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Supporting climate tech founders
Empowering underrepresented tech founders
Growing late-stage ventures, to IPO and beyond
Powering the UK's most ambitious Series A startups
Championing disabled founders and entrepreneurs innovating around disability
Our previous Rising Stars competition has evolved into four distinct UK early-stage competitions, designed to spotlight the best emerging startups.
Where 10 ambitious EIS-eligible founders pitch to win an opportunity for investment that defines their next chapter
Where SEIS-eligible founders from across the UK compete for their share of £2M investment opportunity at a Grand Final in Manchester
Where transatlantic founders aged under 26 compete for up to £500k in investment
Where exceptional founders from around the world pitch to win the backing, spotlight, and momentum that shapes what comes next
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
Connecting the world’s brightest minds to UK AI opportunities
Connecting the world’s brightest minds to UK Quantum opportunities
Ideas. Influence. Impact.
Future Fifty Forum is the UK’s most curated gathering for scaling founders, created to inform and inspire those shaping the next generation of standout UK tech.
This year it will be held on the 16th September.
With a clear mission to accelerate the growth of exceptional scaleups, our invitation only forum brings together Series A and B founders from Tech Nation’s Future Fifty cohorts and beyond, alongside investors, corporate innovators and government leaders. The aim is simple: bring the UK’s most influential tech players into one place for unfiltered conversations that spark genuine partnership and momentum for great British tech.
Now in its third year, the 2026 Forum expands in scale and ambition. Just a short trip from London on the Elizabeth Line, and set within expansive grounds, our new venue offers a calm, focused backdrop for innovators to step out of the day to day and engage deeply. Emulating Founders Forum Global, the day will be shaped around the realities of scaling in the UK – from leadership and culture to capital, M&A and global growth – blending candid stories from experienced unicorn founders with targeted, founder led discussions.
A total of 223 attendees
Scaleup founders with game-changing solutions spanning Quantum, HealthTech, AI, BioTech, SpaceTech – just to name a few!
VC’s on the hunt for the next big thing, form the likes of Outrun Ventures, 2150, Eight Roads and Notion Capital.
Leaders from the likes of Uber, Diageo, BP, BBC, Shell, British Airways and Admiral Group.
Corporates keen to help startups scale further and faster including HSBC Innovation Banking, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, Evelyn partners, Blacklane, Emerald Technology, S&W and Clicks.
Building on the success of our inaugural Future Fifty Forum last year, this year’s guest list will extend beyond the Future Fifty Programme Cohort to include a wider reach of Series A founders.
Our community includes corporate innovators, VC funds, other ecosystem stakeholders, and founders whose companies have reached a valuation between 100m and 500m USD and/or have raised a minimum of 10m USD.
