Leicester Startup Week is a week long celebration of start-ups across the city with events including: ideas workshops to help you find and test a business idea, expert panels with experienced business leaders sharing their tips for success and opportunities to meet investors and learn what it takes to get investment ready.
The third Leicester Startup Week commences on January 25th with a packed diary of events to help startups at all stages of their journey.
If you’re working on or have an idea for an innovative, potentially-scalable business and would like support and advice from other local entrepreneurs then sign-up to some of the events listed below.
10 Years of Connect: The Networking and Guest Speaker Event from DMU Made! Join DMU at the The Careers Hub, 0.82/0.83 Hugh Aston building and hear from special guests who will reflect on a decade of events and share their own entrepreneurial journeys.
Read MoreLeicester's premier event for startup founders. Join us for; headline speaker Aidan Rooney; an exciting roster of our current accelerator cohort pitching their startups; an announcement about Canopy, our new home from Jan 26 .
Mercia Ventures are hosting a high-growth founder-focused event exploring the commercialisation journey of a start-up and how investment/other professional services support that journey, and reflecting on best practice and where founders have previously made mistakes! There will be a panel, a fireside founders chat, networking, canapes and drinks.
The LCB Business Breakfast is a great opportunity to meet and network with likeminded people from a range of different businesses. Breakfast and refreshments are provided by Grays Coffee Shop & Kitchen.
The LCB Business Breakfast Tickets, Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM | Eventbrite
Read MoreThere are around 60 companies exhibiting and with a packed programme of 8 fantastic seminars and workshops, networking events and a huge exhibition to browse there are opportunities galore for attendees and exhibitors.