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SVC2UK Scale Up Club begins hunt for 2016 cohort

The annual Silicon Valley Comes to the UK event has announced that applications are now open for its Scale Up Club programme.

Targeted at European scales up have more than 10 employees and are experiencing a minimum of 20% year-on-year growth, the event provides mentoring, networking and workshops with some of America’s biggest tech entrepreneurs.

The London and Partners event, which is now in its tenth year, takes place between 1st and 4th November with talks and events planned across London, Cambridge and Manchester, with support from big name partners Mastercard, Google, Barclays, KPMG amongst others.

Speakers at this year’s event include Palantir Technology’s Joe Lonsdale, David Hornik of August Capital and Co-Founder of Tom Tom Corinne Vigreux along with the CEOs of Graze and Just Eat.

Janet Coyle, Director SVC2UK at London & Partners commented: “We are very proud of what we have achieved over the past 10 years with Silicon Valley Comes to the UK.

“We have had the pleasure of working with some the UK’s most exciting young tech companies and watched them grow to become global players and industry leaders.

“This year’s programme promises to be one of the most ambitious to date, with incredible speakers and mentors. I look forward to meeting our next cohort of scale ups on 3 November.”

The not-for-profit event has been running since 2006 and aims to support disruptive innovation in the UK and European and foster closer ties between the continent and Silicon Valley.

Previous participants include UK tech luminaries Skyscanner, Transferwise and Swift Key.