We also launched Venture Capital in the UK 2026 at #Accelerate2026
Key findings 🔽
📈 £8bn invested into UK businesses in 2025
💷 63% (£5bn) of this went into Deeptech and AI
📊 The industry backs 9,100 businesses supporting 378,000 jobs
🔗https://t.co/38AzhFdBiD
#VentureCapital #UKGrowth
Thanks to everyone who joined us at #Accelerate2026.
A strong consensus on #venturecapital backing innovation across the UK.
Conversations with @leicesterliz and @JuliaLopezMP the important role venture capital plays in the UK economy.
Today’s #KingsSpeech introduced several bills which could make the UK more agile and supportive of investment.
Private capital is ready to support growth across the UK economy: back business, support innovation and drive growth.
Our Chief executive’s reaction 🔽
📣 Private capital’s pivotal role in the British economy
📌 2025 was another strong year for the UK private equity and venture capital industry. Our latest Report on Investment Activity presents a comprehensive picture of fundraising, investments and divestments last year.
➡️UK Private Capital’s Chief Executive, Michael Moore, outlines the key takeaways from #RIA2025 🔽
🔗 The full report is now available on our website: https://t.co/zWSg2X7mWF
#PrivateCapital #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital
Today @UKPrivateCap have released our Report on Investment Activity for 2025. #RIA2025
Our report showcases how the #privatecapital industry fundraised and invested last year.
Key highlights in thread 🔽
📣 BVCA becomes UK Private Capital
The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association is now operating under a new name: UK Private Capital.
The change reflects the wide industry ecosystem we represent today, which spans private equity, venture capital and private credit.
💡 This is a name change rather than a rebrand. Our mission, strategy and representation remain unchanged. UK Private Capital provides a clear platform for engagement as private capital’s role in backing UK businesses, innovation and jobs continues to grow.
You can read more about the rationale for the change here: https://t.co/DowYUPowgt
📈 Driving UK growth: BVCA Investment Policy Forum brings leaders together to shape the future of investment in the UK
The BVCA’s Investment Policy Forum on 1 July focuses on driving investment into key sectors of the UK and demonstrates the private capital industry’s key role as a partner for economic growth.
This half-day conference will bring together parliamentarians, policymakers, think tanks and business stakeholders, as well as representatives from the private capital industry and the businesses that they invest in. Through a series of panels, breakouts and fireside chats, expert speakers will explore opportunities for growing investment in UK businesses, policy solutions to support the Government’s growth agenda, and the key economic trends driven by private capital.
Key topics and discussion themes include:
🔹 The entrepreneurship environment
🔹 How to encourage more private capital investment into defence
🔹 How private capital investment will drive up productivity
🔹 Investment in AI and tech adoption and the productivity dividend
🔹 The interconnections between public and private markets
🔹 Why private capital is crucial to the green transition
🔹 How regulatory reform can support an increase in investment
🔹 Getting more private capital for growth into the Nations and Regions
Announcing the First Minister's Start Up Challenge, First Minister @JohnSwinney and Deputy First Minister @_KateForbes met potential investors at a @BVCA reception in Edinburgh.
Young entrepreneurs are being supported to turn their ideas into successful businesses.
📈 Scotland businesses recognised for outstanding growth and innovation
The BVCA were pleased to award the Scottish winners of Vision 2025: Leaders Driving Growth Awards, in association with @GrantThorntonUK and @santanderuk, at the Invest Scotland Dinner last night.
A huge congratulations to the two winners and their supporting investors:
🏆 @Aggreko , supported by TDR Capital, is a global leader in energy solutions, providing rapidly deployable power generation and temperature-control systems.
🏆 Strathberry, supported by BGF, is an internationally-known fashion brand, specialising in luxury leather goods and accessories, crafted by artisans in Spain.
Vision 2025 celebrates the best teams of 2024, backed by private capital, and awards portfolio companies and their investors. These annual awards consider growth, competitiveness, innovation, sustainability, and the challenges of the year, with a focus on the future and the sustainability of the business, as well as past performance.