The document discusses the Sirius Programme, which provides funding and support for entrepreneurs to relocate to the UK. It offers £12,000 in funding, access to accelerators, mentoring, help finding clients and funding, and visa assistance. Applicants must commit to establishing a UK headquarters and relocating there. Successful applicants will go through an application process and 12-month journey of support to help them start and grow their business in the UK innovation ecosystem.

3. Ease of doing business
Market opportunity
Ecosystem
The factors behind UK success – and the
outcome
Number of startups created in 2013: total >500k (source: StartupBritain)

4. 4
8 Great
Technologies

5. If you want to access this unique
ecosystem, and join thousands of
entrepreneurs and innovators who
succeeded in this country..
..then the Sirius Programme is your
main gateway to the UK
The UK ambition

6. What is Sirius?

7. Your journey during & after 12 months
A wealth of opportunities for
funding, networking, growing
your customer base, hiring
talents, receiving further
mentoring and support…This is
what the UK ecosystem is all
about

8. Benefits
 £12,000 financial contribution per person
 No equity taken
 Access to an accelerator programme
 Mentoring
 Support to gain clients and funding
 Logistical help in relocating to the UK
 Visa endorsement (Grad. Entr. Visa)

9. Who can apply?
 Recent graduates (post 2012)
 >= BA/BSc level, Masters or Research degree
 From around the globe
 + int’l graduates in the UK + British graduates
 Talented and motivated individuals…
 …with entrepreneurial spirit and innovative ideas
 All sectors and disciplines
 (with a special focus on 8 Great Technologies)

10. Requirements
 Full time commitment to your venture
 Full transfer of Intellectual Property to the UK legal entity
 Creation of a UK-based HQ
 Commitment to the UK business for the long term
 All team members to relocate to the UK
 Commitment to the accelerator assigned
 Number of team members: min 2, max 3
 Only one team member can be graduated before 2012
 Only one team member can be a UK national
 All members to be shareholders/directors of the company (no employees)
 All team members to be graduates (Bachelor level or higher)

11. Your Journey – Application
If successful
If successful
If successful
If successful

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Your
journey

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Birmingham: 21% UK’s games workforce, Human
Interface Tech Lab, Serious Games Inst, Digital
Central, Science Park Without Walls, Creative
England Investment Fund
Not Only London: Growth in the rest of the UK
Newcastle :, International Centre for Life, Inst of
Human Genetics, Northern Design Centre,
Thinking Digital, Sunderland Software City, Baltic
Business Quarter
Glasgow: Digital Health Institute, U.Edinburgh-
Informatics, Digital Enterprise Glasgow, Creative
Clyde, Scottish Edge

17. • Tech City has emerged as a natural cluster of innovation & growth
• Growing cluster of >1300 tech, digital, creative companies in East London
• Major companies: Google, Intel, Cisco, Vodafone, Amazon, Microsoft …
• A magnet for entrepreneurs, corporates, venture capital and talent

18. Our first winners

19. Sirius Talent

20. Iconic UK businesses created by immigrant
entrepreneurs
1 2 3 4
6 7 8
5

21. 1 2 3 4
6
7
85

23. UK Tax Incentives
 Corporation tax decreasing from 23% to 20% (April 2015)
 R&D Tax Credits - for each £1 spent on R&D (technology development) an SME
can deduct £2.25 against its tax liability (£1.30 for larger companies)
 Patent Box - new tax relief scheme for patents filed in the UK - any profit derived
from these patents will be taxed at 10% rather than the current level of 24%
 Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS & EIS) & Venture Capital Trusts - a
range of tax relief schemes for investors in early stage businesses
 Regional growth funds - available for companies that are setting up in the
regions (outside London)

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The Angel Market
• UK BAs invest £850m-£1bn
• UK # of BAs: ~18,000
• Avg. deal value: £40k / Avg. deal size: £450k
• VC Investment :£350m (BVCA stats 2013)
• EIS/SEIS schemes drive investment
Source: UKBAA

25. Register online:
www.siriusprogramme.com

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Any Questions
Contact
Alessio Bortone - Talent Scout EMEA & LATAM
Twitter: @alessiobortone
Email: info@siriusprogramme.com
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