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British Business Bank
Sovereign Wealth Fund · Founded 2014 · Sheffield, United Kingdom
A government-owned business development bank committed to enhancing financial markets for small businesses
The funds British Business Bank backs.
British Business Bank is a limited partner in 98 funds. 9 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.
British Business Bank’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of British Business Bank’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 5 companies where British Business Bank is a named shareholder, worth about $169M in estimated equity value.
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Quantexa
2.98%
$2.6B
$77M
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Thought Machine
1.85%
$3.6B
$66M
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XR Games
38.06%
$47M
$18M
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Accurx
2.26%
$250M
$6M
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Wheely
2.54%
$90M
$2M
Estimated value = British Business Bank’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Where British Business Bank’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 91 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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UK89
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Finland1
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Poland1
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Health27
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Enterprise Software12
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Energy9
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Fintech9
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Robotics8
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Education4
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Marketing4
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Security4
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Space4
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Legal3
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Food2
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Jobs Recruitment2
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Seed41
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Series A27
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Series B+19
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Early Growth49
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Breakout Stage23
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Late Growth18
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Mature1
Inside British Business Bank’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 91 tracked.
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1nWhere British Business Bank’s portfolio founders come from.
127 founders across the 91 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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United Kingdom115
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Australia3
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Finland2
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Poland2
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Canada1
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Italy1
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Spain1
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University of Cambridge16
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University of Oxford7
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London School of Economics and Political Science6
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University of Strathclyde4
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Cranfield University3
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London Business School3
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University of Bristol3
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University of Edinburgh3
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University of Nottingham3
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University of Surrey3
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EY4
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HP Enterprise3
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IBM3
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Lloyds Banking Group3
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University of Bristol3
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University of Cambridge3
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University of Exeter3
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Accenture2
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Alphabet | Google2
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Andor Technology2
Similar LPs.
Other sovereign wealth funds in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to British Business Bank by combined power-law score, with the assets each one manages and how many VC funds it backs.
Key people at British Business Bank.
