Investors in Ar

Future Fifty is a leading programme that enables the UK’s most successful late-stage tech companies to come together, build a powerful and supportive network, and problem-solve with peers. With the help of the tech community, the programme supports these companies in achieving their global ambitions, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK, and inspiring the next generation in their tech ecosystem. It’s free to join, and they don’t take an equity stake in your business either. From fintech to online shopping, telematics to edtech, the Future Fifty offer a glimpse into the UK’s digital future. So without further ado, check out this year’s exceptional cohort.

MVP Factory: A Ness Digital Engineering Company leverages expertise from business, design, engineering and data science to help organizations do digitization “right”. We have developed a systematic approach to ideate, validate and launch digital products and services following lean and agile methodologies - delivering business impact at start-up speed. Entrepreneurs ourselves, we are innovating digital consulting. We design, build and scale digital products & ventures. With leading enterprises and entrepreneurs.

WPP Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital fund for WPP, the world's largest communications services group. WPP is a world leader in marketing communications services, offering a wide range of solutions in Advertising, Media Investment Management, Data Investment Management, Public Relations & Public Affairs, Branding & Identity, Healthcare Communications. WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

The Bertelsmann Investments division pools Bertelsmann's holdings in startups around the world. Bertelsmann Investments (BI) is a global venture capital firm partnering with top entrepreneurs and investors worldwide to drive growth and value creation. Managing a diverse portfolio of over 200 companies and including 10 unicorns.

Skymind is the world’s first dedicated AI ecosystem builder, enabling companies and organizations to develop their own AI applications and provide them with the tools to be innovators in their industry. We provide clients with world-class support and access to Eclipse Deeplearning4j and other open-source tools, as well as global capital funding for promising AI innovation and talent development. The company provides unmatched AI expertise utilizing the technology suite Konduit, which incorporates Eclipse Deeplearning4j and other open-source AI software.

Man Capital is the private equity fund and investment arm of the Mansour Group which is based in London. Man Capital is the global investment arm of the Mansour Group and the family office of Mohamed Mansour. The social as well as economic impact of our investing matters to us enormously and is driving significant investments in wind and solar energy projects, schools, healthcare companies, tech firms and sports academies, among other sectors.

Bolloré provides transportation and logistics services relating to sea and air transportation networks in France, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It operates through Transportation and Logistics, Oil Logistics, Communications, Electricity and Storage Solutions, and Other Activities segments. Bolloré engages in air, sea, and land freight forwarding; warehousing and distribution activities; and industrial logistics, safety and quality control, and port operations, as well as offers general cargo and aircraft chartering, shipping, stevedoring, shipping agency, and transportation services.

Aschendorff NEXT GmbH & Co. KG is the company for digital corporate investments within the Aschendorff Group. They invest in companies with innovative, digital business models and good growth prospects that operate under independent brands in regional, national or even international markets. They do not see themselves only as an investor. Together with their co-investors and experts from the media, technology and start-up world, they form a powerful network that supports and accompanies their portfolio companies on their way to a successful future.

We empower early stage tech startups with software development, IT advisory and growth support. For a better tomorrow.Twip Impact Ventures is a strategic partner for impact startups, providing IT investments, software development, and growth support. They empower early-stage tech startups to accelerate their growth and impact

MAIF Impact finances startups with social or environmental impact. We particularly invest invest in cleantech, greentech, hrtech or circular economy. We mainly invest in French startups.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is an NHS England Initiative delivered in partnership with the Country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), hosted by UCLPartners. It supports delivery of the Five Year Forward View by accelerating the uptake of high impact innovations for the patient, population and NHS staff benefit, and providing real-time practical insights on spread to inform national strategy. Fellows supported by the NIA all share a set of values and passion for scaling evidence-based innovation to benefit a wider population, with a commitment to share their learnings. Some impressive results have been achieved by Fellows since the NIA launched in July 2015: 1,423 additional NHS sites now using NIA innovations; £45.2m in external funds secured; 52 awards won; 226 jobs created; and 21 innovations selling internationally. In addition, impact data is already available at adopter sites and this demonstrates earlier intervention, reductions in complications and emergency admissions, alongside cost savings.

EEC Ventures is a venture capital company specializing in utilities, energy, environment, sustainable, and advanced materials sectors. The company provides IT solutions for artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, blockchain, and big data. It also provides target companies with both early-stage and growth/expansion capital financing. They create value using sustainable resources, lower the environmental burden or provide higher efficiency in the utilization of traditional resources.