Exhibitors
Aston University
Aston University provides expert business support to help you start and grow a company, recruit talent, train employees, and collaborate with leading innovators. Engage in partnerships, attend networking events, and access workshops, funding seminars, and industry talks to drive growth and innovation.
Barker Brettell Intellectual Property
Barker Brettell is a leading Intellectual Property firm renowned for its comprehensive and client-focused approach, with over 60 attorneys and extensive support staff specialising in IP strategy, management, and enforcement across patents, trade marks, design and copyright and related matters such as domain names, company names, and customs issues.
BCRS Business Loans
BCRS Business Loans is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and we provide loans to businesses who are unable to access finance from traditional sources such as banks.
We provide business loans from £10,000 to £250,000 to growing small and medium sized businesses based in the West Midlands and Wales.
British Business Bank
The British Business Bank and Midlands Engine Investment Funds seek to break down barriers in access to finance for new and growing businesses.
We drive sustainable economic growth across the Midlands, with new commercial finance options for loans from £25,000 to £2 million and equity investment up to £5 million.
Business Growth West Midlands
Business Growth West Midlands is enabling regional businesses to grow and succeed. Funded by Government and delivered by expert local authority Business Advisers; BGWM provides free tailored, one to one support, guidance, and signposting to assist SMEs across all industries to grow and succeed, making our region a prosperous place to live and work.
Connected Places Catapult
Connected Places Catapult supports high-potential businesses to scale and succeed in transport and construction. By using our industry partnerships, technical expertise, and procurement knowledge, we reduce risk, strengthen routes to market, and improve access to investment. Working closely with government and buyers, we build the capability of growing companies and increase confidence in their solutions, creating the conditions for sustainable commercial growth.
Create Central
Create Central champions the West Midlands’ creative industries, commissioned to lead strategic sector development by the West Midlands Combined Authority. We work with national and regional partners to build an agile network, connecting storytellers with cross-sector opportunities to grow, collaborate and scale their businesses in the heart of the UK.
Edwards Accountants
Widely recognised and respected throughout the Midlands, Edwards Accountants are an independent accountancy practice with many years specialist professional experience acting for a wide variety of science and technology companies. This includes R&D tax credits, EIS compliance, EMI option schemes, and grant assurance reports in addition to the traditional services.
Forresters
Forresters is a firm of patent and trademark attorneys with offices in Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Munich. As well as protecting your intellectual property (IP), we offer IP audits, training and consultation to explore how you can harness your existing IP and use it to gain maximum benefit.
Future Planet Capital
Future Planet Capital’s regional team, formerly Midven, is a Birmingham based venture capital investor backing high growth businesses in the West Midlands. We support ambitious founders helping them scale through investment, strategic guidance, and deep regional expertise. Our team brings a long track record of successful venture investing and hands‑on partnership.
Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands
The Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands brings together corporates, universities, SMEs and civic leaders to align priorities and accelerate collaboration. We assess where the innovation ecosystem can work more effectively – highlighting structural gaps, enabling smarter coordination and shaping practical improvements that increase regional competitiveness.
Innovate UK Business Growth
Innovate UK Business Growth helps innovation-driven businesses in the UK to grow and scale. We provide specialist tailored support and coaching to businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to established companies. The service offers a range of support, including help with:
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Exploiting innovation: Protecting and harnessing IP, improving innovation management, and accessing the innovation ecosystem globally.
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Sourcing funding and finance: Finding the best funding options and getting investment ready.
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Entering new markets: Making connections and getting guidance to expand into new markets, both in the UK and internationally.
Innovate UK Business Growth is open to businesses from all sectors. To find out more, please visit our website.
Intellectual Property Office
Every business owns Intellectual Property (IIP.) The name you trade under, the look or the function of products you make or use, even the brochures you create to promote your business. The Intellectual Property Office can help you understand how your IP can be protected effectively. Intellectual Property Office is an operating name of the Patent Office.
ITS World Congress Summit 2027
The world’s leading platform for intelligent transport is coming to the UK in 2027, hosted by Transport for West Midlands and organised by ERTICO. More than 15,000 members of the global transport technology community will participate.
Visit us at Venturefest to learn how you can become a partner and contribute to the programme.
Jensten Insurance Brokers
The Technology, Media, Cyber & Sciences (TMCS) Team at Jensten provide advice and placement within the Financial Lines sector with specialists across multiple lines of business. With access to global A-Rated insurers, the team can provide bespoke insurance solutions for all industries and sectors in the UK and Internationally.
Medilink Midlands
Medilink Midlands accelerates growth in the life sciences and medtech sectors across the Midlands and East of England. Delivering the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster (WMHTC), connect innovators, businesses, clinicians and partners, and provide strategic support, collaboration and advocacy to strengthen the regional ecosystem and drive innovation, investment and impact.
Mercia Ventures
Mercia Ventures is one of the UK’s most active venture capital investors, partnering with ambitious founders to fuel growth from early traction to scale. Sector agnostic in approach, they invest up to £10 million in high-growth businesses, providing capital, strategic support, and access to networks to turn bold ideas into lasting success.
Natwest Accelerator
NatWest is the biggest bank for businesses in Great Britain and a leader in supporting start-ups and SMEs. Our Accelerator is open to entrepreneurs at all stages, offering free resources, workshops, and expert guidance. All NatWest Accelerator resources are accessible through the NatWest Accelerator App and in-person events, making business support easily available to entrepreneurs.
SuperTech
We drive technology and innovation-led growth for the Professional and Financial Services sectors. As leaders of a powerful ecosystem, we make sure that organisations can access the services and opportunities needed to achieve truly transformational impacts.
Together, we can unlock the future of Next Generation Services for economic success - for our businesses, our region, and throughout the UK.
Sustainability West Midlands
Sustainability West Midlands is as an independent, not-for-profit company and is the sustainability adviser for organisations in the West Midlands. Our vision is that the West Midlands is leading in contributing to the national target of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 whilst addressing health inequality and driving inclusive growth.
TechWM
TechWM is an independent, not-for-profit community interest company that sits at the beating heart of the West Midlands’ tech ecosystem. As a trusted convener, it accelerates the region’s digital economy by connecting the ecosystem, amplifying its strengths, and enabling businesses to innovate, adopt transformative technologies, and scale.
University of Warwick Science Park
WLV Business Link
At the University of Wolverhampton and the NBI, we build lasting partnerships that help businesses grow. Through tailored support, specialist expertise, access to advanced facilities and real‑world solutions, we drive innovation. We also connect employers with student and graduate talent, supporting future workforce needs and business success.
WMG — The University of Warwick
WMG is a world leading research and education group, transforming organisations and driving innovation through a unique combination of collaborative research and development, and pioneering education programmes.
As an international role model for successful partnerships between academia and the private and public sectors, WMG develops advancements nationally and globally, in applied science, technology and engineering, to deliver real impact to economic growth, society and the environment.
