SCALE, the platform for growth-stage businesses, has announced the launch of SCALE Manchester, a new event landing in the city in November, designed to celebrate and accelerate the growth of scaleups across the North West.

Built for the region’s most ambitious founders, investors and leaders, SCALE Manchester will take over Freight Island on 25 November 2026for a concentrated day built to connect founders with people who can genuinely help, and send them home with a clearer plan.

The event follows the success of SCALE EXPO & SUMMIT in London this April where thousands of founders, investors and ecosystem partners came together at the Business Design Centre for panels, roundtables, networking and introductions to dozens of growth partners providing the products and services needed to scale.

Access to growth capital will be a key theme at the event. The North West’s scaleup ecosystem is growing fast, with more angels, more early-stage VCs, and more capital choosing to stay in the region. But growth brings noise, and noise makes it harder for founders to know who to listen to and which conversations are worth their time. SCALE Manchester exists to cut through the complexity and connect the right people at the right moment, and turn ambition into action.

SCALE’s vision is simple: more ambitious founders connected. More scaleup success stories. More economic growth for the UK.

SCALE Manchester is the next step in making that vision a reality, bringing the same calibre of investors, operators and ecosystem partners to the heart of the North West.

View the full event agenda here

Registrations are open for SCALE Manchester. Sign up here.