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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ahead of the Excellence in Impact Awards, judge Sarah Teacher, Impact Investing Institute, shares her insights on how commitments from the Government and the private capital industry are making the UK a leader in sustainable and impact finance.

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.

We are seeing a developing industry shift from focusing solely on cost to embracing long-term value and truly recognising the win-win proposition that stands before both the Venture Capital and Pension industries. This evolution is increasingly evident in how Pension Schemes are beginning to approach their investment decisions. The move towards a Value for Money framework is a welcome development. This framework is less about comparing fees and more about understanding the quality of returns over time for savers who depend on these funds for their retirement. Such an approach is vital if we are to create a truly sustainable investment landscape. 

The issue of getting more UK pensions fund investment into private capital is one the BVCA has long championed. However, it has become something of a hot topic in recent years, with both the last and the current Government increasingly seeing that it's a conundrum that, if resolved, provides solutions to two challenges keeping them up at night: the lack of UK growth and a pending retirement crisis.

Amidst the ever-changing geo-political backdrop of tariffs and shifting policies, it is evident this new era brings opportunities, as well as challenges. And it positions the UK and Europe competitively on the world stage as an attractive market for investment and partnership.

Meghan Stevenson-Krausz, Co-CEO of Diversity VC shares her reflections on the newly published BVCA/Level 20 Diversity Report and gives her outlook on diversity from a VC perspective and takes a wider look at diversity initiatives that are needed to charter the path forward.

Suzi Gillespie, the BVCA’s Head of Research provides her perspective on the latest analysis published about the industry’s performance and reflects on what will impact private market conditions in 2025.

The BVCA’s recent Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) series of panel discussions focussed on how network-building, mentorship and risk-taking can accelerate women’s careers. Sustainability Executive, Breeze Haywood, reflects on the event’s discussion and the need for active engagement with diverse talent pools to drive innovation and address underrepresentation in the industry.