Enterprise Capital Funds Programme

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth, early stage, businesses.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 6 July 2026

• Type of support: Finance and Equity
• Business stage: Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
• Industry: Agriculture and food, Business and finance, Construction, Education and Health
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  Hospitality and catering, IT, digital and creative, Life Sciences, Science and technology, Service industries, Transport and distribution, Travel and leisure, and Wholesale and retail
• Number of employees: 0 to 9 employees and 10 to 249 employees
• Region: East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East and North West
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  South East, South West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber

Who’s it for

The Enterprise Capital Funds programme aims to increase access to growth capital for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that struggle to secure equity investment.

The programme offer support by:

• Providing equity investment
• Bridging the equity gap
• Supporting early-stage and scale-up businesses
• Attracting private investment

Organiser

British Business Bank

on the British Business Bank website

Published 6 July 2026