British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

📚 The BVCA's 'Explained' digital learning courses provide the perfect beginner's guide to the private equity and venture capital industry. Complementing our popular and long-standing 'Introduction to PE & VC essentials' classroom-based courses, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of key aspects of #privateequity and #venturecapital through current and real-life content, case studies and interviews with leading industry professionals. Why choose Private Equity and Venture Capital Explained? ◼️ Flexible learning: Our short course format offers an interactive and convenient approach, allowing learners to navigate the course at their own pace. It can be taken anytime, anywhere. ◼️ Fast-track your understanding: In approximately 2.5 hours, your team can fast-track their understanding of private equity or venture capital, covering important topics such as value creation strategy, fundraising, investment cycle and fund returns. For more information on what's included in the courses, watch below or visit the website: https://lnkd.in/evZxWie2

The BVCA's Emerging Managers Forum last week brought together LPs and GPs for intriguing discussions around issues faced by emerging managers. Key discussions included: 📈 Kicking off the conference, Henry Whorwood provided a market update, including data and trends in UK startups and scaleups. 🚀 Dominic Maier led discussions on the LP perspective on the Emerging Market landscape, highlighting key aspects of fund investing. 🔍 Matthew Dickman was joined by Alek Safarian, James Smallridge and Jolie von Arnim to explore how the macro environment impacts emerging managers in capital raising and operational efficiency. 🤝 Tom Pinnell led discussions on how to futureproof a fund's operating model to ensure a firm is fit for the future, alongside Tom Hopkins, Stephanie Orde and Karen Swain. 📊 Daria Alexia K. and Till Burges discussed how emerging managers can diversify their portfolio, whilst co-investment rights remain a priority for LPs. 📚 Mark Coggin led a fireside discussion with British Business Bank's Mark Sims highlighting the BBB's ECF programme and first-hand insight experience on a variety of points of interest to first time and emerging fund managers. ⚙️ Juliette Gerstein was joined by James Codling, Andrew Drylie and ILIAN ILIEV to explore the recent announcements from the Government following the AI Opportunities Action Plan, the use of AI within the #privatecapital industry and utilising AI as an investment proposition. You can view all photos from the forum here: https://lnkd.in/eDCe_PaJ Debevoise & Plimpton | Langham Hall | Aon

"We found that 27% of UK-based investment professionals in 2025 are women, up from 24% in 2023. In senior level positions, women now hold 15% of roles, an increase from 12% in 2023... Although strides have been made by the industry, there is still a long way to go before private capital can match levels seen in public markets." In the latest Insight article, Suzi Gillespie, BVCA’s Head of Research, analyses the progress made by the private capital industry in progressing gender and ethnic diversity within the workforce. Suzi explores the value of obtaining more data from the industry, explains private capital’s apprenticeship model for recruitment and retention and delves into the latest findings from the BVCA and Level 20’s Diversity in Private Equity and Venture Capital 2025 report (https://lnkd.in/eYy4u8dZ) Read the full Insight article here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9JiazkB

“The UK must take the opportunity to build on our status as a leader in impact investing”, BVCA Chief Executive, Michael Moore emphasised.   Today, the City of London Corporation in collaboration with the Impact Investing Institute, BVCA, ImpactVC and Better Society Capital published a whitepaper on how the Government can deliver impact-led economic growth and break down barriers to opportunities through the support of #privateequity and #venturecapital.   ‘Delivering Government missions using impact-led venture capital and private equity’ sets out recommendations to advance Government initiatives for economic growth, health and clean energy.   Highlighting how private capital drives impact within the UK’s nations and regions, the whitepaper showcases case studies from BVCA members including:   💡 Nesta, who invested £550,000 in the seed round in specialist out-of-school education provider Gaia Learning. Gaia Learning is a north-west based edtech business which delivers live, online learning classes and courses for neurodivergent children aged 8-16 with ADHD and autism - helping to break down barriers to opportunity.   💡 Midven, part of Future Planet Capital, has funded Forge Care, residential care homes for children which are equipped with communal gardens, sports, therapy, and amenity spaces - helping to address complex social issues.    💡 Palatine invested in Back2Work (B2W), which helps people return to work, gain new skills for employment, and build skills to enter better-paid careers. Over 3,000 people to date in the Greater Manchester region have achieved job outcomes with earnings above the National Living Wage or progressed into further education through its work - helping to kick start the economy.   🔗 Read the full report here - https://lnkd.in/eiKyArXr 

Accelerate Action for Women 🚀✨   In celebration of #InternationalWomensDay (IWD) tomorrow, the BVCA held its annual IWD reception this week, bringing together private capital leaders to discuss how to positively impact women's advancement in the industry.   Led by BVCA’s Head of Research, Suzi Gillespie, the event focused on the progress being made by the industry in supporting women and discussed the interventions that should be made in the workplace to support progress.   📣 The event also marked the launch of BVCA’s prestigious 2025 Inspirational Women Award with Helen Steers MBE, Partner at Pantheon, announcing the opening of nominations.   Born out of the UK Government’s ‘Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce’, which published its recommendations in its final report on February 2024, the award aims to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs by celebrating the success of leaders from high growth businesses backed by private equity and venture capital.   In 2024, the BVCA awarded Investment Minister, Baroness Poppy Gustafsson, as the first winner of the Inspirational Women Award for her work as co-founder and chief executive officer at Darktrace.   The 2025 award winner will be announced at the BVCA’s flagship Summit Main Conference, taking place on 10 September 2025. The independent judging panel will be chaired by Cheryl Potter, Non-Executive Director of Level 20 and Marks and Spencer and include Helen Steers MBE, IQ Capital’s Kerry Baldwin, and Amadeus Capital Partners’ Anne M. Glover.   Through continued industry collaboration, working with organisations like Level 20 and Diversity VC, and support for initiatives like the Invest in Women Taskforce, the Investing in Women Code and the Women in Finance charter, the BVCA is working to support #privateequity and #venturecapital firms to build inclusive environments in which everyone can thrive.   Find out more about the award and submit a nomination here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eeSTB9Me To see all photos from the IWD Reception, click here: https://lnkd.in/efHcUY_K

Last night, the BVCA held its Annual Private Capital Dinner which saw Emma Reynolds, the UK’s Economic Secretary, announce that the Government will shortly consult on the #regulation covering alternative investment fund managers, with the intention of creating a regime that is simpler and more proportionate.   #Privatequity and #Venturecapital industry leaders, parliamentarians and journalists came together at the event sponsored by Investec, which was hosted at LDC backed Quaglino's.   💬 Matthew Sabben-Clare, BVCA Chair, spoke passionately about the positive impact the industry can make on society, emphasising the 2.2m jobs backed by the industry in 12,000 businesses across the country.     🎙️ BVCA Chief Executive Michael Moore hosted fireside chats with Ms Reynolds and Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury Gareth Davies MP, who both emphasised the importance of private capital to driving economic growth. The Minister also spoke about the need to change the UK’s investment culture and making the UK the best place in the world to invest.   The BVCA would like to thank guests who were able to join last night’s event, including Shadow Business Secretary, Andrew Griffith, Shadow Science Secretary Alan Mak MP, Shadow Treasury Minister Richard Fuller, Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper, MPs Gregor Poynton, Kanishka Narayan Steve Race, Oliver Dowden and Rt Hon John Glen MP and HM Treasury’s Katie Martin.   See photos from the event here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ekNxtFK6

"Across the cities we visited, there were high levels of interest. Yet again, that interest was founded on important fundamentals: the UK’s trusted regulatory system, its private capital investment ecosystem of global scale and reach, and its regained reputation for policy predictability." The BVCA's Chief Executive, Michael Moore reflects on the recent journey to North America, visiting Washington, Boston, New York and Toronto as part of the BVCA's European Private Capital Conferences. Read the full Outlook below ⬇️ From 24-27 March, we will be hosting the Asia leg of European Private Capital Conferences which will commence in Tokyo, then Seoul and Singapore. For more information, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/ecxW77DE

The BVCA is delighted to welcome Pitalia Capital as a new member. Pitalia Capital is the direct investment arm of the Pitalia Family Office, a UK-based investment vehicle providing partnership capital to ambitious entrepreneurs. With a flexible investment mandate, Pitalia Capital backs high-potential businesses and exceptional management teams across different sectors, with a particular focus on healthcare, offering strategic support and patient capital to drive sustainable growth. The firm is committed to building lasting relationships and empowering businesses to achieve their full potential. For more information, visit their website here: https://pitalia.com/

💷 UK Economy Could Grow by £100bn with Productivity Boost Inspired by Private Capital-Backed Firms 📈    New analysis carried out by Public First for the BVCA estimates that private capital-backed businesses increase their productivity by 1.1% per year more than the business population as a whole.     If this productivity growth was realised across all private enterprises from 2025  ◼️ The UK economy would be £100bn larger by the end of this Parliament (2029) and £250bn larger within a decade.   ◼️ Within a decade, output per worker would be £7,000 (in today’s prices) and UK productivity would be on track to overtake that of Germany by 2038. This would return UK productivity to the projected trend it was on before the financial crisis.    The active ownership model of private capital investors offers lessons to policymakers about how to improve productivity levels across the economy. Our recent Investment Commission set out some of the interventions and support which #PE and #VC firms routinely provide to their portfolio companies to boost productivity and value creation. This includes:    1️⃣ Putting in place a strategic plan, so that management understands what the company’s goals are and how it intends to achieve them, to support decision-making and enable performance to be properly measured against meaningful benchmarks.  2️⃣ Providing management and leadership support, to help managers lead their businesses through the changes required for a company to grow.  3️⃣ Introducing new ways of measuring productivity so that portfolio companies can use data to understand where they are performing well and where there are areas for improvement, and so that they are properly accountable to their investors.    Read more about the new analysis: https://lnkd.in/ebRtx776 Read more about the Investment Commission: https://lnkd.in/ew7fZ-xU

🌍 Connect with 5,500+ senior decision makers at SuperReturn International on 2-6 June 2025. Hear key insights on innovation, ESG, growth, private debt, value, secondaries, investing in sport, private wealth, regeneration and return which brings together 1,800+ LPs and 2,700 GPs Join AP1, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), GIC, The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Mubadala Investment Company, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Swiss Re, Temasek, Zurich Insurance Group and many more. 🤝 The BVCA is a proud industry partner of SuperReturn International and BVCA Members are eligible for a 10% discount when booked by Friday, 7 March. For more information or to secure your place, visit their website: https://lnkd.in/eibcDD9V