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The Founder Gazette
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Filed under: british business bank

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Startup news

Molten raises £175m growth fund, £75m of it from the state

The British Business Bank has cornerstoned Molten Ventures' new scale-up fund with £75m. Molten wants to double the fund to £350m.

200 · 8 September 2026
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British Business Bank puts £46m into Zinc's £70m science fund

The state-backed lender is committing up to £46m through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme to a pre-seed fund that intends to help start 80 deeptech companies. What it will not yet say is how founders get in.

183 · 4 September 2026
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Start Up Loans hits £100m to London's female founders

The British Business Bank has confirmed 10,853 loans to female-founded businesses in the capital — and quietly reopened the scheme to firms that have been trading for up to five years.

140 · 25 August 2026
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Treasury puts £100m into regional and first-time VC funds

The second tranche of the £400m Investor Pathways Capital Initiative goes to early-stage funds outside London. Who gets the cheques has not been named.

18 · 8 August 2026