Investment Activity

Private capital: Building a better
economy for the future

Published: 22 August 2024

In this report we use the data from our Report on Investment Activity 2023, along with a range of case studies, to set out what private capital investment means for businesses and wider society, where capital is invested in the UK, and how the benefits of this investment are realised.

BVCA Report on Investment Activity 2023

Published: 8 May 2024

Using data from the Investment Activity Survey, we tell the story of private capital in 2023, illustrating how British businesses are increasingly turning to private capital to grow and navigate global macroeconomic challenges.

Some key findings from the 2023 survey include:

• £59.6bn raised in 2023 by UK-managed funds to be invested globally.
• Total private capital investment in UK businesses reached £20.1bn.
• Private capital investors supported almost 1,500 UK businesses right across the United Kingdom in 2023.
• 9 in 10 UK companies receiving private investment in 2023 were small or medium sized – employing 250 or fewer people.
• Private capital invests across the whole of the UK as 58% of businesses receiving investment in 2023 were outside of London.
• Investment led out of the UK reached £31bn, as the UK remains a global hub for driving investment across Europe and beyond.

The full, aggregated set of statistics gathered from our members can be found in our Report on Investment Activity 2023 chart book. For those interested in analysing the data, an Excel spreadsheet with all the numbers from the chartbook can also be found here.