50% of Britain’s scaleups expect to raise finance this year 25 May 2021 This is despite the £15bn funding gap identified by the Scaleup Institute between what scaleups need for investment and what’s available Half of the UK’s 30,000 plus scaleups expect to raise finance this year, either through debt or equity. But 40 per cent of scaleups perceive that there is not enough capital available to meet their growth needs, according to a Scaleup Institute survey. Last summer the Scaleup Institute identified a £15bn funding gap between what Britain’s fast-growth businesses need and what is actually available. Other countries have much greater pools of institutional finance going into the entrepreneurial economy.