ScaleLeaders is a leadership community for the people and places driving the UK’s scaleup economy.
We bring together scaleups, policymakers, funders and regional leaders to shape the systems behind fairer, stronger economies.
About ScaleLeaders
We bring together senior leaders from across policy, finance, and ecosystem delivery, from city regions and combined authorities to national funders, innovation agencies and private sector enablers to tackle one shared question – how do we build the right conditions for high-growth businesses to thrive?
This isn’t a conference. It’s a space for open, off-record conversation about what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs to change. Each event is small, curated, and grounded in the real systems that shape growth, from capital and policy to infrastructure, leadership, and support.
Participants share lived experience and regional insight, not just theory. And every session is designed to surface practical solutions that funders, civic teams and support providers can act on.
If you’re working to strengthen your region’s scaleup infrastructure or making decisions that shape how ambitious companies grow, we’d love to hear from you.
It’s so rare to leave an event with real allies and clear next steps. ScaleLeaders gave us both, and it’s already shifting how we think about what’s next.
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Where we’ve been
Sheffield
Theme: Inclusive growth, place as infrastructure, leadership wellbeing
Liverpool
Theme: Investment gaps, founder voice, ecosystem readiness
Birmingham
Theme: AI, global trends, commercialisation, policy
Leeds
Theme: Growing smarter, fairer economies
Who’s Spoken at ScaleLeaders
ScaleLeaders brings together people working at every level of the scaleup economy from national policy and investment to regional delivery and founder leadership.
These are just some of the organisations whose leaders have spoken at recent events, sharing insight and experience that continues to shape the conversation.
