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Global entrepreneurs. Tech entrepreneurs solving the world's most pressing problems, from a Great British worldwide HQ, with a particular focus on cybersecurity, fintech, AI and defence technology. We open doors to investors and customers and give strategic advice. Our services are free.
Core sectors: cybersecurity, fintech, AI and national security and defence. We particularly welcome founders in these sectors, including defence software and hardware such as drones. Portfolio examples include Athenian Tech and DeepCytes in cyber, CreditEnable and AGAM in fintech, and Citispotter and Voxta in AI.
We help great entrepreneurs working with great technology to solve the world's greatest problems from a Great British worldwide HQ. Our services are free. We open doors to investors and customers as well as giving strategic advice.
Many of the companies we work with are working on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The British Government's Global Entrepreneur Programme was established to help the world's best entrepreneurs go global from the UK, through the help of Dealmakers such as the founder of this initiative. It is a free service. Tech2Great takes this idea and focuses on the greatest tech from around the world to solve the world's greatest problems through the Programme.
Across the Programme, companies have raised investment, found key staff, made deals with customers and accessed government resources for exports.
| Internationally mobile entrepreneurs supported | 1,400+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Equity investment raised by GEP companies | £2.5bn+ | |
| High-value jobs created | 10,000+ | |
| Global HQs set up in the UK, last 5 years | 400+ |
Figures from the Department for Business and Trade's GEP 20th anniversary page.
Companies we have helped, from accessing government resources, angel and VC funding, staffing and offices to, in some cases, customers. All to help them scale.
Healthcare is an ever increasing cost on the public purse. Advatech facilitates 24-hour medical transport for governments, corporate organisations and individual clinics, tracking ambulances and logistics such as pathology samples. By reducing costs, more people can access the care they need.
Visit ›SMEs are the bulk of employment and growth in an economy, and women entrepreneurs tend not to get the funding they need. This female-founded business uses AI and algorithms to improve lending decisions, potentially boosting employment and growth through SMEs.
Finboot uses blockchain to track and trace consumer goods supply chains, ensuring the safety of users and consumers and monitoring sustainability practices in the supply chain.
Visit ›Headquartered in London with offices in India, Spain and the United States, Carbon Clean had removed over 1.9 million tonnes of carbon from 49 facilities worldwide by July 2023. Investors include Samsung, AXA and Equinor.
Visit ›Slow diagnosis costs the NHS dearly in extra bed days, and superbugs kill hundreds of thousands of people a year. FluoretiQ's rapid tests, built on glycan chemistry and quantum optics, identify bacteria using proprietary nano-material labels.
Visit ›Misinformation, hate speech and fake news threaten democracy. Citispotter develops AI to detect harmful signals in content, helping to create positive societal impact.
Visit ›AGAM tackles the financial problems of the global working poor: creating financial IDs so customers can enter the formal economy, interactive education, and salary advances based on an alternative credit score.
Visit ›A digital risk management company using AI and machine learning to protect the digital identity of businesses against identity theft, fraud, social engineering, ransomware, cryptojacking and threats from the dark, deep and surface web.
Visit ›A cyber intelligence company focused on security orchestration to combat cyber bullying, ransomware and breaches through investigations, training and forensics.
Visit ›One of the female-founder-led companies we have helped HQ in the UK joined the Lord Mayor of London's delegation to India to promote its technology to banks and other customer-service businesses.
Visit ›I would certainly recommend the significant help and support the Global Entrepreneur Programme's team of experts are able to provide technology businesses looking to scale and grow internationally from a UK hub.
Its team of Dealmakers provides key advice and networks to high-potential businesses and I've experienced first hand the benefits on offer. I know the entrepreneurs concerned felt the Programme added significant value.
I was especially impressed with the quality of people who deliver the service – who are all successful entrepreneurs in their own right. Their passion for helping other entrepreneurs succeed is impressive.
Alpesh is full of energy, motivation, integrity and dedication. Without Alpesh's guidance, support and mentoring as a Dealmaker, it would never have been possible for me to make Advatech Healthcare a global brand with an HQ in London.
Alpesh is generous with his time, his rolodex of introductions, and his integrity of purpose for the deal at hand makes Alpesh the perfect partner. I, as a woman in business, couldn't have succeeded without Alpesh's supportive leadership.
Alpesh has a great grasp of global markets and in my experience is remarkably accurate at calling the market over the short-term. Great value and investors love his presentations.
His tailor made presentation on the outlook for global markets was witty, informative and extremely well received by the over 300 professionals present.
Alpesh clearly brings to life the difference between what analysts and the media 'spin' and what you should trust!
If you are a founder of a high-growth technology company considering the UK as your global HQ, connect with Alpesh on LinkedIn. Only approach one Dealmaker per company.
Read the official criteria and register your interest with the Department for Business and Trade.
