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Education & STEM Innovation

In collaboration with Newton Venture Program, we’ve researched the educational background of the founders and investors behind the UK’s innovative and high-growth STEM companies.

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Inside this free report, you’ll find out:

  • The different levels of education present among founders at STEM spinouts and at STEM companies that have received innovation grants
  • The median value of equity deals by the highest level of founder education
  • STEM company sector rankings, broken down by founders’ highest levels of education

Here’s a sneak peek inside

Education and STEM Innovation — STEM company sectors by founder educationEducation and STEM Innovation — founder-investor educational pairings

About the authors

  • Henry Whorwood headshot

    Henry Whorwood

    Managing Director

    Henry leads our Beauhurst Insights team, and is an expert on equity finance and high-growth business. He's worked on briefs for the likes of Barclays, SyndicateRoom, Innovate UK, Smith & Williamson and British Business Bank. He regularly gives presentations on market trends at events around the UK.

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    Daniel Robinson

    Senior Research Manager

    Daniel conducts data manipulation and analysis as part of the Research & Consultancy team. He has a background in business analysis and commercial copywriting in Australia and the UK, having worked at The Sunday Times Fast Track, Oxford University Press, and advertising network MullenLowe Group.

  • Freya Hyde headshot

    Freya Hyde

    Senior Designer

    Freya performs data visualisation and graphic design in the Research & Consultancy team. She has worked on projects for clients including Barclays, EY and JP Morgan. Freya holds a BA in History (International) from the University of Leeds, which included a year at Fudan University in Shanghai.

  • Advone Katsande headshot

    Advone Katsande

    Graduate Associate

    Advone writes copy, and performs data analysis and visualisation. She has written on the nature of Venture Capital Trusts, and worked on projects for Rawnet and Deloitte. She read Law at the University of East Anglia, where she acquired her undergraduate LLB.

  • Blanca Valencia headshot

    Blanca Valencia

    Graduate Associate

    Blanca handles data analysis and visualisation, as well as copywriting. Prior to joining Beauhurst, Blanca graduated from Queen Mary University of London, where she was awarded a BSc in Computer Science with Management (ITMB).

  • Ethan Yip headshot

    Ethan Yip

    Data analyst and visualisation specialist

    Ethan carries out data analysis and visualisation. Before joining Beauhurst, Ethan graduated from the University of Bath, where he was awarded the degree of Master of Chemistry (MChem) and spent a year studying at the National University of Singapore.

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