Supporting startups from seed stage to success story
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.
Tech Nation Programmes
Your growth partner at every stage of your scaling journey
Rising Stars
Pitch competition for early-stage startups
Creo
Championing disabled founders and entrepreneurs innovating around disability
Libra
Empowering underrepresented tech founders
Climate
Supporting climate tech founders
Upscale
Powering the UK’s most ambitious Series A startups
Future Fifty
Growing late-stage ventures, to IPO and beyond
Download The Tech Nation Report 2025 – The state of the nation report on UK tech!
The Tech Nation Report has been the state of the nation report on UK tech since 2015. From VC investment trends to the hottest UK startups to watch, our report gives the clearest snapshots yet of where UK tech stands in 2025 — and where it’s heading.
Founders Pulse
In the past year alone, Tech Nation has turned founder feedback into real policy wins – shaping the UK’s Industrial Strategy, protecting innovation funding, and stopping new red tape on carried interest.
Founders Pulse is our new Tech Nation initiative, powered by Founders Forum Group, creating a direct line between founders and Government to help shape the future of UK tech policy.
Opt-in to our quick-fire pulse and you’ll contribute to insights that we share directly with our contacts at Number 10, the Treasury, and across Government departments – ensuring your experiences drive meaningful policy decisions.
Our Ambassadors and Advisers:
Tej Lalvani
CEO, Vitabiotics and Dragon, Dragon’s Den
Tania Boler
Founder and President, Elvie
Michael Acton-Smith
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Calm
Melissa Snover
Founder and CEO, Rem3dy
Hot Off The Press: Our Latest Reports & Insights
Global Talent Visa
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.
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