Mercia12What does this report cover?
This report analyses all equity investment in non-listed UK
companies between 1 July – 30 September 2017.
Why equity investment?
Beauhurst tracks the UK’s non-listed high-growth
companies. The majority of these companies have raised
equity finance to fuel their growth. By looking at equity
fundraising activity across the UK, we’re able to see the
emerging trends and patterns from the perspective of
investors and the businesses themselves.
2011 Q12011 Q22011 Q32011 Q42012 Q12012 Q22012 Q32012 Q42013 Q12013 Q22013 Q32013 Q42014 Q12014 Q22014 Q32014 Q42015 Q12015 Q22015 Q32015 Q42016 Q12016 Q22016 Q32016 Q42017 Q12017 Q22017 Q3Deals and amount invested (£) by quarter
The Deal Q3 2017
Amount invested
-2.04%
Number of deals
+ 11.83%
Crowdfunding deals
+21.62%
Average deal size
-13.17%
£2.05b
397
88
£6.66m
Key figures compared with Q2 2017
2011 Q32012 Q12012 Q32013 Q12013 Q32014 Q12014 Q32015 Q12015 Q32016 Q12016 Q32017 Q10
50
100
150
200
Number of deals by stage of evolution
2011 Q32012 Q12012 Q32013 Q12013 Q32014 Q12014 Q32015 Q12015 Q32016 Q12016 Q32017 Q1£0M
£500M
£1,000M
Amount invested (£) by stage of evolution
Seed
Venture
Growth
2011 Q12011 Q22011 Q32011 Q42012 Q12012 Q22012 Q32012 Q42013 Q12013 Q22013 Q32013 Q42014 Q12014 Q22014 Q32014 Q42015 Q12015 Q22015 Q32015 Q42016 Q12016 Q22016 Q32016 Q42017 Q12017 Q22017 Q3Percentage share of deals by investment bracket
Investment Bracket
£10m+
£5m to £9.99m
£2m to £4.99m
£1m to £1.99m
£500k to £999k
Up to £499k
2016 Q3
2017 Q3
PropTech
Robotics
eHealth
EdTech
Digital
security
Big data
Big data
Artificial
Intelligence
Artificial
Intelligence
AdTech
AdTech
FinTech
FinTech
Number of deals, selected sectors
TrueSpeed
£75M
The Hut Group
£125M
Revolut
£51M
Replimune
£42M
Deliveroo
£285M
Options
£78M
Neyber
£115M
Darktrace
£58M
Autolus
£60M
The biggest deals of Q3 2017
2011 Q2
2012 Q2
2013 Q2
2014 Q2
2015 Q2
2016 Q2
2017 Q2
£0M
£50M
£100M
£150M
£200M
£250M
£300M
£350M
£400M
Hillarys Blinds
FlexEnable
Deliveroo
Deliveroo
FarFetch
Improba