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Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and invest £250,000 - £1.5mn into pre-seed and seed UK technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.

Avanade is the leading global provider of digital, cloud, AI and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem.

Together with Accenture, we have been recognized as Microsoft’s Global SI Partner of the Year more than any other company. With the most Microsoft Most Valued Professionals, certifications (60,000+) and 19 (out of 19) Gold-level Microsoft competencies, we are uniquely positioned to help businesses grow and solve their toughest challenges.

Avanade is a responsible business committed to building a sustainable world through the power of people and Microsoft. We hold ourselves accountable to environmental, social and governance targets, ensuring our business is sustainable for the long term. Every day, our 60,000 professionals in 26 countries harness the power of their diverse backgrounds to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers. Learn more at www.avanade.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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Our heritage and your future
With access to over 325 years of business expertise and connections, Eagle Labs are a community resource available for everybody. Whether you’re an inventor, an innovator or a mentor, our spaces are conducive to nurturing and growing your idea with support from Barclays and our network.
Startups
Eagle Labs provide a wealth of support to startup businesses, particularly those who are focused on technology and innovation. For those needing physical space we provide coworking and offices throughout the UK.

For those looking for more virtual support you’ll be able to access our services and expertise remotely. Businesses can be connected to our mentors, specialists and deals that are all designed to help them grow. We also provide access to a collaborative community where businesses can be put in touch with and learn from their peers.


Scaleups
Scaling businesses can benefit from some of the more bespoke and tailored approach that is available through Labs. We offer specialists in growth through our mentoring partners. Businesses looking to raise further capital can be connected to investors through our Demo Directory.

If a business is looking to grow and raise overseas –particularly in the United States – the Eagle Lab Global Connect programme, run by Silicon Valley veterans, will be of interest.

Private investors
Eagle Labs provides access to a community of high potential and growing businesses, many who will be looking for investment.

Our Demo Directory allows potential investors to subscribe to a regular update showcasing top Eagle Lab businesses who are fundraising.

Corporates
The Eagle Labs community offers a mechanism that helps corporates better understand innovation and new and emerging technologies. Opportunities exist where corporates can collaborate with innovators.

Our industry programmes in Law, Agrifood Healthcare, Energy and Digital Security provide facilitated connections and help bridge the gap between startups and corporates. More generally Eagle Labs can connect larger businesses with innovators.


Supporting local economies
Eagle Labs believes that supporting technology startups and scaleups accelerates, innovates and stimulates the right type of economic growth. Other organisations, including local authorities and government, share a similar view.

Wherever possible Eagle Labs looks to collaborate with like-minded organisations, helping them support their local economies.


Our partners
Eagle Labs are collaborative by nature. We work with a nationwide network of partners who share our vision to help fuel the UK’s entrepreneurial economy.

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The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster.

We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world.

We do this across:
- A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online youth service BBC Three, and our multi award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services across England. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Ten UK-wide radio networks, providing the best live music broadcasting in the UK, as well as speech radio which informs, educates and entertains. We also have two national radio services each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and 39 local radio stations across England and the Channel Islands, providing an invaluable and unique service to listeners across the UK
- Our digital services including BBC News, Sport, Weather CBBC and CBeebies, iPlayer and BBC Sounds, BBC Red Button and our vast archive
- BBC World Service television, radio and online on more than 40 languages

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Bloomberg is a global information and technology company. We use our dynamic network of data, ideas and analysis to solve difficult problems. Our customers around the world rely on us to deliver accurate, real-time business and market information that helps them make important financial decisions.

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Launched in 2006, Compare the Market has grown rapidly to become one of the UK’s leading price comparison websites, offering independent and impartial comparison of price, features and eligibility across a variety of products, including car and home insurance and money.

We’re passionate about doing amazing things for our customers and our purpose is to make great financial decision making a breeze for everyone, helping people to save money and feel confident in their financial decisions.

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Used by over 70% of the Fortune 500, Apache Kafka has become the foundational platform for streaming data, but self-supporting the open source project puts you in the business of managing low-level data infrastructure. With Kafka at its core, Confluent offers complete, fully managed, cloud-native data streaming that's available everywhere your data and applications reside.

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At Deliveroo, we are on a mission to transform the way the world shops and eats by bringing neighbourhoods to doors. We believe in the power of yes – yes opens doors, and it connects people. It connects consumers to shops, shops to restaurants, and restaurants to riders. It becomes potential to change and transform the way the world shops and eats, and the way people come together in community.

Since 2013 we have obsessed over every detail of how to create the best online on-demand delivery experience, becoming experts in how to make our marketplace work seamlessly.

We strive to invite as many people to our table as possible, because there will always be room.

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Accept payments faster, get paid quicker
From helping you trade to getting you paid, we go all out to develop beautifully intuitive tools that simplify the everyday – and take the hassle out of running a business. And we do that while providing you with a sleek, next-gen card machine that lets you take payments over 50% faster than the competition.

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Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. Regardless of your role, team, or location, this is a place where everyone makes play happen. Join us.

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We are one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups. Operating in regulated and regulating Online and Retail markets.
At Entain, we’re on a mission to provide our customers around the world with the most entertaining experiences, supported by market leading player protection across betting & gaming.

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Expedia Group, Inc. brands power travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers.



Expedia Group’s three flagship consumer brands includes: Expedia®, Hotels.com®, and Vrbo®. One Key™ is our comprehensive loyalty program that unifies Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo into one simple, flexible travel rewards experience.

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GitLab is the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 30 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster.

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At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10+ years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.

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JPMorganChase is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America (“U.S.”), with operations worldwide. JPMorganChase had $4.1 trillion in assets and $341 billion in stockholders’ equity as of June 30, 2024. With over 63,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $17 billion, JPMorganChase is dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the Firm serves millions of customers in the U.S., and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally. Visit http://www.jpmorganchase.com/tech for more information.

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Kraken delivers transformational tech to utilities around the world to make the global transition to green energy quicker and more affordable. Part of the Octopus Energy Group.

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Milltown Partners is a global advisory firm working with influential organisations and individuals on the communications and public policy challenges that define their reputations.

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