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The Government’s Future Fund boosted deal numbers to a new high last year... 2,928 equity investments were secured by ambitious UK businesses throughout 2020—totalling £11.8b 
https://bhr.st/3d7coeI
https://bhr.st/3d7coeI
But the high-growth ecosystem did well even without government support... Excluding the Future Fund, there were still 1,957 equity deals into ambitious UK companies last year, worth £9.8b in total 
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
Investment into UK startups and scaleups remained remarkably steady throughout 2020... Q1 was, unsurprisingly, the busiest quarter for deal numbers and amount invested 
But amount raised in Q4 almost matched up to Q1, at £2.8b https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
But amount raised in Q4 almost matched up to Q1, at £2.8b https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
And it seems the impact of COVID on the UK equity funding landscape subsided quickly... 37% of Q2 deals were deployed to companies that had been negatively impacted by the pandemic—by Q4, that figure was just 10% 
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
For more key figures and analysis on investment activity in the UK's high-growth space, download our full report—The Deal 2020
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
https://www.beauhurst.com/research/the-deal/
