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LONDON’S TECH SCENE AT A GLANCE

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London’s tech scene: at a glance

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Welcome Welcome to London – one of the world’s leading technology hubs and the global capital of innovation. London’s tech scene: at a glance has been created to help you navigate this exciting ecosystem and find the best ways to expand your business here. We’ve pinpointed tech hotspots and clusters, helping you work out whether to set up close to giants such as Google or Amazon, on the doorstep of potential investors and clients, or in one of the many buzzy accelerators, incubators and low-cost collaboration hubs springing up across the city.

Inside you’ll also find resources to help you spot opportunities and trends, secure staff and partners, pitch to investors and win new business. London & Partners wishes you the greatest success in this remarkable world city.

London is one of the world’s leading technology hubs, offering your business the fastest route to growth. An envied ‘world city’ address A central London base can be yours. Choose from trendy ex-industrial warehouses, collaborative accelerators sponsored by big business or space surrounded by historical grandeur.

Major investment As the world’s number one financial centre, London offers unparalleled access to angel investors, crowdfunding platforms, banks and experienced VCs and corporate venturers who can provide access to capital and expertise. You can also take advantage of UK tax breaks and investment schemes. Visit gov.uk for more details.

International reach, clients and contracts There are more European headquarters in London than in any other European city, giving you unbeatable access to major international contracts and projects. Entrepreneur-friendly visas make it easy to migrate from around the world.

Collaboration and inspiration Use London’s centres of excellence and 240,000 digital technology employees* to evolve your business and develop new revenue streams. London excels in tech research and development and big data, while hybrid sectors such as FinTech, InsurTech, MedTech and AdTech offer huge commercial opportunities. *Forecasts prepared for London & Partners by Oxford Economics, October 2016

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Community A snapshot of technology, media and telecommunications companies in London. 6

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1 Qualcomm 2 Discovery Communications 3 WorldRemit 4 Deezer 5 Shazam 6 Vodafone 6 Microsoft 6 Kaspersky 6 SwiftKey 7 EE 8 Zendesk 9 Zipcar 10 Babylon Health

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11 Hutchison Whampoa 12 Box 13 iZettle 14 ASOS 15 Appcoach 16 Slack 17 Pinterest 18 Dropbox 19 Rovio 19 Klarna 20 FON 21 eToro 22 Siemens

23 Spotify 24 BuzzFeed 25 Sony Computer Entertainment 26 Twitter 27 Telefonica Digital (Telefonica Innovation) 28 PayPal 29 Uber 30 Facebook 31 Adobe 32 SoundCloud 33 Framestore 34 AppNexus 35 King

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35 Deliveroo 36 Monitise 37 TripAdvisor 38 Dolby 39 Palantir 40 ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) 41 LinkedIn 42 Glassdoor 43 Criteo 43 Square 44 Alibaba 45 Exterion Media 46 IBM

47 Citymapper 48 Expedia 48 Etsy 48 Houzz 49 GoCardless 50 Okta 51 Amazon 52 Just Eat 53 Tableau Software 54 Last.fm 55 Eventbrite 56 TrustPilot 57 BT 58 HP

59 Decoded 60 busuu 61 FarFetch 61 Stripe 61 Pivotal 62 Stack Overflow 63 Markit (IHS Markit) 64 NTT Europe 65 China Mobile 66 SAP 67 Gett 68 Blippar 69 DueDil 69 Twilio

70 Alcatel-Lucent 70 OpenTable 71 Cisco 72 Songkick 73 Kiosked 74 Airbnb 74 TransferWise 75 Salesforce 76 LG International 77 Zomato 78 Interxion 79 WP Engine 80 HootSuite 81 General Assembly

82 Unruly 83 Sky 84 Kano 85 Intel 85 Digital Shadows 85 Heckyl 85 Alipay 85 Infosys 86 Google 87 Plexal 88 dotMailer 89 eBay 90 ZTE 91 Electronic Arts


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Starting at Clerkenwell or Canary Wharf our half day tour will take you through some of east London’s tech hotspots.

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Beer o’clock

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Check out Exmouth Market for a brew or two. exmouth-market.com

Stop by Shoreditch Grind for a quick coffee and a bite to eat. shoreditchgrind.com

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By foot or public transport, London is easy to get around. For more on transport visit tfl.gov.uk

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Useful contacts London’s thriving tech scene at a glance. Events and networking Find partners, clients, funders and new ideas at hundreds of tech events and meet-ups across London. Campus London campus.co/london/en StartupDigest startupdigest.com/ digests/london


Grab a coffee More than just a great brew: enjoy one of the capital’s best coffees and check out the tech community. Allpress Espresso uk.allpressespresso.com Caravan caravanrestaurants.co.uk Federation Coffee federationcoffee.com

London Tech Week londontechweek.com

Kaffeine kaffeine.co.uk

ad:tech London ad-techlondon.co.uk

NOAH Internet Conference noah-conference.com

Lantana lantanacafe.co.uk

Advertising Week Europe europe.advertisingweek. com

PayExpo payexpo.com/europe

Major annual events

Apps World apps-world.net Bett bettshow.com

Tech City News techcitynews.com/events

Cloud Expo Europ cloudexpoeurope.com

Tech City UK techcityuk.com

Infosecurity infosecurityeurope.com

TechHub london.techhub.com/ events

The Europas theeuropas.com

Tech.London events tech.london/events

The London Games Festival games.london

Social Media Week socialmediaweek.org/ london Wearable Technology Show wearabletechnologyshow. net

look mum no hands! lookmumnohands.com Makers Cafe makerscafe.com Origin origincoffee.co.uk Ozone Coffee Roasters ozonecoffee.co.uk Shoreditch Grind grind.co.uk The Breakfast Club thebreakfastclubcafes.com Workshop Coffee Co. workshopcoffee.com

Finding tech talent London offers the best tech talent in Europe. Find developers skilled in everything from ASP. net to Z/OS, and specialists in every other discipline under the sun. London Startup Jobs londonstartupjobs.co.uk Propel propellondon.com Silicon Milkroundabout siliconmilkroundabout.com

SpecialistsGrid specialistsgrid.com Stack Overflow careers.stackoverflow.com Tech City Jobs techcityjobs.co.uk Unicorn Hunt unicornhunt.io WorkInStartups workinstartups.com

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Launch22 Helps early stage entrepreneurs grow their enterprise launch22.co.uk Level39 Europe’s largest technology accelerator space for finance, retail, cyber and future cities technology companies level39.co MassChallenge The most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet masschallenge.org

Accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces Find big brand mentors, sources of funding and a roadmap to success at these accelerators and incubators. Or set up office in some of the coolest co-working spaces on the planet. Barclays Accelerator FinTech accelerator powered by Techstars barclaysaccelerator.com Breed Reply Funds and supports Internet of Things startups breedreply.com Campus London Google’s space for entrepreneurs campuslondon.com

Central Working Your business is more than just a job, this is more than just an office centralworking.com Collider Accelerator dedicated to marketing & adtech startups collider.io CyLon World-leading cybersecurity accelerator cylonlab.com Dreamstake dreamstake.net GCHQ Cyber Accelerator Developing the UK’s cybersecurity ecosystem through accelerating innovative startups wayra.co.uk/gchq

IDEALondon UCL and Cisco run Post Accelerator idea-london.co.uk Impact Hub For social entrepreneurship impacthub.net Incubus Helps entrepreneurs get their business ready for accelerator programmes incubuslondon.com Innovation Warehouse For entrepreneurs working on high growth, high impact startup businesses innovationwarehouse.org JLAB John Lewis technology incubator jlab.co.uk

Plexal Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem on the site of London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park plexal.com playhubs Co-working space for games industry entrepreneurs playhubs.com Rise FinTech community of rising startups and industry leaders thinkrise.com Rocketspace Co-working space for high-growth startups rocketspace.com Startupbootcamp For global startups startupbootcamp.org

TechHub Spaces around the world for tech entrepreneurs to meet, work, learn and collaborate techhub.com Techstars Global ecosystem for entrepreneurs techstars.com/program/ locations/london The Bakery The world’s first AdTech accelerator thebakerylondon.com The Trampery Spaces for entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation thetrampery.com Traveltech Lab Brings together technology startups with big corporates within the travel industry traveltechlab.london

TrueStart Retail and fashion accelerator truestart.co.uk Wayra Telefonica’s startup accelerator programme includes Wayra UnLtd uk.wayra.org White Bear Yard Hub for new startup and digital technology and media companies whitebearyard.com

Co-working space listings CoWorkingLondon coworkinglondon.com Hubble Easy online marketplace for finding office space in London hubblehq.com

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Rainmaking Loft Co-working space and startup hub based at historic St Katherine’s Docks rainmakingloft.com

Attracting investment

Second Home Workplace for entrepreneurs and creative businesses to come together secondhome.io

The London VC club facilitates introductions to London’s leading investors allowing startups and scale-ups to grow more quickly. If you’re a startup or scale-up seeking investment, joining the London VC Club will enable you to put yourself in front of London’s leading Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms, Venture Capital (VC) firms, crowdfunding platform and angel network. Find out more: invest. london/grow/vc-london

WeWork Provider of shared workspace, community, and services wework.com


Growth London & Partners’ Business Growth programme helps London SMEs to overcome their growth barriers by providing strategic solutions including mentoring, workshops, business growth advice and opportunities across our London network. businessgrowth.london

News and blogs Stay ahead of the digital curve with these news updates from around Europe and the globe. Growth Business growthbusiness.co.uk

startups startups.co.uk Tech.eu tech.eu/newsletter Tech City News techcitynews.com

Useful resources Co-working London coworkinglondon.com Creative Entrepreneurs creativeentrepreneurs.co

Department for International Trade (DIT) gov.uk/dit Digital Catapult digital.catapult.org.uk Digital Marketplace digitalmarketplace.service. gov.uk Entrepreneur Handbook entrepreneurhandbook. co.uk GROW.LONDON grow.london

Innovate Finance innovatefinance.com Innovate UK innovateuk.org London Business Growth Hub growthhub.london StartUp Britain startupbritain.org Tech Connect tech-connect.co

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Find out more For practical information on how to set up your business in London, visit our website or contact us to see how we can help. [email protected] +44 (0)20 7234 5800 www.invest.london @L_Pbusiness

Tech City UK techcityuk.com Tech.London tech.london techUK techuk.org

Tech London Advocates Triage techlondonadvocates.org. uk/get-involved The Open Data Institute theodi.org

UKIE ukie.org.uk

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