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.

This report estimates the current direct economic activity of UK companies supported by private equity and venture capital firms within the UK economy in 2025. This provides a snapshot of the direct economic footprint of activity supported by private equity and venture capital investments - as measured by employment, employee earnings, and gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025. 

This report demonstrates the activity of the UK private equity and venture capital industry in 2024. The statistics in this report are the results of the BVCA’s Investment Activity Study, covering fundraising, business investments and business exits. Data is sourced from a detailed member survey, supplemented by data from third party sources.

New research by the BVCA finds that in 2024, the total amount invested by private equity and venture capital in UK businesses was £29.4bn – a 44 per cent increase on the £20.4bn invested in 2023.

New data reveals that the British venture capital industry almost doubled the amount of funds raised in 2024 compared to the previous year.

Leeds-based Nexus Vehicle Rental, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, Hippo Digital and iPac Packaging Solutions in Gateshead, have won the BVCA Vision 2025 awards in the Yorkshire & North East.

In 2024 alone, private capital invested £1.5bn in Yorkshire and the Humber businesses. 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.

In 2024 alone, private capital invested £149 million in North East businesses. 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.