United Kingdom

The UK is home to some of the world’s brightest entrepreneurs and corporations, setting the benchmark for innovation worldwide.

We support leading corporations to explore and build innovation ecosystems in the UK and internationally. Through open innovation principles we expose our partners to the best most applicable startups and scale-ups with the goal to bring new technologies and business models into production.

Plug and Play UK will support leading startups to scale through investment and partnerships.

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Scaling Innovation Alongside Leading Brands and the Brightest Entrepreneurs. Globally!

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Jaguar Land Rover

Digital Services, Electrification, Autonomy, Connectivity, Enterprise Technologies, Sustainability

With Jaguar Land Rover as a Founding Partner, Plug and Play will build a globally recognised open innovation platform with a focus on mobility; the platform will cover everything from sustainability to digital services.

“With the launch of the Open Innovation platform, Jaguar Land Rover is looking at the entire mobility and sustainability ecosystem to offer an unparalleled customer experience, shaping the future of our industry, and paving the way to the future of mobility. We will explore everything from second-life batteries and circular economy to new fintech, insurtech and digital services – all aligned with Jaguar Land Rover as the proud creators of Modern Luxury.”

François Dossa, Executive Director, Strategy and Sustainability, Jaguar Land Rover

British Telecom

Sustainability, Digital Services, 5G, Digital Health, Enterprise Technologies

In collaboration with BT Group as a Founding Partner, Plug and Play will support the new ventures unit of the company to collaborate with the best startups across a range of ecosystems including enterprise technologies, sustainability, drones, and all things 5G.

“Plug and Play’s international Innovation Platform gives BT a key route to connect with the best start-ups worldwide. Our partnerships and investments in this space are already accelerating the digital revolution at BT. We are delighted to grow our relationship further with Plug and Play as they establish themselves in the vibrant UK tech scene.”

Meg Blight, Director at BT Group

Our Values

Global Reach
Plug and Play UK supports startups nationwide to go global. We connect home-grown startups to our network spanning across 40+ international locations to drive innovation across the UK.
Corporate Innovation
Plug and Play UK partners with over 500 major corporations and countless startups across 19 industries to lead corporate innovation.
Venture Capital
Plug and Play is one of the world’s leading early stage investors, investing in 210 startups in 2021 alone. Plug and Play´s vision for the UK is to cherrypick the most exciting startups and connect them to our global network.

Our Focus Areas

Sustainability
Plug and Play Sustainability and it’s Corporate Partners bring together revolutionary ideas from across all our industries to solve the most pressing environmental challenges of today.
Mobility
Plug and Play Mobility partners with leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to define the future of the automotive industry. Our mobility innovation platform works with over 150 stage agnostic startups every year focusing on autonomous vehicles, connectivity, shared economy, electrification, and industry 4.0.
Smart Cities
Plug and Play unites the public and private sectors to tackle challenges faced in Smart Cities initiatives. Whether you’re a software integrator, hardware or asset vendor, or infrastructure, network service, or managed service provide, there is a place for you in our ecosystem.
Financial Services
The UK is a world leader in Financial Services and Plug and Play works with over 100 financial service companies and insurers worldwide to accelerate innovation in the sector.
Enterprise Tech
Accelerating digital transformation through the adoption of emerging technologies that improve efficiency, customer experience, organizational culture, and security.
FoundHER
Plug and Play works with corporations across 19 industries and counting to support FoundHER initiatives.