Rise London

Rise is a community of the world’s brightest thinkers and doers, from rising startups to industry leaders, working together to create the future of financial services.

A network of physical sites in seven of the world’s top tech ecosystems, providing the ideal environment to help grow businesses looking to impact financial services. Sites include London, Manchester, New York, Cape Town, Mumbai, Tel Aviv & Vilnius.

Rise Labs
A co-creation programme where teams from Barclays create new products
and services with members of the Rise Community. (Coming soon)

Accelerators
A series of programmes designed to accelerate the growth of startups and facilitate rapid engagement with Barclays, leading to long-term mutually beneficial relationships.

The Barclays Accelerator
powered by Techsters : The #1 FinTech accelerator in the world, located in London, New York, Tel Aviv, Cape Town.

The Rise Accelerator
powered by Zone Start-up : Pioneering the future of nancial services in india, based in Mumbai. Focused on nancial inclusion and services for emerging markets.

Our Extended Partnerships
We partner on a number of other accelerator programs, including Dotforge & Ignite in Manchester, and the Techstars IOT Accelerator in New York.

Hackathons
We host regular hackathons, bringing together hundreds of thinkers and doers from the
local ecosystem to solve some of the biggest challenges facing financial services.

Rise Radio
Our regular podcast demystifying Fintech with the world’s top founders and thinkers.