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Welcome to LORCA: the London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement

LORCA accelerates the growth of the most innovative cyber companies to solve digital challenges faced by enterprises, the economy and society.

We’re backed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and delivered by Plexal in collaboration with Deloitte and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies.

We believe in the power of collaboration, so we connect startups, scaleups, academics, investors, platforms, government and industry from around the world into a global ecosystem. 

Through five accelerators in three years, LORCA has helped 72 cyber innovators raise over £200m in investment and earn over £37m in revenue. We’re now turbocharging the growth of six graduates with LORCA Ignite: a new scaleup programme.

What our members say

GET INVOLVED

INDUSTRY:

Become a enterprise member and collaborate on innovation programmes
that address your business challenges, joining companies like Lloyds Banking Group, Dell Technologies and the Global Cyber Alliance.

INVESTORS:

We want to work with investors to help you find the most innovative cyber companies that are ready to scale both in the UK and internationally. You can join our Finance Forum, or we can make introductions to members we think you need to meet.

Startups:

We’ve supported 72 cyber startups through five accelerators, and we’re currently turbocharging the growth of six graduates with our latest accelerator, LORCA Ignite. To join our cyber ecosystem, become a member of Plexal: the innovation centre behind LORCA.

DELIVERED BY PLEXAL

Get all the latest news, views and opportunities from Plexal: the innovation company that delivers LORCA.

Become a member of Plexal’s coworking space, bring your innvoation challenge to us or learn more about our programmes, from NCSC For Startups to our Cyber Runway accelerator.

HOW WE CONNECT: OUR INDUSTRY FORUMS

FINANCE FORUM:

VCs, private equity firms and angel investors advise our members on funding opportunities and help validate their solutions.

INNOVATION FORUM:

Our corporate partners and experts from the worlds of cybersecurity and technology help us set our innovation agenda and select our cohort members.

NEEDS ACCELERATORS:

We deep dive into a specific sector’s cybersecurity challenges to uncover windows for innovation opportunities and help our members achieve a better understanding of industry’s needs.

 

INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD:

Influencers from across the technology and cybersecurity worlds keep us clued into the latest trends.

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LORCA IS FUNDED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Funded by UK Government

LORCA for Enterprise members

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DELIVERY PARTNERS

Plexal

Deloitte

CSIT - Centre for Secure Information Technology