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British Business Bank

British Business Bank

Sheffield, Englandbritish-business-bank.co.uk

Overview

The British Business Bank is a state-owned economic development bank established by the UK Government. Its aim is to increase the supply of credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as providing business advice services. The bank does not lend to SMEs directly, but instead works with other financial institutions to increase access to funding.

Year Founded

2014

Portfolio Companies

278

Investments

British Business Bank investments
CompanyDateStageLead
ICEYEFeb 2022Series DCo-investor
WayveFeb 2026Series DCo-investor
Ineffable IntelligenceApr 2026SeedCo-investor
Photonic IncNov 2023VC RoundCo-investor
Open CosmosSep 2026Series CCo-investor
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Key People

Tara Reeves

Non-Executive Director, BBB Investment Services Ltd

Carmine Circelli

Senior Director, Life Sciences BBB Direct Investments

Sector & Stage Mix

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Investment Activity

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FAQ

Where is British Business Bank based?

British Business Bank is headquartered in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.

When was British Business Bank founded?

British Business Bank was founded in 2014.

How many portfolio companies does British Business Bank have?

British Business Bank has 278 portfolio companies in Caplight's dataset.

What are some companies in British Business Bank's portfolio?

Portfolio companies visible on Caplight include ICEYE, Wayve, Ineffable Intelligence, Photonic Inc, Open Cosmos.

What was British Business Bank's most recent investment shown here?

British Business Bank's most recent investment in this portfolio sample was in Open Cosmos in 2026.

What sectors does British Business Bank focus on?

British Business Bank focuses on Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Telecommunications & Networking, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, FinTech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Cybersecurity, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Telecommunications & Networking, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Cybersecurity, Telecommunications & Networking, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Telecommunications & Networking, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications & Networking, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications & Networking, Energy & Sustainability, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Telecommunications & Networking, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Telecommunications & Networking, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Energy & Sustainability, Telecommunications & Networking, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Telecommunications & Networking, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Telecommunications & Networking, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Energy & Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software.

What company stages does British Business Bank focus on?

British Business Bank typically invests at the MultiStage stage.

What is British Business Bank's AUM?

British Business Bank's assets under management are estimated between $10.0B and $100.0B.

Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSheffield, England
Year Founded2014

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