Our VC Supporters Scheme
Supporting the Startup Investor Community
Ensuring early, venture and growth investors can engage directly with policymakers on their key issues
What We Do
Raising and accessing finance is the lifeblood of any startup’s journey. That is why Startup Coalition has the back of the startup investor community. We ensure that early, venture and growth investors are able to engage directly with policymakers on their key issues, are provided regular and insightful intelligence about policy developments, and are able to provide their portfolio with government relations and public affairs support on-demand.
Our Services
Events
Developing the relationships and getting regular contact with the right policymakers, officials and regulators isn’t easy.
We have deep links across Westminster – policymakers and officials not only value us – they think our events are fun.
We will run regular events for supporters to put them with people who trust them because they trust us.
Intelligence
We hear things that others don’t. That means better intel to guide your portfolio and your future investments.
We will send out a regular policy reports which will only include key policy developments and our analysis.
No spam – just the stuff you need.
Portfolio Support
Government Relations is niche.
We’re good at it – and we can support your portfolio with:
- →Advice on how to advocate effectively.
- →Where relevant, input on how to frame arguments ahead of individual meetings.
- →Support for startups building out their internal policy functions.
Key Issues We Fight For
We fight for the issues that matter to those investing in the startup ecosystem.
Fighting for VCs
VC needs a clear policy identity distinct from PE – framed as fundamental to the ecosystem and UK growth potential. This ensures you avoid damaging tax and policy changes.
Making Running Funds Easier
Whether it’s increasing institutional capital allocation or fixing assurance rules – there’s low hanging fruit that could make the lives of VCs easier.
Championing Emerging Managers
A diverse range of VCs is a policy problem as well as a cultural one. It’s too hard to set up and raise a fund. That means fixing FCA rules, opening up VC as an asset class and broadening the LPs on offer.
Creating Liquidity and Exits
To create more cyclical capital in the UK, we need a better exit environment – such as on listings, simple exits via M&A, and a better model for secondary markets (with regulation to do it).