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Top UK Councils by Employee Growth | 2022 Ranking
Top UK Councils by Employee Growth | 2022 Ranking Lucy Wilson, 23 December 2022 In April this year, the Government launched the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) as part of its Levelling Up agenda. The UKSPF will invest £2.6b across the UK over the next three years, to support the Government’s wider objectives of: boosting … Top UK Councils by Employee Growth | 2022 Ranking
Startup Founders Turned Angel Investors
Startup Founders Turned Angel Investors Lucy Wilson, 15 December 2022 Angel investors are an important fundraising source for early-stage companies, particularly those that are yet to secure investment from private equity and venture capital firms. And many of the UK’s most active angels and biggest stakeholders are former entrepreneurs themselves. These founders turned angels are … Startup Founders Turned Angel Investors
Unicorn Employees Turned Founders: Where Are They Now?
Unicorn Employees Turned Founders: Where Are They Now? Lucy Wilson, 17 November 2022 We’ve previously written about some of the UK’s top serial entrepreneurs, like Martin Frost (Co-Founder of CMR Surgical), Alex Chesterman (of Zoopla and Cazoo) and Stephen Fitzpatrick (OVO). But it’s not just unicorn founders that have such enviable CVs, as many ex-unicorn employees … Unicorn Employees Turned Founders: Where Are They Now?
Startup to Soonicorn: The UK’s Future Unicorn Companies
From Startup to Soonicorn: The UK’s Future Unicorn Companies Lucy Wilson, 21 September 2022 At the time of writing, 4 of the 10 startups we flagged as “soonicorns” last year have indeed become unicorn companies. These private UK businesses have reached valuations of at least $1b and, as a result, the coveted unicorn title. University … Startup to Soonicorn: The UK’s Future Unicorn Companies
The Gender Pay Gap in High-Growth UK Companies
The Gender Pay Gap in High-Growth UK Companies LUCY WILSON, 17 AUG 2022 We recently reported on the gender gap in UK startups and scaleups, having found that only 26% of high-growth companies have a female founder, and that just 15p in every £1 invested via equity rounds last year went to these businesses. Now, … The Gender Pay Gap in High-Growth UK Companies
Femtech Companies Closing the Gender Health Gap | 2022
Femtech Companies Closing the Gender Health Gap | 2022 30 June 2022 By Lucy Wilson Share Across the UK, femtech companies are working hard to address women’s health issues and overcome gender biases in healthcare and medical research. Femtech covers everything from breast cancer screening and hormone replacement therapy to tampon subscriptions and period-tracking apps—with … Femtech Companies Closing the Gender Health Gap | 2022
How Universities are Fostering Innovation in the UK
According to the annual Reuters ranking, the United Kingdom is home to some of Europe’s most innovative universities, from Imperial College London and the University of Manchester to King’s College London and the University of Edinburgh—each with expert commercialisation teams and innovation centres. Universities are an essential part of any innovation ecosystem, nurturing the next … How Universities are Fostering Innovation in the UK
Investment into UK Cleantech Companies in 2021
Equity investment into greentech or cleantech companies found renewed energy last year. Globally, H1 2021 saw record levels (£48b+) of investment into clean technology—but what about in the UK, the world’s third largest market for cleantech investment from VCs, behind the US and China? In our piece on the UK’s top green energy companies, we … Investment into UK Cleantech Companies in 2021
How To Find Similar Companies To Your Clients & Competitors
With the Beauhurst platform, you can discover every private company in the UK that’s hit at least one of our high-growth tracking triggers—from securing equity investment and innovation grants, to attending an accelerator programme or reaching scaleup status. What’s more, once you’ve found a high-growth business you’re interested in, our clever algorithm creates a whole … How To Find Similar Companies To Your Clients & Competitors
Top Foreign Investors into UK Companies
Back in August last year, we published a report with Barclays on global opportunities for UK entrepreneurship, analysing how much money UK startups have raised from foreign investors, and the role that US and EU funds play in the UK economy. Now, we’re digging deeper to find out more about foreign direct investment (FDI) in … Top Foreign Investors into UK Companies
How Top VCs Balance Follow-On Funding with New Deals
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when lockdown first came into effect in the UK, investors up and down the country were forced to pause and evaluate their course of action. Some stopped backing new opportunities altogether, whilst others tentatively continued, unaware of how the economic fallout of lockdown would play out in the … How Top VCs Balance Follow-On Funding with New Deals
13 Serial Entrepreneurs Behind Top UK Tech Startups
Over the past year or so, we’ve delved into the data on the UK’s top tech stakeholders, most active VCs, angel networks and corporate venture funds—but what about the entrepreneurs they’re backing? There’s a whole host of impressive founders behind the scenes of the UK’s top startups and scaleups. In fact, we have profiles on … 13 Serial Entrepreneurs Behind Top UK Tech Startups