REGISTER INTEREST: UK Tech, Innovation and R&D Mission
Are you ready to grow via the UK’s $1tn tech ecosystem? Are you ready to forge talent, R&D and innovation partnerships with the UK’s internationally renowned universities? Do you want to get in early as a venture investor in some the most exciting deep-tech, high-growth potential spinouts and start-ups anywhere in the world? Now is the time to capitalise on an R&D ecosystem that is supported by generous government support.
It Starts Here...
at Birmingham Tech Week, in the West Midlands in partnership with Universities from the Midlands, UK
Mission overview
Mission participants will be invited to attend a special programme and showcase for international investors to include:
Wednesday 22nd October 2025: Birmingham Tech Week Frontier Festival – international investor innovation showcases/ science park director networking/ spin-out and start-up pitches/ Universities, innovation and investment Ecosystem Gala Reception
Thursday 23rd October 2025: Sector-focused starburst delegations to some of the region’s world-leading universities, who offer soft-landing support for companies as part of the West Midlands Global Growth Programme
S&W’s International Networking Mixer evening, in partnership with the Department for Business and Trade and the West Midlands Growth Company, at 103 Colmore Row.
Who should apply?
The Mission invitation is open to venture capital investors, tech companies and businesses seeking R&D/ innovation partnerships in the following sectors:
• Quantum and AI
• MedTech
• CreaTech
• Transport Technology