Number 11 Downing Street played host to a cohort of founders last week, all part of Tech Nation‘s latest Future Fifty programme for fast growing UK scaleups.
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Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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