Finance

The shortage of growth capital available in the UK is well-documented. Many laudable initiatives have been put in place to address this and should be given time to take effect. However, government and industry must ensure that progress in closing the finance gap is maintained and reviewed, and the extent to which scaleups are being supported must be reported.

Committee

Steve Bates

CEO, BioIndustry Association

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Shiona Davies

Director, BVA-BDRC

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Tim Evans

Head of Investments, Creative England

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David Gammon

Founder & CEO, Rockspring

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Michael Higgins

Non-Executive Director, Quoted Companies Alliance

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Keith Morgan

CEO, British Business Bank

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Guy Rigby

Partner, Smith & Williamson

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Juliet Rogan

Co-Head, High Growth and Entrepreneurs, Barclays

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Luis Santos

Head of Lending, Business Banking, Barclays

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Sam Smith

CEO, finnCap

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Marcus Stuttard

Head of AIM and UK Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange

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George Whitehead

Partner, Angel CoFund

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Henry Whorwood

Head of Research & Consultancy, Beauhurst

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The purpose of the Finance and Growth Capital committee is to provide assessment and direction on the key needs and policy issues affecting finance and risk capital for scaling businesses. These include research, analysis and thought leadership as relates to finance and risk capital, as well as conducting reviews of finance programmes that support scaling businesses in order to develop appropriate case studies and learnings. Where relevant, specific sector support and analysis will also be undertaken.

The Committee reviews on an annual basis the existing programmes as identified in the 2014 Scale-Up Report, and assesses new programmes to put forward to the Evidence Committee. It reviews policies on finance and risk capital in the UK and internationally.

Latest reports

The ScaleUp Institute is proud to engage with our partners in their production of the following reports.

8th October 2019

Social Scaleups

12th November 2019

Annual ScaleUp Review 2019 Highlights

12th November 2019

The Scaleup Index 2019

31st July 2017

SME Finance Monitor: The Scaleup Perspective