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Top Growth-Stage Startup Funding Programmes

38 startup funding programmes ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

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Between them, the 19 best-ranked of these 38 startup funding programmes cover seed stage (6), fund of funds (2) and series a (2). They also list work in United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. 19 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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  1. C

    Crowdcube

    Series A · Also in United Kingdom

    Private-market investment platform connecting high-growth private companies with high-net-worth and retail investors in more than 120 countries, running both primary capital raises…

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  2. DF

    Dubai Future District Fund

    Fund of Funds · Seed Stage · Also in Dubai

    Dubai's evergreen venture capital fund of funds, anchored by DIFC and the Dubai Future Foundation with an initial AED 1 billion.

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  3. ED

    Emirates Development Bank (EDB)

    Also in United Arab Emirates

    Federal UAE development bank that finances startups and SMEs in five priority sectors (startup loans up to AED 2 million), offers credit guarantees, and runs the AED 1 billion…

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  4. EC

    Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) programme

    Also in United Kingdom

    A British Business Bank programme that puts public money into privately managed venture capital funds (ECFs), which make equity investments in high-growth, early-stage UK small…

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  5. EI

    Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)

    Seed Stage · Also in United Kingdom

    HMRC tax relief scheme that helps UK trading companies raise equity from individual investors, who get 30% Income Tax relief on up to £1 million a year (£2 million where the amount…

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  6. FF

    Future Fund: Breakthrough

    Also in United Kingdom

    A £425m UK-wide British Patient Capital programme that co-invests equity alongside private investors in growth-stage, R&D-intensive UK companies in breakthrough technology sectors.

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  7. IU

    Innovate UK

    Seed Stage · Also in United Kingdom

    The UK's innovation agency, part of UKRI, which backs high-potential deep and hard tech businesses in Industrial Strategy priority sectors with grants, loans, expert support and…

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  8. IU

    Innovate UK Innovation Loans

    Also in United Kingdom

    Innovate UK loans of £100,000 to £5 million, covering up to 100% of eligible project costs, for single UK SMEs with highly innovative late-stage R&D projects in six Industrial…

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  9. MC

    Mubadala Capital Ventures (formerly Mubadala Ventures)

    Also in United Arab Emirates

    The venture platform of Mubadala Capital, part of Abu Dhabi's sovereign investor Mubadala.

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  10. NS

    National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)

    Seed Stage · Series A · Also in United Kingdom

    The UK government's deep tech venture capital fund for national security and defence.

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  11. RE

    Republic Europe

    Also in United Kingdom

    Republic's European equity crowdfunding platform, whose UK platform is run by FCA-regulated Seedrs Limited.

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  12. SI

    Sanabil Investments (Public Investment Fund)

    Also in Saudi Arabia

    PIF company that commits about $3 billion a year to private investments, including venture and growth capital.

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  13. SB

    Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program

    Also in United States of America

    SBA licenses and regulates privately managed investment funds (SBICs) and lets them add SBA-guaranteed borrowing to their private capital; the SBICs then invest debt and equity in…

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  14. VC

    Venture Capital Trust (VCT) scheme

    Seed Stage · Also in United Kingdom

    HMRC-approved investment companies (VCTs) that raise money from individual investors and invest it in, or lend it to, unlisted qualifying trading companies.

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  15. FO

    Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)

    Fund of Funds · Also in Delhi NCR

    DPIIT's Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds, managed by SIDBI, puts money into SEBI-registered alternative investment funds that must invest at least twice that amount in startups.

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  16. TN

    Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund (TNESSF)

    Also in India

    A SEBI-registered alternative investment fund set up as a Government of Tamil Nadu policy initiative, sponsored by TIDCO and TIDEL and managed by TNIFMC; it invests INR 3 to 10…

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  17. BB

    British Business Bank

    Also in United Kingdom

    The UK's economic development bank, wholly owned by government and headquartered in Sheffield.

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  18. KF

    Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development

    Also in Abu Dhabi

    Not-for-profit economic development fund of the Government of Abu Dhabi, set up in 2007.

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  19. SV

    Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC)

    Seed Stage · Also in Saudi Arabia

    State-owned investment company, part of the SME Bank under the National Development Fund, that backs startups and SMEs by investing in private capital funds and investing in…

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