2021 tech VC funding doubles y-o-y

Author: EIS Release Date: Dec 29, 2021

In 2021 UK tech companies raised more than twice the capital they raised in 2020, says Dealroom.

 

£29.4 billion was raised by UK tech firms this year compared to £11.5 billion raised in 2020.

 

German tech companies raised £13.5 billion and French tech companies raised £8.6 billion.

 

 Almost £9 billion of all the VC miney invested went into startups and scaleups outside London and the South East.

 

The combined value of UK tech companies founded since 2000 is now £540 billion, after the biggest year-on-year increase since 2013/14.

 

The UK now has 29 tech unicorns.