In 2021, Canadian Pension Plan Investments invested $300m in UK scaleup Octopus Energy. That one deal was larger than the total investment by UK pension funds into UK startups in all of 2022.
Analysis
June 30, 2023
Are UK pensions finally going to invest more in tech?
The government is weighing proposals to encourage pension funds to put more cash into venture
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