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Scale-ups

Articles and news on UK and European scale-ups and their role in driving innovation, job creation, and economic growth.

Growth Planning

Scale-ups need finance quickly, says business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng explains what the government is doing to help UK scale-ups at the virtual event held during Scaleup Week

Venture Capital Funding

UK scale-ups account for one third of all VC investment in Europe

Venture capital investment in British hits record £5.1bn in first three months but investors shy away from backing start-ups

Venture Capital Funding

ITV AdVentures to invest £15m in consumer start-ups this year

Media-for-equity, a well-known concept in Europe, offers ad spend in exchange for an equity stake in fast-growth consumer scaleups

Venture Capital Funding

Future Fund: Breakthrough – £375m fund for tech scale-ups to launch

Government to take equity stakes in fast-growing tech companies matching venture capital finance

Venture Capital Funding

Give us longer to reinvest our profits, say venture capital trusts

VCTs write to chancellor Rishi Sunak setting out case of giving them longer to reinvest, while highlighting their success story

Funding

BGF primes £15bn National Recovery Fund to take stakes in businesses

Pension funds and insurers in talks with BGF to launch £15bn equity fund by Christmas

Growth Planning

7 ways to attract investors to your growth business

Jim Cockburn, who has personally invested in over 30 businesses, shares his advice on the best ways to attract investors to your business

Funding

Scale-ups face £15bn funding shortfall as coronavirus ravages investment

Scale-ups face funding crisis as backers double down on existing investments and AIM exchange dries up

Technology

Parkwalk raising £200m scale-up fund for university tech spinouts

UK’s largest EIS fund says UK is woefully underfunded when it comes to backing Britain’s bleeding edge tech scale-ups

Growth Planning

4 biggest obstacles stopping you from growing your business in 2020

Andrew Johnson, FD of PowWowNow, identifies 4 headwinds your scaleup faces in 2020 as you try to grow

Growth Planning

4 tips to scale your start-up in 2020 – things to be mindful of this year

The New Year is always a moment to look back and yet plan for the future, says Gabriela Hersham. Here she shares four tips for moving from start-up to scale-up

Venture Capital Funding

VC backing for UK scale-ups rockets by 22% in 2019, hitting £9bn

Venture capital investment in early and seed stage falls away, in favour of later stage deals