SCALE Manchester

SCALE Manchester lands at Freight Island on 25 November 2026

WHAT IS SCALE MANCHESTER?

SCALE brings together first-time founders who understand the pressure you’re under, with experienced entrepreneurs who have built, scaled and exited. Not to flex, but to talk honestly about their scars and the solutions that saved them. It’s where you’ll map your own constellation of scaleup support.

At SCALE, active angels and VCs explain clearly who and what they back, how they think, and what they expect, so you can stop guessing and produce the pitch they've been looking for.

Drop dead weight, stop wasting time, surface real insight, and forge ahead.

If you’re scaling in the North of England and want to do it well, SCALE Manchester is where you reset, recalibrate, and accelerate.

WHO VISITS SCALE MANCHESTER?

Our visitors span the UK Scaleup ecosystem and include:

- Founders/CEOs/MDs/Owners - This is the core of our audience. These individuals are making strategic decisions everyday to grow their businesses. Over two thirds of attendees to SCALE London were in this group.

- Investors - Investors play a key role in our SCALE events. Our investor community includes Angels, PEs/VCs, accelerators and associations.

- Ecosystem allies- Organisations and individuals with innovative solutions, products and services that help to turbocharge scaling businesses.

ABOUT SCALE

Mission:
We connect founders with the capital, community, talent and tech they need to scale.Because growth comes from surrounding yourself with people who get it.

Vision:
More ambitious founders connected.
More scaleup success stories.
More economic growth for the UK.

Discover more at scale-events.co.uk