Connecting Bridges: London & SF Tech Innovation Reception
Join us on Tuesday, March 25th, at 5.30 PM for an evening of insightful discussion, networking, and collaboration.
London & Partners is hosting an exclusive reception in partnership with GBx Global and Entrepreneurs First bringing together founders, investors, and industry leaders to explore opportunities between London and the Bay Area’s thriving tech ecosystem.
Hosted at Entrepreneurs First’s San Francisco office, the evening will feature a fireside chat with Sam Chaudhury, Co-Founder & CEO ClassDojo and Alice Bentinck, CEO Entrepreneurs First, who will share their fascinating Founder journey and how they have successfully scaled impactful businesses globally, navigating transatlantic expansion.
This is also a unique opportunity to meet some of London’s leading scale-ups in consumer and enterprise tech who will be visiting San Francisco as part of London & Partners' Grow London Global Accelerator and are keen to explore collaborations, partnerships, and local business opportunities.
You'll also have the chance to connect with London & Partners, GBx Global and EF communities to network over drinks and great food.
Whether you're a founder, investor, or innovator, this is the perfect opportunity to engage with top talent, and learn about cutting-edge tech solutions, and build valuable connections.
Agenda:
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Registration & Networking
6:30pm – 7:00pm: Welcome & Fireside Chat
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Networking & Refreshments
London & Partners is London's business growth & destination agency, dedicated to helping companies successfully scale and expand internationally. As a not-for-profit business organization, we provide free, bespoke, and confidential services to guide businesses through the complexities of international growth. With offices in the US, Canada, India, China, and Europe, we connect companies to London’s thriving tech ecosystem. Our efforts have contributed £3.4 billion to London’s economy, created 90,900 jobs, and supported over 2,500 overseas companies in establishing a presence in London.
GBx is a private network connecting successful British entrepreneurs, investors, and senior tech executives in the Bay Area. It serves as a hub for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and celebrating Great British ideas. GBx focuses on three key goals: fostering a supportive community for British entrepreneurs, providing a network for new UK tech founders expanding to the Bay Area, and offering a forum to discuss emerging tech trends that can help shape British government policy.
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors.
Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2014, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent.
The startups cofounded on our programs are now worth over $10B, and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, Cleo, La Vie, Aztec, Sonantic, and many more.
EF is backed by some of the world's leading founders and investors, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), Sara Clemens (Whatnot and Twitch); Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind); and Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t.
For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com
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