SME XPO 2025 WILL POWER SCALEUP BUSINESS SUCCESS
The UK’s SME XPO is back for 2025, a dynamic two-day event dedicated to powering scale-up business success. The show promises a transformative experience for entrepreneurs and innovators with an exhibition bringing together a diverse range of businesses, investors, from early stage/ angel investors to VCs, as well as resources to foster growth, innovation, and collaboration.
Now in its fourth year, SME XPO takes place from 18-19th June at London’s ExCel. Registration is now open for free access tickets at: SME XPO 2025 Registration
With over 5,000 scale-up founders and owners and more than 100 best-in-class suppliers, SME XPO 2025 provides a unique space for scale-up businesses to showcase their products and services, connect with potential clients and investors as well as alternative finance options, and gain valuable insights from industry leaders in curated workshops and networking sessions.
“SME XPO is stronger than ever this year, we are very proud of how we have been able to bring together the very best in UK business expertise, investors, speakers and exhibitors to support the invaluable UK scale-up community”, says Sam North, Founder of SME XPO. “Today more than ever the UK economy needs to step up a gear, and this is the core community that can help with this.”
Agenda highlights & speakers
SME XPO 2025’s agenda is packed with insightful sessions, catering to diverse SME interests. With four key themes – Starting Out, Scaling Up, Money Talks and Future Tech & AI, attendees can expect valuable insights and practical strategies in over 50 workshops and talks. Topics range from ‘The secrets to fast growth.. and the pitfalls’, through to ‘AI’, ‘ransomware’, and ‘Launching into new territories across the world’, featuring real-life experiences from leading entrepreneurs.
SME XPO will feature over 60 esteemed speakers, including keynotes and panels. With additional speakers being announced over the coming weeks, confirmed speakers to date include:
- Piers Linney, former investor on Dragon’s Den
- Theo Paphitis, entrepreneurial tycoon & former Dragon
- Dr Alka Patel, esteemed Longevity and Wellbeing Expert
- Jack Smith, CEO of Love Finance
- Irene Graham OBE, CEO, ScaleUp Institute
- Christiana Stewart-Lockhart, Director General EISA
- Matt Grech-Smith, CEO & Co-Founder of Swingers
Andrew Davis, CMO, Paddle
- Charlie Morrison, Inspector, Cyber Griffin, City of London Police
- Adrian Rushby, Founder of Carmoola
Investors and networking
With the growth in business financing opportunities opening up across the UK, a key focus of the event this year is to provide attendees and exhibitors with access and education to the UKs top investors. The new Finance Networking Hub is sponsored by Metro Bank, and Gold Pass holders will have access to ‘invite only’ investor roundtables. Organisations supporting SME XPO include EISA, the official trade body for the Enterprise Investment Scheme, VenturePath, the scale-up investment partners, and the ScaleUp Institute, the leading voice for the scale-up community.
Featured exhibitors & sponsors
Alongside enlightening sessions and inspiring speakers, SME XPO will showcase a diverse array of exhibitors, offering attendees the chance to explore innovative products and services. Exhibitors include: Worldpay, Towergate, Octopus Energy & Guavapay.
This year’s key sponsors include Metro Bank, BT, Axa and Love Finance as well as Dell, returning for the 3rd time this year.
SME XPO 2025 promises to be a transformative event for the scale-up community, providing them with the tools, knowledge, and connections necessary to scale and succeed in today's competitive business environment.
For more information and to register for free, head to the SME XPO website.
