Connecting the East Midlands tech ecosystem

Tech East Midlands connects the founders, developers, and tech leaders making it happen. Real communities, real events, and a region that's finally finding its voice.

A network to help East Midlands tech compete & lead

Tech East Midlands connects the founders, developers, and tech leaders making it happen. Real communities, real events, and a region that's finally finding its voice.

Connect with peers

Regular meetups, socials, and events in Nottingham and Derby — built around real relationships, not networking for networking's sake.

Learn from experts

Attend workshops, hear from speakers, and build skills that matter — from AI strategy through to fundraising.

Raise your profile

Speak at events, share your story, inspire, and become part of the region's growing tech narrative.

Connect with peers

Regular meetups, socials, and events in Nottingham and Derby — built around real relationships, not networking for networking's sake.

Learn from experts

Attend workshops, hear from speakers, and build skills that matter — from AI strategy through to fundraising.

Raise your profile

Speak at events, share your story, inspire, and become part of the region's growing tech narrative.

Our Mission

The talent is here. The universities, the engineering heritage, the quietly growing startup culture — it's all here. What's been missing is a unified voice and the infrastructure to connect it all.

Tech East Midlands exists to close that gap. We connect founders to employers, developers to opportunity, and communities to each other — so the region can compete, lead, and stop being the best-kept secret in UK tech.

OUR MISSION

Our Communities

East Midlands Tech connects the founders, developers, and tech leaders making it happen. Real communities, real events, and a region that's finally finding its voice.

Built in Notts
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Weekly meetups, monthly socials, Breakfast Tech, and a growing community for Nottingham's tech, startup and creative scene. Warm, accessible, founder-centric — this is where people fall in love with the ecosystem.

Built in Derby
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Same playbook, Derby's DNA. Leveraging the city's engineering heritage, the Rolls-Royce corridor, and strong university partnerships. Initial meetups and socials planned, building from existing tech community contacts and venues.

What’s coming up

East Midlands Tech hosts meetups, networking events and workshops to help founders connect, share knowledge and grow.

APR15

Built in Notts Tech Meetup

Wed 08:30 • Nottingham

APR22

Built in Notts Tech Meetup

Wed 09:00 • Nottingham

APR29

Built in Notts Tech Meetup

Wed 09:00 • Nottingham

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Want to help build us this?

We're at the beginning. If you're a university, employer, investor, or organisation that believes the East Midlands tech ecosystem deserves a unified voice — we'd love to hear from you.