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British Business Bank
UK government development bank; £6.6bn direct-investment mandate active from April 2026.
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#513 May
Anchored Lansdowne VC fund as lead LP
UK Startups and Innovation: Lansdowne hits €128.9m on BBB-anchored fund#413 May
Mentioned in: National Wealth Fund writes first defence cheque
UK Startups and Innovation#512 May
Mentioned in: Fractile lands NATO and CIA chip cash
UK Startups and Innovation#412 May
Mentioned in: Paymentology raises $175m for card issuance expansion
UK Startups and Innovation#412 May
Deployed £13m via British Growth Partnership Fund I and core balance sheet in Elliptic Series D — first dual-instrument BBB deal
UK Startups and Innovation: Elliptic closes $120m crypto compliance round#511 May
Marked NPIF II second anniversary and confirmed £275m deployment to 400+ Northern businesses
UK Startups and Innovation: NPIF II hits £275m across 449 Northern deals#47 May
Deployed £40m as cornerstone investor in Quantum Motion Series C, its largest direct mandate cheque to date
UK Startups and Innovation: BBB puts £40m into quantum hardware#45 May
Contributed £12m to Cytospire Therapeutics Series A as direct mandate co-investment
UK Startups and Innovation: Cytospire's £61m oncology Series A oversubscribed#330 Apr
Mentioned in: Online Oceans surfaces £4m maritime raise
UK Startups and Innovation#329 Apr
Mentioned in: Third Space Learning raises £4.4m for Skye
UK Startups and Innovation#329 Apr
Mentioned in: All3 lands $25m for agentic defence factories
UK Startups and Innovation#327 Apr
Co-invested in Ineffable Intelligence seed round
UK Startups and Innovation: Ineffable lands $1.1bn seed, SAIU rides minority#221 Apr
Mentioned in: FCA and PRA cut SM&CR certification by 15%
UK Startups and Innovation#213 Apr
Mentioned in: VCTs hit £917.7m record, brace for 65% fall
UK Startups and Innovation#213 Apr
Mentioned in: UK Q1 VC hits $7.8bn, Nscale dwarfs rest
UK Startups and Innovation#16 Apr
Received £6.6bn additional mandate and began leading venture rounds directly
UK Startups and Innovation: Business Bank begins direct startup investment#16 Apr
#25 Apr
Mentioned in: EMI reform quadruples the scaleup thresholds
UK Startups and Innovation#11 Jan