Can the LGPS help tackle the UK’s venture scale-up challenge?

18 August 2026 by Andrew Holt

Can a new £1bn scale-up fund backed by three LGPS pools help attract more institutional backing for UK venture capital?

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Earlier this summer, a new £1bn scale-up fund was launched with much hullabaloo with the support of three LGPS pools: Border to Coast, LPPI

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