Thought Leadership

Richard Armstrong and Stuart Mansfield, Partners at Arthur Cox, highlight how Northern Ireland’s business environment is experiencing a significant transformation, with private equity and debt financing playing increasingly complementary roles in driving growth, innovation, and inward investment.

A comment piece by BVCA Chief Executive, Michael Moore.

Leandros Kalisperas, Chief Investment Officer at British Business Bank writes about how the Bank is championing diversity within the VC industry and how up to £250 billion of new value could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men.

Dan Perkins, Founder Liquidity Fund, sets out the case for rethinking founder liquidity at Series A. As the UK startup ecosystem matures, he argues that enabling modest early liquidity is not a risk to ambition, but a tool to sustain it - offering founders the stability to focus, scale, and build for the long term.

A comment piece by BVCA Chief Executive, Michael Moore.

A comment piece by BVCA Chief Executive, Michael Moore.

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.

These are still early days in a five year Parliament. So this won’t be the last major challenge to the Prime Minister and his cabinet. But in the quieter moments, ministers are now encouraged that they can point to a swathe of frameworks and decisions which offer greater clarity for investors and businesses alike about the direction of policy travel for the next few years.

The latest analysis conducted by the BVCA revealed that UK-managed private equity and venture capital funds have approximately £190 billion in committed but un-invested capital also referred to as dry powder. This capital is expected to be deployed over the next 3-5 years with around half of this capital being invested domestically based on historical trends.

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.

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.

Ahead of the Excellence in Impact Awards, Judge Alex Shadbolt, Future Planet Capital, writes about how unlocking pension fund investment into private markets presents a crucial opportunity to align institutional capital with long-term impact.