Since lockdown began Plexal and Beauhurst, the UK’s leading database for fast-growth companies, have analysed nearly 30,000 startups to understand investment activity. And our latest research from our Startup Tracker has found that 1,067 startups in the UK have filed for administration, liquidation or dissolution since lockdown began. Following artificially low filings between April and […]
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Latest startup data: overall investment is down by 50% and seed-stage startups are being hit hardest
Plexal has teamed up with research company Beauhurst to analyse how the lockdown and COVID-19 is affecting UK businesses. And our latest data, which covers the period from 23 March until 18 May, shows that the pandemic is hitting seed-stage startups hardest. Overall, there were 35% fewer deals and a 50% drop in funding compared […]