Has the decline in UK tech investment finally come to an end, and have we passed the lowest point before things start improving again? Seems so! So far this year, UK Tech companies have raised £9.9 billion, with 6 weeks left before the year ends, it will most likely go past the £10 billion mark.
Investment Summary
- Explosive growth from 2018 to 2021, with a dip in 2020.
- Unprecedented peak in 2021: Covid-era pumping investment into online as everyone worked remotely.
- The correction phase from 2023 to now. Perhaps without Covid, we would have stayed around the £10 billion mark with 2019 being an anomaly.
- Stabilisation around £10 billion confirms no real growth in tech investment in the UK, irrespective of the number of new VC entrants.
Despite macroeconomic pressures, the UK tech sector continues to raise circa £10bn annually, consistent and resilient, but globally becoming uncompetitive as tech ecosystems in other countries start growing.
Deal Lite Annual Investment Data
| Year | Investment | Deals | Companies |
| 2025 | 9.926 | 863 | 832 |
| 2024 | 9.425 | 1021 | 959 |
| 2023 | 9.767 | 940 | 899 |
| 2022 | 16.901 | 1013 | 965 |
| 2021 | 21.300 | 1197 | 1097 |
| 2020 | 9.535 | 1033 | 967 |
| 2019 | 13.632 | 838 | 782 |
| 2018 | 5.177 | 579 | 558 |
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