Join the dots
Provide a platform for members to connect and create opportunities including business, collaboration and investment.
Tech South West works to:
Showcase
Showcase and celebrate the success of members and the South West tech sector.
Create the talent pool
Help grow the South West’s tech talent pool, encouraging learning and careers.
From robotics, photonics and artificial intelligence to climate science, agri-tech and marine tech, we’re tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges through technology.
Growth
Our Start Up Studio programme gives tech start ups business support, growth opportunities and fantastic brand awareness. Interested?
Talent
The Shaping the Future report sets out the technical and soft skills that our members need to help their organisations reach their full potential.
News from across Tech South West
World leading tech expertise
2.44
Digital tech turnover (£bn)
13,465
Digital tech companies
78,000
Employment in digital sector
300
2019 total digital tech VC investment (£m)
87,000
Digital tech productivity
per worker (£ per year)
per worker (£ per year)
346
AI investment (£m 2015-2019)
1,516
Startups in 2018
438
Total emerging tech investment (£m 2015-19)
The tech industry is expanding 2.6 times faster than the rest of the UK economy.
Our work
Run by the region’s tech clusters and companies, Tech South West helps connect, celebrate and showcase the sector and grow the talent pool across the region.
We are the only member organisation dedicated to supporting and working with the whole of the technology sector across the South West of England.
Our members
Members operate in Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Exeter, Gloucestershire, Plymouth, Somerset, Taunton and Wiltshire.
We offer a platform for all members, the region’s technology sector, education, government, support organisations, business support and others keen to engage and work with the sector and support its growth.
