Enterprise Capital Fund

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Enterprise Capital Fund is a British government financial programme that provides venture capital funding to Start-up companies that is operated by the British Business Bank.

It was established in 2006 by the UK governments Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the United Kingdom to address a market weakness in the provision of equity finance to UKs small and medium enterprises (SMEs).[1]

Government funding is used alongside private sector funds to establish funds that operate within the "equity gap"; targeting investments of up to £5 million that have the potential to provide a good commercial return.[2]

  1. ^ "BIS page Enterprise capital funds". Department of Business Innovation & Skills. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Enterprise Capital Funds programme". British Business Bank. Retrieved June 22, 2024.