The British Business Bank has invested more than £600 million into the UK’s fastest-growing science and technology scaleups, increasing its direct equity portfolio to more than 50 high-growth companies. 

The Bank has more than doubled its direct equity investments since October 2025, investing more in the last nine months than in the previous four years.

The Bank has ramped up the pace and scale of its direct equity investing activity to tackle longstanding gaps in the UK late-stage capital market and support high growth companies to scale up and stay in the UK.