to IPO and beyond
Equipping scaleups post series A
Pitch competition for early-stage startups
Championing disabled founders and entrepreneurs innovating around disability
Work, Live, Thrive in the UK
Supporting global talent to work live and thrive in UK tech through our various support services
Discover the steps to apply and begin your journey
Gain access to a global talent alumni network to support your journey
Showcasing success stories from our Global Talent Visa Ambassadors
Understand the standards applicants need to meet to be considered for a successful endorsement
Celebrating 10 years of global talent in UK tech
Tech Nation is the leading growth platform and industry body for startups and their teams across the UK.
Supercharged by Founders Forum Group, Tech Nation amplifies the UK founder voice and empowers them to scale via practical knowledge, powerful connections and peer to peer communities.
Your growth partner at every stage of your scaling journey
From cutting-edge AI to pioneering climate tech startups, each UK region is home to flourishing tech ecosystems with their own distinct strengths. With Rising Stars entering its sixth year, we’ve partnered with OnetoWin to collaborate on the UK’s largest prize pitch competition for B2B startups, with £3 million worth of investment up for grabs.
Tech Nation’s Rising Stars are products of the vibrant regional innovation ecosystems that collectively strengthen the UK’s global edge. These are the next generation of tech leaders who will help define our digital economy for years to come.
Founder and President, Elvie
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, Calm
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Founder and CEO, Rem3dy
Michael is the co-founder and co-Executive Chairman of Calm, the leading mental health brand with the #1 App for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Calm has grown to over 100 million downloads, was the Apple 2017 app of the year, and is the world’s first mental health unicorn.
Long fascinated by neuroscience, flow states and mental fitness, he is passionate about spreading meditation as a simple but valuable skill around the world.
Prior to Calm, Michael was the founder of Mind Candy, along with Firebox.com, Ping Pong Fight Club, and Berwickstock music festival. In 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to the Creative Industries.
Melissa Snover is an award-winning entrepreneur and disruptor in the world of food technology and 3D printing. She is passionate about developing innovations which offer solutions to her customers, challenge her competitors, and innovate current market offerings. She is currently the founder and CEO of Rem3dy Health which pioneers personalised solutions across preventative and curative health under the brands Nourished (Personalised Nutrition) and Scripted (Personalised Medicine).
Melissa has been a successful entrepreneur for over 15 years, is a registered nutritionist and the inventor or several new patented technologies. She is a visionary for the use of 3D printing in mainstream manufacturing on a global scale and recently raised the highest ever female founder seed round in UK history for Rem3dy. She is an ambassador for women’s equal access to finance, as well as being an avid supporter and mentor; supporting young people of all backgrounds to begin studying in STEM fields.
“The programme provided us with exposure to a network of corporate decision makers and mentors that was immensely valuable.” Natasha Jones Co-Founder and CEO, Metris Energy
“The programme provided us with exposure to a network of corporate decision makers and mentors that was immensely valuable.”
Co-Founder and CEO, Metris Energy
“It’s a fantastic network of great people and companies. Great support from the Government which is doing a fantastic job in the UK tech industry.” José Neves Farfetch
“It’s a fantastic network of great people and companies. Great support from the Government which is doing a fantastic job in the UK tech industry.”
Farfetch
“Tech Nation’s climate programme has been an excellent support network, enabling us to explore some of the challenging topics that we face as we grow and scale. What’s more, we are now part of a community of committed and passionate impact founders for life, and I can’t wait to see what amazing things they deliver over the next decade.” Brittany Harris Qualis Flow
“Tech Nation’s climate programme has been an excellent support network, enabling us to explore some of the challenging topics that we face as we grow and scale. What’s more, we are now part of a community of committed and passionate impact founders for life, and I can’t wait to see what amazing things they deliver over the next decade.”
Qualis Flow
“We’re really excited to be working with other entrepreneurs from top notch UK businesses through this programme. Amongst other things, it will help us stay up to date with the evolving needs of our country’s top talent; continuing to deliver on our promise of making our products as enjoyable and relatable to them as possible.” Chieu Cao Perkbox
“We’re really excited to be working with other entrepreneurs from top notch UK businesses through this programme. Amongst other things, it will help us stay up to date with the evolving needs of our country’s top talent; continuing to deliver on our promise of making our products as enjoyable and relatable to them as possible.”
Perkbox
“Being part of Tech Nation’s programme not only gave us access to a community of like-minded peers, but it helped put us on the map. It was a huge moment of recognition and celebration for our team. We have featured in many leading publications – and being selected for Tech Nation’s Net Zero programme absolutely contributed to establishing our credibility as an ambitious and innovative tech scaleup.” Jo Parker-Swift CEO, Solivus
“Being part of Tech Nation’s programme not only gave us access to a community of like-minded peers, but it helped put us on the map. It was a huge moment of recognition and celebration for our team. We have featured in many leading publications – and being selected for Tech Nation’s Net Zero programme absolutely contributed to establishing our credibility as an ambitious and innovative tech scaleup.”
CEO, Solivus
“There isn’t a pipeline problem, there is a social and financial capital allocation problem. For female founders, the ecosystem is five years behind the current status quo, and for black and ethnic minority founders, the ecosystem is 10 years behind. Programmes like Libra will help to hopefully narrow the gap.” Tom Adeyoola, CEO & Co-Founder Metail & Extend VC
“There isn’t a pipeline problem, there is a social and financial capital allocation problem. For female founders, the ecosystem is five years behind the current status quo, and for black and ethnic minority founders, the ecosystem is 10 years behind. Programmes like Libra will help to hopefully narrow the gap.”
Metail & Extend VC
“Tech Nation’s climate programme was superb – both valuable AND fun, with a really interesting cohort of fellow founders. The mentors provided were particularly useful and continue to be a huge help to our business.” Jo Saxby CEO of Spruce
“Tech Nation’s climate programme was superb – both valuable AND fun, with a really interesting cohort of fellow founders. The mentors provided were particularly useful and continue to be a huge help to our business.”
CEO of Spruce
Don’t live in the UK? We know that global talent drives innovation. And if we want technology to work for everyone, it has to be built by everyone. Our global talent visa programme fast-tracks the acquisition of exceptional people in the digital technology sector – enriching the UK’s entrepreneurial workforce with a diverse pool of talent from around the world.
