Social media gurus and startup kids move to new homes

The shifting sands of London’s networking events is shifting again, and re-shaping into something approaching stability. The Social Media Cafe, or The Tuttle Club as regulars like to call it, is moving from its birthplace in an upstairs room in The Coach and Horse pub in London’s Soho (see my bad photo of the last event today) to a fascinating new location: The Institute of Contemporary Arts.

What is Social Media Cafe? Original founder Lloyd Davis originally said it was: “a place to meet, hook up, get groups together, socialise, train people, co-work etc… a confluence of the creative, tech and entrepreneurial tribes who are currently gathering around social media and online social networking.”

So, from Friday 10th October, the Tuttle Club will hold its Friday meetups at the ICA in The Mall. The plan means they will be able to expand beyond the 40 person limit. The ICA has capacity for up to 200 people. Admission will be through the “back door” in Carlton House Terrace at 10am and the networking runs to midday. The SMC will also be able to do more around the “intersection of contemporary art and social media” and move into early evening events. Thanks go to to Alastair and his staff at the Coach and Horses for their hospitality over the last few months. The prime movers behind Tuttle have been Mike Atherton, James Whatley, James Scroggs of Spinvox and of course Lloyd Davis. Well done guys.

Meanwhile, over at London OpenCoffee – a regular weekly meetup for investors and tech startups – they too have a new home courtesy of Tim Barnes who runs “Innovations @ UCL“. It will now be every Thursday between 1000-1200 (as before) in the foyer in UCL’s stunning new Roberts building, Torrington Place, corner Malet Place. It think it’s a Costa Coffee.

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Lastly, I am thinking of starting a regularly weekly meetup for startups somewhere near “Silicon Roundabout“. Feel free to suggest venues in the comments.