Oxford photonics company Salience Labs has raised a $125m Series B that includes £10m from the British Business Bank, announced on 14 October 2026, set against the Bank's other recent announcements.

An early assessment by SQW found six British Business Bank regional funds made 951 investments and drew £233 million of private money by September 2025. The evidence shows who gets first institutional money, and little yet on what follows.

The British Business Bank has committed £3 million to TSP Ventures through its Regional Angels Programme. It is the smallest of three such commitments traced this year, which may point to the programme spreading across more angel groups.

The British Business Bank has committed £10 million to Fuel Ventures through its Regional Angels Programme, to widen early stage investment and further funding for portfolio companies.

The British Business Bank joined a $20 million round for Living Optics, an Oxford University spinout making hyperspectral cameras, led by BRV Capital Management and announced on 5 October 2026.

British Business Bank research published on 29 September 2026 finds UK venture capital funds returning as much as US funds overall, and more among recent funds. The catch is that much of the recent gain has not yet been paid out in cash.

The milestone combines public and private money. The fund's own capital accounts for 44 million pounds of it, which tells a founder more about what is still available than the headline does.

For founders building outside London, the message from the Treasury this week was explicit: growth capital is being redirected toward the regions, not just topped up in the capital.

Ask a UK founder why the biggest cheques in a later funding round tend to come from Boston or San Francisco rather than London, and the honest answer usually comes back to where the money sits. A proposal now on the table from two of Britain's largest pension providers is aimed directly at that prob

Picture two founders raising a seed round in the same week. One has built and sold a company before, has a network of investors who already know the name, and has funds competing to lead. The other has an equally good product, early revenue and a sharper insight, but no track record and no warm rout

The statistic that frames this announcement has not changed in a decade. Female founders in the UK receive less than 2% of all venture capital deployed. Despite numerous initiatives, codes, commitments and pledges from investors, the number has barely shifted. Against that backdrop, the British Busi