ClimbUK North East · Wednesday 20 January 2027 · The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Find your next deal in the North East
A day built around founders raising and businesses scaling. See them work through live challenges, then spend the evening in focused conversations with selected founders.
Deal flow you can filter. Founders you choose.
Selected founders
Founders register their interest in Investor Speed Networking and Founder Pitching, and we select them for the right mix.
Your view, on stage
Take a side in the Great Northern Investment Debate, or show founders how a committee really decides. Tell us when you register.
Time well spent
Come for the debate, stay for the evening, and leave with founders worth a second conversation.
Part one
Part one: you make the call
11am to 4pm, in the auditorium. Four live sessions, built for you to take part, not sit through.
Inside the Investment Committee
We recreate an investment committee meeting, so you see how investors evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions and make investment decisions.
The Great Northern Investment Debate
Is it harder to raise investment in the North? Two opposing views, one lively debate, and an audience encouraged to challenge both sides.
Business Growth: You Make the Call
A scaling business hits something unexpected. Our live role-play puts real business challenges on stage, and the audience helps decide what happens next.
The ClimbUK Business Growth Quiz
Think you know what it takes to build and scale a business? An interactive, fast-paced quiz, with prizes up for grabs.
Part two
Part two: the ClimbUK Takeover
From 5pm. A curated evening where the right people meet and conversations turn into opportunities.
Investor Speed Networking
Fast-paced, focused conversations between selected founders and active investors.
High-Energy Founder Pitching
Selected businesses take the spotlight and show what they’re building.
Exclusive Roundtables
Small, invitation-only discussions where founders, investors and experts tackle real business challenges.
Networking, ClimbUK Style
Great people, great conversations, and connections that could change the direction of your business.
Places for the evening’s structured activities will be strictly limited, with participants selected to ensure the right mix of people around the table.
Spend your time on the right founders
The evening is curated, so your conversations are with founders who fit.
- Tick “Yes, as an investor” for Investor Speed Networking when you register.
- Tell us your stage and sector focus, so we can bring the right founders to the table.
- Stay for the pitching and the roundtables.
When you register, tick
- Investor Speed Networking: “Yes, as an investor”
- Exclusive Roundtables: “Yes, I would like to join one”
Straight answers
Tick the investor option when you register. The team gets in touch with how it works.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, at The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Part one runs from 11am to 4pm in the auditorium. The ClimbUK Takeover starts at 5pm.
Yes. Places are limited and advance registration is essential. One registration covers the day and the evening.
Tell us when you register: there is a question each for Investor Speed Networking, High-Energy Founder Pitching and the Exclusive Roundtables. Places are limited, and we select participants to get the right mix of people around the table. We come back to you before the day.
No. ClimbUK North East is one day in January. Climb27, The Festival for Business Growth, runs on 30 June and 1 July 2027.
ClimbUK North East
Wednesday 20 January 2027
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Don’t just hear about the conversations afterwards. Be part of them.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Places are limited and advance registration is essential.