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22 May 2025

Civiteq’s Journey to Private Equity and Public Sector Growth | The Scale-Up Story

Discover how Civiteq secured private equity investment to fuel its public sector expansion— Tony Summers shares the real highs, lows, and lessons from navigating funding as a tech SME in this candid Scale-Up Story.

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11 Jul 2025

The London Stock Exchange outline how the Private Securities Market could unlock UK tech company liquidity

Guest blog by Tom Simmons, Director, Private Markets Development, London Stock Exchange. Tom outlines how the London Stock Exchange is looking to launch a new market – The Private Securities Market - its venue for PISCES that will support tech businesses with unlocking liquidity when they need it, on their terms.

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09 Apr 2025

The Growth Conundrum: How to marry startups, VC's and marketing agencies?

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#SCALEUPin60

In this short video series, industry leaders, investors, and decision-makers share real, actionable advice to help you navigate growth, funding, and sales. No fluff, just insights you can use. Watch and unlock the strategies to take your business further.

💰 Investing in diverse founders & entrepreneurs

To increase awareness of the funding gap, we invited techUK members to submit blogs and videos as part of our diversity, inclusion, and equity campaign, #TechTogether. Read all the blogs below:

13 Mar 2025

Tailored support for women entrepreneurs to enter international trade

Women-led businesses will receive more help to sell overseas after a study found Scotland could benefit from billions of pounds in extra trade.

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13 Mar 2025

Female and diverse founders in the UK

While female and diverse founders face significant challenges in securing investment, their resilience and innovation continue to drive change in the entrepreneurial landscape.

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11 Mar 2025

CrossWorkers is Blending Europe & Africa’s Inclusive Leadership

At CrossWorkers, we do more than IT outsourcing, we build a workplace where cultures, expertise, and innovation come together.

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11 Mar 2025

Scaling With Ambition: How Diversity Fuels the Future of Tech Scale-up Success

Tech scale-ups are increasingly recognised as critical drivers of the UK government's mission to drive economic growth

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10 Mar 2025

Closing the Funding Gap: 3 Practical Ways Investors Can Drive Diversity

Not every founder has equal access to funding opportunities and while improvements have been made in recent years, there is still a long way to go.

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10 Mar 2025

Entrepreneur and Investor’s Guide: Immigration in Due Diligence

Due diligence traditionally covers business operations, finances, intellectual property laws, and litigation risks. However, immigration needs to start being considered

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01 Oct 2024

The dual experience of women in tech

Check out AND Digital’s report into the experience of women working in technology.

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Ed Bevan

Head of SME Engagement, techUK

Ed is Head of SME Engagement and is responsible for shaping techUK’s proposition to our SMEs across the country, ensuring our policy work, market access activity and services benefit the SME community.

Prior to working at techUK, Ed worked in the at the Department for International Trade, engaging with a variety of businesses, particularly SMEs, to understand the benefits of Free Trade Agreements and act as case studies in press and social media. Ed has also worked in policy and public affairs within the voluntary sector, namely the Alzheimer’s Society and the Men’s Health Forum.

Ed holds a MA in International Relations from Leiden University, and in his spare time enjoys spending time with his son, travelling, and visiting historical sites.

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Stephanie Barr

Programme Manager, SME Engagement and Nations & Regions, techUK

Stephanie is the Programme Manager for SME Engagement and Nations & Regions at techUK.

Working across the two programmes, Stephanie develops activities to support the growth and development of tech SMEs and engages with members and stakeholders more broadly to help strengthen regional tech economies.

Prior to joining techUK, Stephanie worked for a political events company and as a Senior Caseworker for an MP. She holds an MA (HONS) in Politics from the University of Glasgow.

Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys travelling, climbing and playing squash.

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