#Upscale Programme Lead @technation, ex @sinc_innovation.
Joined November 2019
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Liam Ward retweeted
27 Jan 2021
🥁We are delighted to introduce the 33 exciting UK scaleups joining our flagship, mid-stage growth programme, Upscale🆙💫
technation.io/news/upscale-c…
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Liam Ward retweeted
26 Oct 2020
🚨Applications to join Upscale 6.0 CLOSE tomorrow at 4pm🚨
That means you have just under 24 hours to apply to be part of our growth programme for the UK's fastest growing tech companies.
Don't wait, apply now: technation.io/programmes/ups…
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Liam Ward retweeted
23 Sep 2020
🚨 We're live!
#DestinationUSA is the most extensive guide for European founders expanding to the US
📕 Insight and analysis from 353 European startups
💬 Founder interviews and 18 case studies
👩💻 ExpansionPlan app to identify best expansion strategy
indexventures.com/resources/…
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Liam Ward retweeted
17 Sep 2020
Absolutely *thrilled* to announce that @OLIO_ex has formed a pioneering partnership with @Tesco to roll out our Food Waste Heroes Programme across all 2,700 stores 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 theguardian.com/business/202…
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We’re super-excited to announce that we’ve just raised another $10 million in our latest funding round 🤑
The money will allow us to further our mission of making EVERYONE (starting with our awesome Plumsters) financially better off 💰
techcrunch.com/2020/07/21/pl…
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Liam Ward retweeted
20 Jul 2020
Massive congratulations to Upscale 5.0's @Neurovalens on raising £5.1m in funding 👏🤩
businesscloud.co.uk/news/neu…
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Liam Ward retweeted
22 Jun 2020
Handing over the company you founded can be the hardest but best decision.
Not enough people talk honestly about the difficulty of letting go so I really thank @stephenrapoport and Paul Turton of @pactcoffee for sharing this.
@Siftedeu
sifted.eu/articles/pact-coff…
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Liam Ward retweeted
10 Jun 2020
🚨Applications are now OPEN for our sector growth programmes🚨
🟢Introducing: Net Zero 1.0 - a brand new growth programme for UK tech building a more sustainable future ♻️
We’re also looking for companies to join 🤖Applied AI 2.0 & 💸Fintech 3.0
technation.io/news/applicati…
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Liam Ward retweeted
22 Apr 2020
📢Calling early stage female founders. We've teamed up with @playfaircapital to host a Female Founders Office Hours (remote edition) on 4 June.
Register 👉: playfaircapital.com/events/
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Liam Ward retweeted
17 Mar 2020
📣 The Tech Nation Report is out.
UK tech is scaling; it's 3rd in the world for VC investment, and employs 2.93m people. We explore UK tech for a changing world. Read more in the Tech Nation Report 2020 - hot off the press 🔥
#WeAreTechNation
technation.io/report2020
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Liam Ward retweeted
6 Mar 2020
I really enjoyed this @Startup_van interview with @safehammad from Manchester-based @arctic_shores, who are on @TechNation's Upscale 5.0 programme.
There are some absolute gems in here about culture within a scaling tech company! 🔥🔥
youtu.be/S_eLbJIM0g4
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Liam Ward retweeted
12 Feb 2020
Our Competitions Lead @Esme_Caulfield welcomes a packed house to @30EustonSquare for the #RisingStars 2.0 Grand Final, highlighting huge success of last year's winners inc. @my_tickr @seedlegals @heliocoruk @DevelopExperts
Livestream: technation.io/rising-stars-l…
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Liam Ward retweeted
30 Jan 2020
Congratulations to all the companies joining @TechNation's Upscale 5.0 programme today. You're joining a prestigious group, including us at @wearetrouva - we hope you get as much out of it as we did.
Check them out here: technation.io/news/upscale-c…
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Liam Ward retweeted
30 Jan 2020
Upscale 5.0 cohort launches today 🚀 - these are some of the best UK-based scaling companies. Congrats! The cohort has so far collectively raised >£200M. Trends include; more business to business companies & higher rounds at stage A (higher valuations) technation.io/news/upscale-c…
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30 Jan 2020
Incredibly exciting to finally announce the 30 companies joining #Upscale 5.0, featuring some of the fastest growing businesses in UK #tech. Check out the full list here...
30 Jan 2020
💥 #Upscale 5.0.
We're excited to unveil the 30 companies to join our flagship programme for mid-stage, scaling companies.
technation.io/news/upscale-c…
#WeAreTechNation The cohort 👇
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Liam Ward retweeted
15 Jan 2020
2019: a record year, in numbers. Our new report with @dealroomco is out 💥
💰 £10.1bn in UK tech investment, 33% of European total
📈 VC investment grew 44% – faster than US, China, Germany & France
🦄 8 new UK unicorns
🌱 Early-stage investment grew 20%
technation.io/news/uk-tech-s…
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Liam Ward retweeted
11 Dec 2019
Big news! Today we launch Ada Ventures a $34 fund focused on overlooked founders and markets. techcrunch.com/2019/12/10/ad….
What does it take?
💰330 LPs met
✈️ 62 flights
📒112,000 words of meeting notes
💸10 investments while fundraising
Video: vimeo.com/365235261
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Liam Ward retweeted
28 Nov 2019
🥁 We're proud to announce the 33 innovative early-stage tech companies to be selected as semi-finalists of #RisingStars 2.0 💫
Based right across the UK, from Truro to Newry, introducing...
#WeAreTechNation
technation.io/news/introduci…
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Liam Ward retweeted
12 Nov 2019
#Upscale alumni @olio_ex is on a mission. Co-founder @TessaLFClarke tells us about the challenges of growing without a marketing budget, the importance of diversity and why community matters.
technation.io/news/olio-want…
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