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grow your business
Find finance options for your business
Why do you need finance?
To acquire another company or business
To acquire new assets (e.g. equipment or machinery)
To buy out a founder or shareholder
To develop a new product or service
To fund expansion (e.g. increase marketing spend)
To fund overseas expansion (e.g. exports)
To get Seed Finance
To increase working capital
To recruit or train staff
To refinance or restructure the business
To start a new business
The British Business Bank is a Government-owned, independently-run development bank that’s helped more
than 126,000 growing businesses find the right finance option to help them reach their next
ambition.
Our Finance Hub has been built to help businesses understand and discover the finance options that could
enable them to grow.
Success stories
APPLIED FOR
ANGEL FINANCE
Exonate Limited raised £1m in Angel Investment to develop life-changing eye drops.
APPLIED FOR
CROWDFUNDING
Den has raised more than £2.5m through Crowdfunding rounds to hire staff and develop its products.
APPLIED FOR
VENTURE CAPITAL
LivingLens used Venture Capital investment to raise £2.5m to grow its team and expand into new markets.
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