Startup Coalition

In the next few weeks we're kicking off a piece of work on how tech can accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment. This is our Built Different campaign. Emissions from the built environment make up around 17% of the UK's annual footprint (sometimes more depending on where you look) but we know that there are founders up and down the country taking on this challenge. With policy support and up to date regs, they could be scaling their impact way quicker. We want to hear from startups and scaleups: 🏗 In construction - reducing the impact of the production of materials for buildings or developing new, cleaner ways to build stuff 🏠 In retrofit and insulation - increasing the efficiency of buildings 📱 Developing apps and services to empower households - whether its plugging into smart metres, supporting with intelligent heating or something else The Labour Government will be kicking off its Warm Homes Plan shortly and we want to ensure technology and innovation can be a key part in its success. Get in touch to get involved.

Jeff Lynn, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Seedrs, and Co-Founder and Chair of the Startup Coalition spoke to UKTN about the future of the UK tech scene and highlighted our Startup Manifesto! "The message to a future Government is: don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater." ✏ Not too late to sign our open letter - startupmanifesto.co.uk https://lnkd.in/e58ZNieA

👏 Give it up for all the amazing founders supporting the Startup Manifesto 👏 Want to show your support feel free to shout about it and use the graphic below

You wanted more comments re our Startup Manifesto right? Thanks to everyone who has supported the drafting and launch!

Thanks, UKTN for writing about the Startup Manifesto and highlighting the over 100 tech and investment firms backing the plan! No matter who walks into No10 on Friday, British startups can, should and will be centre stage in any successful British economic strategy in the months, years and decades to come. Read about it 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3DvDDeg

Great to have more voices in the ecosystem backing the Startup Manifesto!

Startup Coalition Board Member and two-time founder, Alexandra Depledge, MBE, gave her thoughts to the Evening Standard on how if supported properly can "transform society" and urged The Labour Party to read the Startup Manifesto.

The Startup Manifesto is a call to action on a wide variety of policy issues that impact the startup, scale up and larger tech ecosystem. Here's what some of our community of founders, investors and ecosystem figures have to say:

🚀 The General Election is THIS WEEK and Startup Coalition is launching a Startup Manifesto! 🚀 We have over 100 big-name Founders and Investors backing our Startup Manifesto - putting the Tech ecosystem at the centre of the policy agenda for a new government. The start up and scaleup ecosystem has had an incredible decade but there are critical challenges ahead from 🔧 fixing R&D tax credits to making the 🧳 visa system work for startups. There is a lot of work to be done and that is why we are so thrilled to have founders and ecosystem figures like ✏️ Emma Sinclair MBE, 🧑🏫 Euan Blair, 🏦Eileen Burbidge, 🤝 Catherine Lenson and 💷 Taavet Hinrikus backing the Manifesto. Read the Manifesto and sign on your support ⬇️