UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2026
For the headline 2002-2021 vintage period, UK venture capital funds generated a pooled TVPI multiple of 1.78, matching the US (1.78) and exceeding the rest of Europe (1.67).
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For the headline 2002-2021 vintage period, UK venture capital funds generated a pooled TVPI multiple of 1.78, matching the US (1.78) and exceeding the rest of Europe (1.67).
The UK VC investment market represented 0.68% of GDP over 2022-2024, trailing the US ratio of 0.73% of GDP, resulting in an overall GDP-adjusted investment gap of 10%.
Across the 2002–2019 vintage cohort, UK venture capital funds generated a pooled TVPI of 1.87 and a pooled DPI of 0.72, compared to 2.01 TVPI and 1.06 DPI in the US, and 1.96 TVPI and 0.81 DPI in the rest of Europe.