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Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
Government to discuss with venture capitalists how to work best with them to harness their ideas, adopt transformative technologies and address various challenges.
The Science and Technology Venture Capital Fellowship is a career development programme for investment professionals with a focus on science and technology.
Find out if your proposal to raise investments could qualify for a venture capital scheme and what you need to apply for advance assurance.
Information on the different types of Venture Capital Schemes and how they work.
Externally commissioned mixed methods evaluations of Venture Capital Schemes.
Find out about tax reliefs available to individuals who invest in certain companies, social enterprises, or Venture Capital Trusts.
Statistics on the number of investors claiming tax relief on their VCT investments.
Find out how to raise money for research, development or innovation using the Enterprise Investment Scheme or a Venture Capital Trust.
Quantitative and qualitative research into the use and impact of the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts
Information on the number of investors claiming VCT relief and the amount of investment on which relief was claimed in 2021 to 2022.
If your company wishes to use a venture capital scheme to encourage investment, it must meet the permanent establishment condition.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
This Tax Information and Impact Note explains how the government will limit the use of converted Venture Capital Trusts share premium accounts to return capital to investors within the next 3 years.
Report on a study to inform BIS on how publicly-backed equity funds that they support can work more effectively and efficiently together, and…
Information on the number of Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) and amount of funds raised in 2021 to 2022, along with the number of investors claiming VCT relief in 2020 to 2021.
This tax information and impact note is about changes to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) scheme.
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