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Venture Capital

Venture Capital is equity investment of £250,000 to £25,000,000 for early-stage businesses with high growth potential and annual turnover under £5m, across all sectors, based in the United Kingdom.

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Last read from british-business-bank.co.uk on 14 Nov 2026.

Venture capital is equity investment in early-stage businesses with high growth potential, with the investor also providing expertise and networks.

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Status and deadline

Status

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Deadline

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How much

£250,000 to £25,000,000

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Who can apply

Early-stage businesses with high growth potential and annual turnover less than £5m; sectors all, especially life sciences, IT and FinTech; regions all.

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Business size

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

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How to apply

On british-business-bank.co.uk

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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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 United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Funding round takes about six months to a year
  • Application route not stated

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from british-business-bank.co.uk on 14 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 14 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with British Business Bank before you apply.

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