Slides for a lunch with the Danish Ministry of Urban & Rural Affairs on January 21st 2014.

1. Tech City & IOT
by designswarm.com

2. East
London
North
London
Fitzrovia
Tech
City
Soho
The City
West
London
South
bank
South
of the
river
Canary
Wharf

3. Old
Street
Station
Overground L
(2010)

4. 2008: £150 for a desk
£18/sq ft
Old
Street
Station
Overground L
(2010)

5. 2008:
Silicon Roundabout
Dopplr
Ketlai
Moo
Old
Street
Station
S&W

6. 2008: Matt Biddulph (@mattb)
CTO of Dopplr acquired by Nokia in
2010.

7. 2008:
Moo.com (tiny business cards with
Flickr pictures) hosts in their offices:
• Dopplr
• Ketlai
• Ben Terrett & Russell Davies
Tinker.it is first UK distributor of the
Arduino platform. Pachube is launched.

9. 2010:
Dopplr was acquired by Nokia
Ketlai starts to work on gov.uk beta
Ben Terrett & Russell Davies start RIG
London
Tinker.it closes

10. 2012:
Ketlai starts to work on gov.uk beta
In 2013 Ben Terrett & Russell Davies
become Lead architects of the
government’s online presence.

11. 2012:
Moo.com hosts
Tweetdeck
in their offices on Scrutton St
Tweetdeck is acquired for £25M.
Pachube is acquired by LogMeIn for
£15M.

12. 2012:
Lanyrd move to Rivington Studios
above the Foundry an old building
which was meant to be demolished and
turned into a hotel in 2011.

13. 2013:
Gov.uk wins Design of the Year award.

14. 2013:
Lanyrd is acquired by Eventbrite and
has now moved to SF.
Tom Insam their developer used to
work for Dopplr.

15. 2014:
IOT meetup is 2.5K members.
Monthly gatherings in Shoreditch since
2011 sponsored by Xively.

16. 2014: £300 for a desk
£37/sq ft
Old
Street
Station
Overground L
(2010)

17. Tech City & IOT
by designswarm.com