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Discover key insights and strategies for UK startups to secure venture capital in 2025, leveraging lessons from 2024 to navigate an evolving funding landscape.

Raising Venture Capital in the UK: 2025 Strategies for Startups

Update, 16 October 2026. This article looked ahead to 2025 from December 2024, and its market figures date from 2024. For a more recent view of fundraising, read The New Fundraising Discipline, published in February 2026. Fundraising in 2025As we transition into 2025, the UK’s venture ...

Funding Your Film

The Art and Strategy of Securing Film Funding: A Comprehensive GuideFilmmaking is often described as a miracle, a journey from the spark of an idea to the final flicker on the big screen. This intricate process, filled with creativity and logistical challenges, starts long before ...
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Pitching the Way a VC Thinks

A Guide to Winning Over InvestorsWhen preparing to pitch your startup to venture capitalists (VCs), it’s essential to understand the mindset of your audience. VCs evaluate hundreds, if not thousands, of business opportunities every year, and their goal is to sift through the noise to ...
Startup Valuations - the dark art with Ecaveo

The Dark Art of Valuation

Valuation for Startups: A Comprehensive GuideValuing a startup is more than just crunching numbers; it involves both quantitative and qualitative factors that determine the company’s worth. Whether you’re seeking investment, preparing for a sale, or planning strategic growth, understanding your startup’s valuation is crucial.A startup’s ...

Using SEIS for Seed Finance

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in January 2023 and the SEIS limits it gives have since moved. For shares issued from 6 April 2023, a company can raise up to £250,000 under SEIS (previously £150,000), may have gross assets of up to ...
SEIS and EIS for Film Production with Ecaveo

SEIS and EIS for Film

Update, 16 October 2026. This article was written in May 2022 and the scheme limits it quotes have since changed. Since 6 April 2023, SEIS companies can raise up to £250,000 and qualify for up to three years from starting to trade, in place of ...
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