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THE ANNUAL SCALEUP REVIEW
NOVEMBER 2018
The ScaleUp Institute is a private sector-
led, not-for-profit organisation focused on
collaborating with policy makers, corporates,
finance players, educators and government at a
local and national level.
Our mission is to help the UK to become the
best place in the world to grow a business as
well as start one, and enable our existing high-
growth businesses to scale up even further.
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Forewords
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Kelly Tolhurst MP
Small Business Minister and Scale Up Champion
for Government
6
Sherry Coutu, Chair, ScaleUp Institute
Executive overview
12
Irene Graham, CEO, ScaleUp Institute
Chapter One
28 Scaleup business landscape
Including update on numbers and 2018 survey analysis
Chapter Two
68 Leading programmes breaking down the barriers for scaleups
How national and international ecosystem actors are leaning in
to engage with scaleups leading case studies and insights.
Chapter Three
130 The local scaleup ecosystem
Driving UK economic growth through scaleup ecosystems