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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.

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.

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.

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

The UK venture capital landscape in 2025 is poised for significant growth, building on its position as the third-largest VC market globally and the clear leader in Europe.

The BVCA report, Venture Capital in the UK, sets out the scale of investment in VC sector in nations and regions across the UK. It also addresses what is needed from pension investment reform and the scale-up funding ecosystem in order to unlock the capital that can help drive businesses and growth in the UK.