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Scaling with ambition todrive the UK’s economicgrowth story March 2025 Contents •Access customers in other markets/home markets•Access to the right combination of finance•Access to talent and skills•Develop a pipeline and ecosystem of diverse tech scale-ups Annex 1. Tech scale-ups – Delivering on the Government’s missions34 ForewordJulian David OBECEO, techUK At techUK, we always hear of the innovation and impact that our scale-upmembers have up and down the country. Our scale-ups are active in all parts of the techsector. From Pragmatic Semiconductor, who haverecently received Series D investment1and areworld leaders in semiconductor innovation, toAdarga, whose AI tool helps organisations gainactionable intelligence quickly to mitigate risksand act on opportunities, and Riverlane, who aremaking quantum computing a reality throughquantum error correction stack Deltaflow.These tech businesses are innovating to turngroundbreaking ideas into reality. scale-ups forced to look elsewhere to meet theirpotential. For tech scale-ups, better access toworld-class computing and data infrastructure,with a planning system that meets future demandis vital. Scaling the next global tech giant will be a long-term ambition, and likely will take many years.But the UK has an immediate opportunity throughInvest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategyto better support our tech scale-ups and start-upsdemonstrating high-growth potential to thrive inthe UK. We endorse the scale-up ambition from thisgovernment as a step towards shoring up theUK’s international competitiveness, increasingexports and driving investment into the UK.Whether through the Start-Up, Scale-Up review,2recent action to pool investment into innovativeand high-potential scale-ups through pensionreforms3or the announcement of the BritishGrowth Partnership,4all of these policies marka commitment to deliver real change. We have the building blocks to succeed, and theUK has already become the ‘scale-up capital’ ofEurope, ranked third globally for VC investmentand home to over 150 tech unicorns created.5But our success must not breed complacency.Better support will unlock economy-widebenefits, strengthen supply chains, and raiseliving standards across the UK. Recent researchhas shown that UK scale-ups are reporting hugegrowth rates, with an average annual revenueincrease of 43% over the past three years - morethan double the OECD benchmark.6 While scaling is achievable, challenges persist.Limited access to growth capital, talentshortages, and procurement obstacles allcontinue to hinder business growth, with some ForewordIrene Graham OBE,CEO, ScaleUp Institute Ten years ago, the ScaleUp Institute was founded by the private sector,catalysed by the 2014 ScaleUp report, as a research and educationinstitute, with a mission to deepen understanding, and focus on the UK’sscale-up economy. We work across the whole of the UK, and sectors, withprivate, public and education communities, to removebarriers to scaling in access to markets; talent; fundingand space. Recognising that key drivers of local scale-up success include access to skilled talent, strongclusters and hubs, and local growth capital, supportedby collaborative ecosystems. Business Bank, establishment of PISCES and ongoingpension and capital market reform. As we and techUKemphasise, these initiatives must continue at paceand deliver to the local scale-up economy across ourgrowth sectors. At the same time, we need to double down onwhat works well; remove cliff edges for follow-onfunding such as with EIS, and organise ourselvesin a much more efficient, targeted and proactiveway. It is essential to utilise data to greater effect,to join up public and private services and to unleashprocurement, corporate partnerships, funding andexport opportunities. Evolving account managementstructures across the UK taking learnings from ourcolleagues in the devolved nations and internationally. techUK has been a valued partner in this journey, andthis report further highlights the vital role of the UKtech scale-up community and the opportunities ahead. Today we stand at a pivotal moment. The ecosystemacross public bodies, business, finance and academia,has embraced the scaleup ambition. We now have34,180 scale-ups generating £1.4 trillion for the UKeconomy and employing 3.2million people with ahealthy pipeline of16,450 scaling companies- but weneed to further step up to meet their global ambitionsand remove the hurdles that impede their way. This techUK report builds upon critical needs of thescaleup economy and the practical recommendationsthat the ScaleUp Institute has long evidenced. The Government is taking significant steps in itsMissions, Industrial and Small Business Strategiesto focus on the scale-up segment of the economyand the critical factors needed to drive forwardfurther success. Much is already underway bythe Government to unlock infrastructure, R&D andinvestment, including the evolving role of t