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British Business

Venture Capital

British Business Bank is the UK government's state-owned economic development bank, deploying public capital as a fund-of-funds, co-investor, and direct equity investor to close gaps in Britain's private financing markets. Its Direct Equity programme backs late-stage, venture-backed UK science and technology scale-ups from Series C onward.

Sheffield · 4+ investments · 4 portfolio companies

Pre-Seed
Seed
Early Stage
Growth
Late Stage
Artificial Intelligence
Biotech
Climate Tech
Fintech
Headquarters
Sheffield
Website
british-business-bank.co.uk
Portfolio Companies
4
Total Investments
4
Last Investment
Oct 2025
Geographic Focus
United Kingdom

Investment Thesis

Backs venture-backed UK science and technology scale-ups in life sciences, deeptech, clean energy, defence, AI, and fintech at risk of losing access to late-stage domestic capital.

British Business is a Venture Capital firm based in Sheffield. It has made 4 investments in Artificial Intelligence and Biotech, including Oxbury, Shire Leasing and Upsurance.

Portfolio4

Co-investors14

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Venture Capital ×8 · Accelerator ×2 · Bank ×2 · 5 shared rounds

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