The voice of UK tech startups

We do policy how the startup ecosystem does business: punchy, honest, and focused on outcomes.

Our work isn’t high-level waffle – it’s real, detailed solutions to the problems startups face when they want to set up and grow.

But what matters most is that we get the job done. We don’t care who gets the credit – we just want better policy for the people and companies building the UK’s economic future.

Our Work

Access to Talent

Making sure Britain’s startups can hire the very best – from both home and abroad.

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Access to Talent
Access to Finance → £

Ensuring the UK has the right incentives for founders starting up, and a robust VC market for scaling up.

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Access to Finance
Regulation (≈)

Fighting for regulation that allows startup founders to innovate – whether that’s in the cross-cutting issues impacting all tech businesses or the ones to disrupt established industries.

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Technology Regulation

News + Events

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We’ve launched new research demonstrating the exponential growth of the high-tech, low carbon ClimateTech startup sector.  Startup Coalition’s second annual ClimateTech Index finds that the top 1,000 ClimateTechs are worth a combined £42bn to the UK economy, providing 27,000 high skilled jobs across the country. Combined, the firms in the 2025 Index have raised £19bn.  […]
26.06.2025
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Today we have released the UK’s inaugural HealthTech index using data from Beauhurst – a snapshot of a sector worth £32bn to the UK economy, and employing nearly 30,000 people. The Index is the first step in our increased focus on a vital sector for the UK’s economy. For eight decades, the UK has been […]
21.05.2025
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Our new report today reveals the deep and persistent gender funding gap in the UK’s startup ecosystem. Despite women making up nearly 14% of founding teams, all-female teams receive just 6–7% of equity deals—and only 2.4% of raises worth £10 million or more. The report, Girls Just Wanna Have Funding: Addressing the Barriers to Finance […]
14.05.2025
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