Dutch delegation at London Tech Week 2025

News item | 03-07-2025 | 14:44

A delegation of 15 startups from the Netherlands visited the UK to attend London Tech Week and the AI Summit as part of an NL-Startup mission organised by the Startup Liaison at the Embassy, Lieke Conijn, and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).

Dutch Startups at London Tech Week 2025 and the AI Summit

The Netherlands is a leader in innovation and technology, including in the field of AI, with pioneering solutions driving transformative AI applications across industries and global challenges, promising significant impacts on healthcare, communication, and business strategy. We need collaboration to take the innovations beyond and solve global challenges together.

From 8 to 12 June, the Dutch delegation of 15 startups was in London for London Tech Week and the AI Summit, as exhibitors at the Netherlands' Country Pavilions, the NL-Lounge. As exhibitors, the startups have a huge opportunity to make new connections, present their ideas and exchange knowledge and experiences with a UK and global audience, and hear the latest UK tech developments and the London tech ecosystem.

Connecting and exchanging

London Tech Week brings together the innovators creating the technologies of tomorrow, the investors funding them and the enterprise leaders who will adopt them. From the exhibitors hall at the London Olympia, from 8-10 June, to fringe events through the week, and the AI Summit from 10-12 June at Tobacco Docks, there were many opportunities to learn through the week and many new connections to make.

On the first day of the mission, the Embassy organised a network reception at the NL-Lounge, with delegates taking the opportunity to invite new contacts for informal talks.

The second day started with a panel discussion at the Embassy. With plenty of interaction and learning moments, the visiting delegation heard directly from experienced Dutch founders and investors about their experiences of how to do business in the UK.

 

a panel discussion at the Embassy

AI Summit

The AI Summit (10-12 June) delivers cutting-edge insights and strategies to accelerate AI-driven growth. It connects the UK’s and Europe’s most innovative technologists and business leaders to explore AI’s transformative real-world applications. An informal network reception was held at the NL-lounge where the Dutch delegation could show what they had to offer.

Next Steps

After four days, the startups returned to the Netherlands with new leads, new insights and lots of inspiration. With this new knowledge, we hope it will make their next step into the UK tech ecosystem a bit easier.


A big thank you to all the participants, panel members and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency for making this mission a success.

If you’d like to learn more about opportunities and partnerships in the London tech ecosystem, please get in touch with the Startup Liaison via the contact form.


Or you can connect directly with her via her LinkedIn page: (Aleida (Lieke) Conijn | LinkedIn)