Unlocking Growth Reports
Here you can find our more in-depth studies on a wide range of topics and industries to educate and inspire founders and entrepreneurs.
Exploring the UK’s growth infrastructure potential
Our report, Exploring the UK’s growth infrastructure potential has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and is funded by the UK Government. This report assesses the accessibility of suitable spaces and frameworks within the UK ecosystem. Insights from scaleup companies up to big tech firms are reviewed.
Unlocking Investment – Insights into high-growth companies
Our Unlocking Investment – Insights into high-growth companies report, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and is funded by the UK Government. This report provides an annual review of investment trends into UK based high-growth companies, and follows on from our previously published Unlocking Investment: Trends for high-growth companies, H1 2023 insight.
Tech in the UK 2023 – Innovation Nation
Our tenth in a series of thought leadership reports, Tech in the UK 2023 – Innovation Nation, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of the growth trends and opportunities, within the UK tech sector.
Neurodiverse founders
Our ninth in a series of thought leadership reports, Exploring the views of neurodiverse founders, has been published in partnership with The Entrepreneurs Network and funded by the UK Government, to provide insights into the available support networks and diverse views of neurodiverse founders.
Impact, environmental and social signals in startups and scaleups
Our eighth in a series of thought leadership reports, Impact, environmental and social signals in startups and scaleups, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide detailed insights into impact driven companies across the UK.
Unlocking the UK’s tech talent potential
Our seventh in a series of thought leadership reports, Unlocking the UK’s tech talent potential, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of the skills and hiring trends, within the UK tech sector.
Exploring the UK’s engineering biology companies
Our sixth in a series of thought leadership reports, Exploring the UK’s engineering biology companies, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of the diverse and dynamic components that make up the subsector.
Unlocking access to ecosystems
Our fifth in a series of thought leadership reports, Unlocking access to ecosystems, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of the UK’s high-growth ecosystems.
Understanding the UK's high-growth artificial intelligence companies
Our fourth in a series of thought leadership reports, Understanding the UK’s high-growth AI companies, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry.
A review of the UK's semiconductor clusters
Our third in a series of thought leadership reports, A review of the UK’s semiconductor clusters, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded the UK Government, to review the key investment trends, founder insights and growth opportunities within the UK ecosystem.
Unlocking investment:
Trends for high-growth companies
Our second in a series of thought leadership reports, Unlocking Investment: Trends for high-growth companies H1 2023, has been published in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a detailed view of investment trends for high-growth companies, across H1 ’23.
Decrypting the UK’s high-growth quantum technology companies
Our first in a series of thought leadership reports, Decrypting the UK’s high-growth quantum technology companies, has been created in partnership with Beauhurst and funded by the UK Government, to provide a deep dive into the nation’s quantum sector.
Unlocking Potential:
Closing the innovation gap in UK EnergyTech
Our expert driven report explores the opportunities and challenges within the energy sector and how fostering the right environment can facilitate innovation and the transition to a low carbon economy.
Unlocking Potential:
Educational roots of tech founders
We've taken a closer look at the educational background of tech founders to get a better understanding of the talent coming out of UK academia.
Unlocking Growth:
A view from the Black Founders’ tech community
In our latest report we hear from founders from Black Founder tech community about the challenges and opportunities facing them.
How AgriTech is key to reaching net zero food production
Our industry report, ‘How AgriTech is key to reaching net zero food production’, highlights the challenges the Agricultural sector and the food production supply chain is facing.
Unlocking Growth: The Age of AgeTech
This industry report has been created to build understanding of this increasingly important part of the HealthTech market. It considers the challenge of an ageing population and looks at how technology can be applied to create solutions that improve quality of life and health outcomes.
Unlocking Growth: Creating Tech Ecosystems to Stimulate Local Economies
This report, in partnership with Beauhurst, takes a deeper look at the vital role that local authorities and government initiatives outside of London play in creating thriving business communities to revitalise their local economies.
Unlocking Growth: Introduction to Funding
The funding landscape can be difficult to navigate, this report features insights from funding experts and takes a look at the options available, different ways of valuing your business to prepare for fundraising and how to present your business to potential investors.
Unlocking Growth: Going Global
This report takes a deep dive into the opportunities, challenges and support available to businesses looking to break onto the global stage.
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In this addendum to our Going Global report we take a look at the considerations and opportunities when exploring expansion into Canada and China.
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