Our Vision

A thriving community of technology startups in Northern England, with access to all of the knowledge, services and capital that they need to grow rapidly. National and international recognition of the North as one of the most creative and supportive environments for technology business development.

Our Mission

To create the right ecosystem for entrepreneurship and business growth in the technology sector in Northern England, assembling all of the key stakeholders in an active community where knowledge is shared and deals are done. Stakeholders include entrepreneurs and startups, investors and financiers, technologists, service providers, and enablers from the public and private sectors, including government agencies and educational establishments.

Our Strategy

To build a programme of offline events to enable startups to learn, stakeholders to connect, and partnerships to form. To support this with a dedicated online community that leverages the latest in social and media technology to streamline access to valuable knowledge and best practice.

Our Team

Northern StartUp 2.0 (NS20) is a personal initiative of Manoj Ranaweera.

Our History

Manoj founded ebdex Ltd, a tech startup in 2004 after completing an Executive MBA at Manchester Business School. Manoj struggled to find the support he needed due to lack of established tech entrepreneurial networks in the North West. With the help of KPMG Manchester, Sam Sethi (TechCrunch UK editor at the time) and Ivan Pope of Snipperoo, Manoj held the first event of Northern StartUp 2.0 in Nov 2006 in Manchester at IoD. Since then NS20 has grown into a community of more than 1400 with a minimum of 10 events per year.

Our Location

eveo Ltd t/a Northern StartUp 2.0, Daresbury Innovation Centre, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WA4 4FS, United Kingdom