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Enterprise Capital Funds Programme

The Enterprise Capital Funds Programme is an investment scheme that backs venture capital funds, which invest in early-stage and growing micro, small and medium-sized businesses across England. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by British Business Bank

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth, early stage, businesses.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Not stated

How much

Not stated

We could not find how much it offers

Who can apply

Programme aims to increase access to growth capital for SMEs that struggle to secure equity investment; supports early-stage and scale-up businesses. Applications to the programme itself are made by prospective venture capital fund managers; businesses receive investment from the backed funds.

Found by our research, not on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

agriculture and food, business and finance, construction, education, health, hospitality and catering, information technology digital and creative, life sciences, science and technology, service industries, transport and distribution, travel and leisure, wholesale and retail

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How to apply

Apply on the British Business Bank website.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: England-wide

England

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

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