Featured Scale-Ups
Connecting Fresh Talent with Investors & Corporates
Calling start-ups seeking capital, corporate or R&D partnerships to showcase their solutions at Rethinking Materials. If you’re a start-up ready to increase your visibility and power up your network, or an accelerator with an exciting portfolio of new materials for consumer goods, we want to know more!
Join us on April 28-29, 2026 at the Hilton London Bankside and put your business in front of leading materials innovators and investors.
What are the Benefits for Featured Start-Ups?
Network from your own branded exhibition booth, among 30+ innovators in a space dedicated to spotlighting early-stage innovation.
If you’re a start-up ready to increase your visibility and power up your network, or an accelerator with an exciting portfolio of agtech companies, we want to know more! Fill out the form below and we will be in touch to chat how you can get involved in 2025.
Themed pitching sessions give start-up founders the opportunity to pitch their solutions to the summit's influential audience. There's a prize for the audience's favourite pitch - apply today to get involved!
Promotion begins as soon as you sign up, with a website profile, social media promotion, amplification of news and a pre-summit press release shared to our global audience.
Are you bringing a cohort of companies? Our dedicated program for accelerators and regional innovation hubs allows you to participate as an Innovation Partner. Showcase a selection of companies in the Start-Up Arena and secure valuable stage time to highlight their innovations.
We know that it’s the personal connections you make at a summit which deliver the most value to you and your business.
You'll gain access to the summit platform two weeks before the event, and it remains open for one month post-event, giving you plenty of time to book 1-1 meetings and follow up on those all-important connections..
Connect with international retailers, investors, start-ups and technology leaders over drinks and food at the various networking breaks and the happy hour, in the Exhibition & Networking area.
Start-Up Alumni
Over the years, so many early-stage innovators have shared their solutions at Rethinking Materials - will you be next?

To find out more, contact:
Juliet Dicker-Holton
Business Development Executive
+44 1273 789 989
Juliet.Dicker-Holton@rethinkevents.com