Don't enter the 2026 fundraising market with a 2025 playbook 📉
The "investment-ready" bar has moved. Join us Tuesday 13th Jan (12pm) for a briefing on the latest VC sentiment and benchmarks you need to hit.
Register: https://t.co/4sTNZgVPZA
#VCFunding#Scaleups
We need your voice!
Take 2 minutes to complete our Founder Sentiment Survey before the year is out. Your responses help us to improve access to scaleup investment across the UK. By sharing, you’re helping create more venture-backed scaleup successes 👉 https://t.co/b6wAuI0mIk
We need your voice!
Take 2 minutes to complete our Founder Sentiment Survey before the year is out. Your responses help us to improve access to scaleup investment across the UK. By sharing, you’re helping create more venture-backed scaleup successes 👉 https://t.co/b6wAuI0mIk
Registration is OPEN!
The UK ScaleUp Investment Summit - for founders raising Series A-B in 2026.
📅 10 Feb 2026
📍 London
⚡ VC-led workshops + funding insights
UK-based, tech with £1m-15m revenue & ambitious funding plans? Apply to join 👉 https://t.co/fUUsbFGD4s
The Autumn Budget is out 💼 Our partners at @AlexanderRosse have the full report on key tax and financial changes.
Join our joint webinar tomorrow at 10am with Ian and Rashesh to discuss the implications for founders, scaling and raising in 2026. Links for both below.
The Autumn Budget is out 💼 Our partners at @AlexanderRosse have the full report on key tax and financial changes.
Join our joint webinar tomorrow at 10am with Ian and Rashesh to discuss the implications for founders, scaling and raising in 2026. Links for both below.
Autumn Budget lands tomorrow - founders, this is going to be important.
Join us this Friday 10am for a sharp debrief on what the new policies mean for your business and implications for capital raising.
👉 Register here: https://t.co/URV7L9c1DK
Important recognition of the UK’s scaleup investment challenge.
VenturePath's UK ScaleUp Investment Mission welcomes the Committee’s focus on practical measures to strengthen growth funding.
The next step is turning recommendations into action.
Important recognition of the UK’s scaleup investment challenge.
VenturePath's UK ScaleUp Investment Mission welcomes the Committee’s focus on practical measures to strengthen growth funding.
The next step is turning recommendations into action.
Today, the Lords Science & Technology Committee publishes its report into financing and scaling UK science and technology, entitled: “Bleeding to death: the science and technology growth emergency”.
Read it here: https://t.co/blKU5oUmeI
��� A cooler quarter for UK Series A investment revealed in our Q3 Venture Bulletin. Volume of deals down 9% vs Q2, average deal size hit a low for this year.
Challenges persist for scaling companies, especially outside of frontier tech.
Read the report: https://t.co/ObBRk6KKeJ
A landmark event at a Landmark.
Join us, @sageuk, @ForesightGroup, and The Grafter to explore how investment and exit strategy work best when planned together. Series A+ founders - this one’s for you.
📍The Shard, 30 Oct, 4–6pm
🔗 https://t.co/lBJZOoWPCG
Sales cycles are dragging - and with fundraising season in full swing, that's a problem.
When you're in investor conversations, nothing kills momentum faster than a growth narrative that doesn't match your sales velocity.
Here's why 👉 https://t.co/nlXLHYTQyv
Last chance to join us tomorrow. 👇
Join other scaleup leaders to discover the digital transformation blind spots that are limiting your growth and fundraising potential, with VenturePath and @sageuk.
RSVP 👉 https://t.co/N7BXjOBbCN
Scaling isn’t just about growth - it’s about building the right foundations to sustain it. Ashley Abrahams (@GuinnessVC) shared how broken ops & lack of key metrics can hold businesses back.
Get his insights & more - take your ScaleUp Score today: https://t.co/uf0DPDmvFM
Growth or fundraising, what comes first? 🚀
Slow growth makes fundraising harder. Slow fundraising stalls growth. Avoid the cycle, know where you stand before you start.
Take the ScaleUp Score to help you spot gaps before they slow you down 👉 https://t.co/uf0DPDlXQe
Growth or fundraising, what comes first? 🚀
Slow growth makes fundraising harder. Slow fundraising stalls growth. Avoid the cycle, know where you stand before you start.
Take the ScaleUp Score to help you spot gaps before they slow you down 👉 https://t.co/uf0DPDlXQe
@ianmerricks1 If you want to stay up to date with the latest VenturePath news and upcoming events, register your interest here: https://t.co/bS9m4zzJ70
We've said it before and we'll say it again - preparation and timing are key when it comes to raising funds. This morning we unpacked the components of fundraising and discussed how to improve your access to VC funding. Key themes in the thread below. 👇