The Grow London Communities team plays a pivotal role in driving value for Grow London clients by fostering a vibrant, inclusive and diverse community that empowers and accelerates scaleups' growth aspirations.
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Who we support
Discover the range of support and events available for our community.
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Scaleups
Scaleups
Our community equips scaleup founders with knowledge and tools to succeed while boosting commercial success and minimising inefficiencies. We offer the invaluable opportunity to network with fellow founders, senior corporate innovators, advisors and investors with the aim of building meaningful and lasting connections.If you are a scaleup founder, find out how you can take your business to the next level through our Grow London Global programme.
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Investors
Investors
Investors in our community can raise their portfolio's visibility through our extensive networks. We help their portfolio companies to connect with corporates and access the best talent from across London. By providing access to a global pool of startups and scaleups, we support deal flow and foster collaboration while convening the investor community to share their best practices across sectors.
If you are an investor and would like to get involved, send us an email.
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Corporates
Corporates
We work closely with corporates to tailor our services to deliver the maximum value. Through a curated series of events, corporates connect with our network of innovative scaleups, exploring cutting-edge innovations that align with and help achieve strategic organisational goals.
If you are a corporate, contact Ruby to find out how you can access the latest innovations.
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Fundraising
Fundraising
Grow Capital Ready is a targeted series of events that equips tech scaleups with the skills, knowledge and connections for successful fundraising. Each session is delivered in collaboration with industry experts, offering strategic and actionable advice specific to the fundraising stages, goals and target markets of participants.
Through workshops like Pitch for Scale, VC Math Sessions and Funding Pathways, as well as access to exclusive resources and peer networks, participants will learn how to engage more effectively with investors and unlock growth capital.
For more information, send us an email.
Our purpose is to drive value to our communities and create tangible opportunities for our partners, investors and corporates in supporting our wider ecosystem.Andrew Tibbitts
Director of Innovation & Growth Services
Access to Funding events
We are dedicated to creating an environment that cultivates a sense of belonging, encourages collaboration and amplifies the overall community impact.
We do this by building mission-driven communities and offering engagement experiences.
Access to Funding events connect innovative scaleup founders from our network with leading funds and top-tier investors to empower founders to explore investment options, get investment ready, expand their investment network and gain insights on critical business growth topics.
Investors get the opportunity to meet and connect with our global pool of high-growth companies and learn more about the latest innovation in the London ecosystem.
Investors in our community include:
Meet the Corporate events
Meet the Corporate events bring together scaleup founders and senior innovation leaders from top UK organisations to explore potential synergies and partnerships.
These sessions provide an excellent opportunity for business founders to pitch their solutions to address corporate's challenges and investment priority areas.
Corporates benefit from access to our global community of startups and scaleups, an opportunity to gain fresh insights and innovative solutions to tackle their most pressing challenges.
Discover how Grosvenor Property UK found scaleups to help boost its sustainability goals.
Corporates in our community include:
Community gatherings
These events aim to cultivate a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, fostering mutual support and empowerment. By uniting individuals, we provide connections, networking experiences and valuable insights to nurture growth and propel businesses to the next level.
Some of the events we host include:
- Female Founders networking sessions.
- Quarterly sector gatherings for our sustainability, life sciences, creative, enterprise and fintech communities.
- Bi-annual cross-sector community gatherings.
Flagship events
Grow Summit
The UK's leading scaleup summit brings together leading entrepreneurs, world-class advisors and investors to address the challenges of business growth, fuel collaboration and unlock new connections and opportunities.
Learn more about the Grow Summit.
London Tech Week
A global celebration of tech, uniting the most innovative thinkers and talent of tomorrow in a week-long festival. Each year during London Tech Week, we proudly host the Grow London International Welcome Reception, connecting international leaders to the London ecosystem. This must-attend event offers the opportunity to meet global game changers driving innovation across various industries.
Learn more about London Tech Week.
Through working with Grow London, we were introduced to eight forward-thinking, sustainability-driven tech companies. We look forward to continuing to work together to find long-term innovations that will help us reach our net zero goals.Coca-Cola
Meet the team
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Andrew Tibbitts
Director of Growth Services
Andrew Tibbitts
Director of Growth Services -
Maurizina Da Silva
Head of Communities
Maurizina Da Silva
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Jasmin Campbell
Events Programme Manager
Jasmin Campbell
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Beth Brookes-Lamdin
Events Programme Manager
Beth Brookes-Lamdin
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Laura Moss
Community Event Executive
Laura Moss
Community Event Executive