HSBC Innovation Banking provides commercial banking services, expertise and insights to the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital industries. HSBC Innovation Banking UK is a subsidiary of HSBC Group, benefiting from its stability, strong credit rating and international reach to help fuel its growth.

We are Alpha – a leading provider of currency management and account solutions to the alternative investment space. In an industry that typically works with thousands of different organisations, our dedicated team specialise in providing solutions that make a substantial and enduring difference to private equity companies. Today we are a £750m+ company listed on the London Stock Exchange and are privileged to be supported by some of the world’s most respected clients and investors. You can read more about them on our website.

Global businesses and institutions trust Corpay Cross-Border to power their international payments, execute plans to manage their currency risk and support their growth around the world. We aim to deliver unmatched service and expertise with respect to moving money globally. Utilising our proprietary payment automation technology and currency risk mitigation solutions, we take pride in connecting companies large and small with the global financial markets and businesses all over the world.

You can feel confident working with Corpay Cross-Border, as we are backed by our parent company, Corpay (NYSE: CPAY) a leading global business payments company based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Corpay is a Fortune 1000 firm, an S&P 500 member. To learn more visit www.corpay.com.

Launch It is a group of charities in the UK with the same mission: to empower the next generation of business founders. They exist to support young people aged 18 to 30 years old, who are facing barriers, to turn their business idea into a reality.

To give them the best possible start, Launch It provides aspiring young entrepreneurs access to affordable workspace, training, mentoring and the skills they need to run a successful business, which in turn, help positively impact their communities and support regeneration.

Launch It has run enterprise centres in economically challenged communities for over 24 years, encouraging more young people in these areas to start and grow businesses. They set up their first enterprise hub in Deptford, London in 2000, and have since expanded across London and helped to establish sister charities in Scotland and Kent.
Launch It helps level the playing field, inspire hope and encourage underprivileged young people to thrive through entrepreneurship, enabling them to develop skills and have access to opportunities that
would otherwise be out of reach.

To date, Launch It has supported over 11,500 young people and continues to further develop and improve their programmes to meet the evolving needs of young start-up founders.

Find out more about Launch It’s work and impact by going to www.launchit.org.uk.

The story of Ecologi started one morning in 2019, when our co-founder Elliot picked up his morning coffee and wondered what would happen if he instead spent that money on addressing the climate crisis?
After disappearing down a few research rabbit holes, he realised that there are ample solutions already available to respond to climate change, and the world’s pocket change is more than enough to fund them. The idea just needed to galvanise support and turn into collective action.
Ecologi started as a subscription service for individuals, but has rapidly evolved into a passionate community of over 19,000 businesses and 40,000 members. And in the years ahead, we will focus on championing SMEs as green revolutionaries, empowering them on their journey to reduce emissions and take climate action.