Small Business Equity Tracker
The third British Business Bank Equity Tracker report
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What’s inside?
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Equity investment trends
An overall assessment of how equity investment into high-growth firms has changed over the years, and which causes might be involved.
Governmental backing
The report investigates how much the Government contributes to equity-backed firms, and how this differs by region.
Geography
We break down funding trends by region, assessing the UK-wide picture and taking a particulary look at London.
What’s inside?
Equity deals in the North East
Fewer deals than 2015
Total invested
About the authors
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henry whorwood>
Henry leads Beauhurst’s research and consultancy, and is an expert on equity finance and high-growth business. He has worked on briefs for clients including Barclays, Syndicate Room, Innovate UK, Smith & Williamson and the British Business Bank. Henry regularly gives presentations on finance and market trends at events around the country. Henry studied Classics at the University of Oxford.
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Ella halmari>
Ella is a visual design and data analysis specialist. She is an expert in data visualisation and content creation, playing a lead role in analysis and production of Beauhurst’s data-driven publications and brand communications. Ella holds a post-graduate diploma in Visual Communication from UAL and the IMC qualification from the CFA Society.
Where does the data come from?
All data featured comes from the Beauhurst platform, a searchable database of the UK’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups.
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