The BVCA’s Senior Policy Manager, Nick Chipperfield, responds to this week’s Mansion House speech and the Government’s Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy.

To mark Pride Month 2025, the BVCA has released a new podcast episode titled Building Inclusive Workplaces: LGBTQ+ within the Private Capital Industry, exploring how firms can support individuals to be their authentic selves and build inclusive cultures where everyone can thrive.

A new report from the BVCA, Investing in a better economy, finds that as of the end of 2024, UK-based private capital funds have £190bn of capital available to invest, which is expected to be deployed over the next three to five years.

This report makes a series of recommendations about how to increase the amount of capital invested in high potential sectors, including those identified in the Government’s 10-year industrial strategy.

New data from the BVCA and PwC shows that while private capital’s 1 year returns in 2024 reflect the subdued exit market, returns over a longer period outperform public markets.

For the fourth consecutive year the BVCA has partnered with ESG_VC, now the portfolio arm of VentureESG, to produce the annual research into the ESG performance of venture-backed businesses.

Barnstable based Compass CHC Limited and Bideford based Travel Chapter, have won the BVCA Vision 2025 Awards for the Wales and the South West. Supported by Headline Sponsor, Grant Thornton and Supporting Sponsor, Santander, the annual awards honour the management teams of companies backed by private equity and venture capital.

The data makes clear the South West is an exciting destination for private capital, whose investment supports the development of 641 businesses which call this region home. These businesses bring value to local communities through the 165,000 jobs they support. 

Ahead of the Excellence in Impact Awards, Judge Zoë VanderWolk, ETF Partners, writes about how Europe is leading the shift in impact investing, evolving from experimental innovation to a mature discipline with robust frameworks and transparent accountability.

Please be aware of phishing emails that have been in circulation impersonating the BVCA Chair.

Co-authored by Mei Lim, CFO, and Sonia Powar, Venture Partner at Anthemis, who put forward the argument that despite the sectors rapid growth in the US, the UK venture debt market is still currently restrained by a series of barriers to investment.

Neurovalens, Kingsbridge Healthcare and Lowe Rental, have won the BVCA Vision 2025 Awards for Northern Ireland. Supported by Headline Sponsor, Grant Thornton and Supporting Sponsor, Santander, the annual awards honour the management teams of companies backed by private equity and venture capital.

The data makes clear that Northern Ireland is an exciting destination for private capital, whose investment supports the development of 186 businesses which call this nation home. These businesses bring value to local communities through the 47,000 jobs they support. 

Ahead of the Excellence in Sustainability Awards, judges – Maria Carradice and Michelle Lamprecht – share their reflections on the drivers accelerating ESG adoption in the UK.

PocDoc based in Cambridge, Eden Futures located in Long Bennington, Nottingham’s Peppermint Technology, and Leicestershire’s Blue Light Card, have won the BVCA's Vision 2025 Awards for the Midlands & East.

In 2024 alone, private capital invested £1.18bn into businesses in the Midlands. Private capital employs an active ownership model which is a hands-on approach that helps drive value creation in portfolio companies through strategic and operational improvements, whilst supporting wider economic development.

The BVCA’s ‘Venture capital in the UK’ 2025 report sets out the latest research on the scale of venture capital investment across the nations and regions of the UK. It found that the VC industry played a bigger role in the UK economy in 2024, increasing both investment and fundraising activity compared to 2023.

New research by the BVCA – finds that the venture capital industry played a bigger role in the UK economy in 2024, increasing both investment and fundraising activity compared to 2023.