Early stage investments into the UK’s brightest tech startups are dwindling year on year, according to Dealroom which revealed the lowest deal count since 2016.
A recent Sifted article noted that with just 2.7k pre-seed, seed and Series A deals in 2023 and 1.1k recorded in 2024 so far, Future Planet Capital (which manages UKI2S), alongside the likes of SFC Capital and Mercia Ventures, are amongst a handful of investors still hedging their bets with British Startups.
We know that UK tech startups often show high growth potential at the earliest stages – so if we’re to get the most innovative and groundbreaking of these technologies to market, we have to back businesses with big ambitions.
That’s why we invest between £100k and £500k in pre-seed and seed+ companies, and leverage private capital by backing the best of them at Series A and B as well. With an extensive partner network, we offer a wide range of non-financial support to help startups flourish – whether that’s cultivating public-private sector collaboration, or connecting commercial experts with their academic counterparts…. Because we believe that sustainable, high value growth comes from all-round business support, not just finance.
Managed by Future Planet Capital, we’re a national seed investment fund that fuels innovative businesses, driving private investment and job creation. By reinvesting profits from successful ventures, we’re supporting the next wave of impactful UK companies, focusing on innovations from the UK’s publicly funded science and knowledge sectors.
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