Dom Hallas is the Executive Director of the Startup Coalition (formerly Coadec), an independent advocacy group that serves as the policy voice for technology-led startups and scale ups in the UK.

Named in 2023 by Politico as one of the ’20 People who matter in UK tech’, he sits on the UK Government’s Digital Economy Council & Tech & Telecoms Trade Advisory Group. He is also a board member of the global tech startup association Allied for Startups.

The Startup Coalition builds proactive coalitions of businesses and investors on issues that are integral to the health of the UK’s startup ecosystem. Recent successes have ranged from the design and establishment of the Future Fund to the creation of new technology-focused visas, the raising of the SEIS limits, and the bailout of SVB UK.