Climb27 · The Festival for Business Growth
30 June and 1 July 2027
The festival for business growth
Founders, investors, advisers, universities and the public sector, in one festival for two days. Main stage, roundtables, Investor Speed Networking, the ClimbAwards and the after parties.
Three in four people who come leave with follow-ups that matter: a sale, a partnership, an investment or funding.
Climb27 · 30 June & 1 July 2027
What brings you to ClimbUK?
Pick one and we show you what Climb27 means for you.
The Festival for Business Growth
Partners. Exhibitors. Attendees.
Banks, funds, universities, combined authorities, growth hubs and firms attended, partnered and exhibited at ClimbUK.
Not a conference. A festival for business growth.
Day one opens with a live performance on the main stage and ends with the ClimbAwards at the VIP drinks reception. Day two is roundtables, Investor Speed Networking, Busk Your Business and the after parties.
The grand opening
Day one opens on the main stage with a live performance and the headline partner announcements. Nobody is late for this one.
ClimbAwards at the VIP drinks reception
One room, the businesses of the year and the people who back them. The ClimbAwards are handed out inside the VIP drinks reception, and that is the night everyone talks about.
After parties
Day two wraps up with the after parties, where the deals of the day get agreed, and a Climb27 evening worth staying for.
Climb26: Find Your Moment
Climb26 brought the community together. The photo wall, the playlist and what people said afterwards are all here. Tagged yourself? Find your moment.
It was so nice to be part of an event that really champions growing businesses in the UK and I've met some fantastic people this week who I hope to stay connected with.
Wins on stage are great. But the friendships, the collaborations and the momentum you build alongside them? That's the real prize.
Put your brand at the heart of business growth
No fixed tiers. Choose your level, own a part of the festival, from the event app to a whole zone, and your Partner Manager builds it with you.
- Meetings with the right people, booked in the ClimbGroup Event App
- Your leads and engagement reports in the portal, new for Climb27
- Banks, funds, universities, the public sector, growth hubs and firms partnered at Climb26
Partner with ClimbUK
Packages built to fit
- Headline PartnerThe lead partner
- PartnerSized to your goals
- Branding, app and screensAdd to your package
- Sessions and awardsFrom £2,000
Your stand on the expo floor
The expo floor sits at the heart of the festival, with the agenda bringing people past every stand. Pick your stand online, we build it before the doors open, and you just show up.
Your story belongs on the Climb27 stage
Fireside chats, panels, masterclasses and roundtables across the Summit Stage, the sector stages and ClimbHealth. Founders, operators, investors, policy shapers and community builders: apply, and we guide you from confirmation to speaker pack.
- Fireside chat
- Panel
- Masterclass
- Roundtable
- We review your application
- Personal confirmation and your page on the site
- Speaker pack with time, title and stage
- A call with your host
Previous speakers include
- Jez Willis
- Andy Wood
- Steve Edge
- Fatima Khan-Shah
- Dame Laura Kenny
- Richard Harpin
- Jeff Cohen
- John Coker
- Justina Williams
- Simon Bax
- Tessa Sanderson
- Tracy Brabin
- Louis Taylor
- Ian Donaghy
- Rita Collins
- Kruise Leeming
- Gary Crotaz
- Volker Hirsch
- Jonny Peacock
- Damia Mohammed
- Dean Cloke
- Janine Smith
- Josh Robson
- Tony Ereira
- Nikita Thakrar
- David Houghton
- Colette Safhill
- Deborah Okenla
- Milette Gillow
- Abs Bulbuliya
- Sara Simeone
- Mohamed Ezeldin
- Sharon Fuller
- Darren Pirie
- Ed Whiting
- Phil Witcherley
- Ruth Davison
- Tracey Johnson-Murphy
- Yvonne Grady
- Claire Ward
- Julian Hardy
- Rich Williams
- Alex Murray
- Charlie Curson
- Andy Johnson
- Chloe Mayirou
- Tim Vaesen
- Jenny Garret
ClimbAwards: be the name behind the moment
The ClimbAwards are presented inside the VIP drinks reception on day one: the businesses of the year and the people who back them, in one room.
Investor Speed Networking: advice first, pitch later
Investors who already back your sector, brought to you by Investor Ladder. Short conversations, no deck, no pitch, no gatekeeper: straight answers from the people who make the investment decisions. Add it to any Climb27 ticket.
- Founders: the advice before the pitch, from investors in your sector
- Investors: founders from the sectors you back, brought to your table, forms in your hand first
- Both days of Climb27; day two is the busier
ClimbHealth: the health tech stage
Co-delivered with Medilink North of England and Bionow. Masterclasses, workshops, roundtables and a health expo for founders, operators, investors and researchers in medtech, biotech, digital health and life sciences.
Why your team should come
There is too much for one person to do. Bring your COO, your marketing director and your techie: each of them goes to the sessions built for their job and finds their own people, then you regroup in one of the private bookable meeting spaces.
- Sessions built for each job, on the same two days
- Private bookable meeting spaces for the debrief
- Team tickets: buy four or more standard two-day tickets together and 25% comes off.
Pick your ticket
Standard two-day, one-day or VIP, and the Investor Speed Networking add-on for founders raising. Release pricing: the price rises as the allocation sells.
Between festivals, stay in the loop
ClimbGroup Event App
Your two days in your pocket
- Your agenda, built round your goals and profile
- Chat, network and book meetings with delegates
- Live updates and giveaways around the festival
- QR and lead scanning without breaking the conversation
Conversations at the Summit
The newsletter and the podcast, between the festivals.
Next on the calendar
Latest announcements
Straight answers
The standard two-day ticket covers both days, every session, the grand opening and the after parties. The one-day ticket covers one full day; you choose the day when you buy and can switch it through your account. VIP adds the VIP drinks reception and the ClimbAwards ceremony. The start-up ticket is for businesses already making money, at any amount, that will benefit from growing. The professional ticket is for established businesses.
A few weeks before the event, with some leeway, once every session is confirmed. Here is why we wait: we publish each session once we are certain the room will benefit from it. Some events lock their agenda years out; by the time the doors open the world has moved. In fast-moving fields like AI, a session planned twelve months ahead teaches what every tool you use already does. Tickets bought now cover the full agenda, and it goes live on the Climb27 event page and in the ClimbGroup Event App.
Through the ClimbGroup Event App first: before you arrive it suggests who you should meet and you book the meetings there. Investor Speed Networking brings investors who back your sector to you. On the day, the networking and social events do the rest, which year after year are the highest-rated part of ClimbUK and the reason people keep coming back.
There are start-up sessions and pitching time, but ClimbUK is for businesses that are trading and growing, at any size. If you want a festival built around early ideas, we are happy to point you at partners who do it brilliantly, Ideas Fest and Helpbnk among them.
Pick your route at the top of this page and your own Climb27 page shows the two days from your side. To talk about a partnership, book a call with the Partner Manager.
Still on the fence?
Three in four people who come leave with follow-ups that matter: a sale, a partnership, an investment or funding.
Thirty minutes with the team answers the rest. Ask anything, from the agenda to who else is coming.
Ready for Climb27?
Coming to the festival? Get your ticket. Want your organisation in the room? Talk to the Partner Manager.