Scaleup Programme from Barclays Eagle Labs, powered by Plexal, returns for its third edition. Supported by contributing partners Google Cloud, Cooley LLP and Cooper Parry, we’re ready to prepare high-growth UK tech companies for tackling the challenges of scaling.
The ScaleUp Institute aims for the UK to have the most fertile ground for scaleups to achieve growth. The organisation’s ScaleUps in the UK 2024 report found that scaleups represent just 0.6% of UK businesses yet successfully generated approximately £1.4tn turnover, demonstrating how much impact this business segment has on the UK economy.
We kicked off in Shoreditch with our 18 innovators, which have collectively raised £96m. These talented businesses are developing a wealth of digital solutions for everything from marine protection and bowel cancer detection to anonymised reporting of harmful behaviour and breast health screenings.
The scaleups chosen for the programme will benefit from expert-led workshops, one-to-one support, peer learning and tailored connections to get them to the next level. And over the course of three months, Scaleup Programme will revolve around key pillars including:
(1) Leadership and management
(2) Product, sales and marketing
(3) Finance and fundraising
Get to know the 18 Scaleup Programme participants below:
Ad Signal helps video-led businesses reduce cost and waste by streamlining content libraries to reduce unnecessary storage, processing and carbon.
Arc Marine designs nature-inclusive infrastructure to protect marine environments and boost biodiversity.
Body Rocket delivers real-time aerodynamic and performance data to cyclists and triathletes directly from the bike.
CanSense enables early bowel cancer detection by combining spectroscopy with proprietary AI algorithms to analyse a standard blood sample.
Cheqd builds trust and payment infrastructure for digital identity, AI agents and verifiable data ecosystems.
Culture Shift provides an anonymous reporting platform to tackle harmful behaviours in organisations.
Evoralis enables recycling or mixed textiles into virgin-quality fibres using enzymatic technology for sustainable fashion.
FlowGlobal facilitates provision of instant digital liquidity to small businesses in emerging markets using data-driven finance.
Footium is a digital world of football where users own and manage clubs, competing against real people for real rewards.
Immersive Fox is your AI partner for human mastery, turning ideas, documents and text into personalised video courses in minutes.
Shido offers an AI-powered health coach that turns tracking into real, actionable wellbeing.
SimSage helps enterprises access and automate data across systems to derive tangible value from generative AI to improve efficiency and compliance.
Surf Security secures enterprise AI use with a zero-trust browser that controls data and shadow AI.
TextMine uses AI to streamline risk and compliance workflows in financial services.
Vidivet connects pet owners with real vets instantly via an app for remote advice and care.
White Label Loyalty powers behaviour-driven customer engagement with scalable, API-first loyalty tech.
Zamna AI verifies passenger identity data for airlines and governments to enable seamless travel.
Zedsen provides non-invasive, radiation-free breast health screening through proprietary sensor technology.
