Mind the scale-up gap: why UK SMEs still face a funding valley of death
The UK is one of the easiest (and best) places in the world to start a business. Seed capital has never been more plentiful, from SEIS/EIS angels to crowdfunding platforms and accelerator programmes. At the other end of the journey, mature, de-risked companies can tap buyout funds, infrastructure investors and public markets. But in between those two poles lies a stubborn problem. If you're building a scale-up (a business already growing at scale and looking to expand revenues, teams and...
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