Analysis

October 31, 2022

67 of the UK's Future Fund-backed businesses have gone bust

The UK government invested into 1,190 companies as part of pandemic recovery support


Amy Lewin

4 min read

Farmdrop. Photo: Farmdrop.

One of the new British prime minister’s flagship schemes when he was chancellor during the pandemic was the Future Fund — a pot of money to invest in high-growth businesses affected by the situation, so long as external investors agreed to match the amount of funding the government stumped up.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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