A 7-day trade mission to London to meet with customers, investors, and partners. Experience one of the world's best markets for ANZ B2B tech ventures.
London, United Kingdom
Sun 8 Jun – Sat 14 Jun
$7,990.00 (inc gst)
EXACT DATES TBA
A 7-day deep dive into the UK market for B2B founders and investors
This mission is for investors and founders who would like to explore and understand the UK market.
We believe the best way to understand global markets is to be there. Join us for a 7 day immersive mission to the UK for London Tech Week led by the VC team at Tribe Global Ventures. Packed with meetings, workshops, private and public events, this trip will immerse you deep into the UK startup and innovation ecosystem.
There is no better way to explore the UK opportunity than with trusted guides with strong in-market networks who will open the doors you otherwise wouldn't get access to.
We believe the best way to understand global markets is to be there. Join us for a 7 day immersive mission to the UK for London Tech Week led by the VC team at Tribe Global Ventures. Packed with meetings, workshops, private and public events, this trip will immerse you deep into the UK startup and innovation ecosystem.
There is no better way to explore the UK opportunity than with trusted guides with strong in-market networks who will open the doors you otherwise wouldn't get access to.
Testimonials from London Mission 2024
Our London Mission 2023 delegation
Who Is This Mission For?
Founders
Who are ready to scale and want to find out why the UK can be a launchpad for growth. Make invaluable connections & learn how to set up shop.
Investors
There is no better way to connect with ready-to-scale and globally ambitious companies than during our missions. Expand your investment network and see the future of tech.
Innovators
Anyone who works with startups, founders or investors, from professional service providers to policy makers and innovation ecosystem leaders.
Your Itinerary
Mission Launch & Connection Everyone makes their own way to London and checks into the hotel. Then we officially kickoff with a mission briefing and a chance to get to know your mission leaders and fellow mission participants. Then we head to a local British pub to meet with the other Australian and New Zealand delegations who are also in town for London Tech Week (expect 120+ of us in total!). Finally, we end the day by sneaking away for a private cohort dinner (just our delegation) to connect and bond.
Understanding The UK Opportunity Day 2 starts with a morning of market briefings and insights. We invite special guest speakers to give you an overview of the UK and European markets, investment landscape, trends, and ecosystems. We have representatives from the different regions of the UK also present on the virtues of the areas outside of London. Then in the afternoon we have social events with Austrade and the various Agents General and Trade Commissioners of each of the Australian states and territories. Finally we finish the day with the flagstone Tech Australia event at Australia House, hosted by the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, where you'll network with 300+ individuals from across the UK.
Learning From Those Who Have Done It Before Day 3 starts with panels and talks from Australian and New Zealand founders who have successfully expanded into the UK or Europe. They will provide the practice tips and insights into what they did, what they got right, and perhaps most valuably, what they got wrong. Then we head out to do site visits into the offices of local tech scale-ups. We detour via the River Thames for some evening drinks to reflect on the lessons learnt, before our official mission dinner kicks off, joined by local VIP guests and dignitaries.
Creating Your Market Entry Plan Day 4 starts with workshops from our UK partners and supporters. Each workshop will give you the practical steps you need to take in order to scale into the UK market. From visas to bank accounts, hiring talent, grants, incentives, housing and getting your first customers. The day ends with the Official London Tech Week party.
Raising Capital In The UK We start the day with panel sessions hearing first from local UK angel investors, and then from UK venture capital funds and institutional investors, as they share insights into how to raise capital in the UK market. In the afternoon we then have pitch workshops and roundtables with investors, ahead of an evening pitch event to local investors.
Your Time For Meetings We keep the Friday free for you to schedule your own meetings with people you meet during the week - whether they be investors, potential customers, suppliers, partners, advisors or new team members. You can also book a slot in the day with our venture team to dive deep into your business. We finish the day with dinner at a local pub.
Reflecting On The Lessons Learnt We end the mission with a final breakfast, bringing our cohort together to share insights, reflections, lessons from the week and hand out the annual cohort participant awards! We also encourage participants to commit to their 'massive plan of action' to ensure that the week turns into tangible commercial outcomes following the mission.
What's Included
6 nights accommodation
Curated schedule of 30+ meetings & events - we do the time consuming work for you
Our experienced mission leaders to guide and support you
Two official dinners, welcome reception, and a group breakfast
Additional 300+ events across London Tech Week to choose from (some tickets included)
2 pre-mission workshops to maximise your mission success
Public transport card loaded with unlimited train and bus travel for the week
Mission swag & collateral
Access to our partner network of support agencies
More doors opened then you could achieve by any other means
Excludes: Flights, travel insurance, most meals and incidentals.
What our previous participants said
Understand What's Available For Startups
“The Tribe Global team was amazing. Friendly, helpful and communicative. The Mission is a great way for startups to get a good understanding of what is available to them in the UK. I'd recommend a TribeGlobal Mission for sure!! The work they put into giving us our own discussion panels, was really appreciated. They kept the cohort going and adapted quickly when required to ensure we were getting what was needed.”
– Ricci Schwarzler, Founder
Absolutely Worth The Time & Investment
“London Tech Week is a fantastic combination of amazing founders, a tech-knowledgeable investment ecosystem, and informative speakers. The Tribe mission to LTW is absolutely worth the time and investment, because there are doors opened we could never have found otherwise. The founders on the mission are an amazing cohort of Aussies, and I now feel even more connected to the Australian startup ecosystem too.”
– Mike Le Page
Access. Access. Access. Cannot Fault!
“Honestly, I cannot fault the Tribe team and the events that I had the privilege to attend. The angels, VC's, dragons, and people with common interest that we met were amazing. The value that we gained from the mission was a result of the Tribe's team generosity in sharing; providing access to their networks and bringing to bear their contacts in the UK. Highly recommended.”
– Guan Tay, Founder
THE Mission To Be On
“Of all the groups that went to London, it was very clear that the Tribe mission was the mission to be on… All events happened on time with the schedule giving just enough time for those who needed to have those extra meetings to have them but not miss out on key sessions… As a WA business, this mission has enabled me to actively start preparations for flipping up a branch to the UK while keeping the HQ firming in the best place. A big special thanks to both the tribe team and the WA Government for enabling such a great trip.”
– Dave Newman, Founder
Phenomenal Doors Opened!
“The doors that opened on this trip were just phenomenal. There was no way that the doors that were opened would have been opened without this trip and Tribe.”
– Sofia De Meyer
The Best Mission Team – Doors Opened
“I've been on many trade missions, and even lead some, and I can hand on heart say the Tribe team are the best in the country to be running missions. You can land in a market and hustle on your own but it’s nearly impossible to reverse engineer the doors that opened for us like that on this mission. Thank you Tribe.”
– Tim Brewer, Founder
Your Mission Leaders
Aaron Birkby
CEO & Co-founder
Aaron has lead 20 trade missions to the UK, Europe, USA and Israel
Don McKenzie
Portfolio Support & Co-founder
Don has built a company to public listing, expanding into UK & USA
Maren Eibner
Mission Leader
Global mission leader
Jack Butler
Analyst
Investment analyst
Information Session Recording
About Us
At Tribe Global, we have made it our mission to help Australian & NZ founders scale into the UK & US. We are the Australian VC that helps B2B tech businesses scale up to the UK and USA. More than money, we are the tribe that helps ambitious founders scale.
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