Synergy connects the UK's growing startup ecosystem with foreign investors. We focus on a particular type of foreign investment – we introduce prospective Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa applicants to suitable businesses looking for investment. The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa was launched in 2008 to encourage entrepreneurship in the UK. Regardless of its seemingly simple requirements, application refusal rate is high and few businesses created through the visa have significant impact. We believe the invested capital and the applicants’ entrepreneurial drive can play a much better role if invested in companies with significant potential. Synergy’s goal is to introduce visa applicants to businesses that not only comply with the immigration requirements, but also are in line with their personal profile, entrepreneurial aspirations and have the potential to strengthen the UK economy.