In 2008 Polecat and entrepreneur Oli Barrett took 20 UK Web 2.0 companies to San Francisco to explore opportunities for growth with key people in Silicon Valley. Please see here for details on Web Mission 2008. With support from companies and organisations including UKTI, Technology Strategy Board, Orrick, HSBC, Silicon Valley Bank, GP Bullhound, Virgin Atlantic, BT, Oracle, Sun, Google and Microsoft, the WebMission has been an overwhelming success for two years running.
A Mission will be returning to the US next year. Future Mission plans are as follows:
Web Mission, Clean & Cool Mission and Future Health Mission, can all be contacted via mission@meaningmine.com