UK pension providers in talks for £1bn Scale-Up Fund
THE SO WHAT
If £1bn of UK pension money gets earmarked for “scale-up” rather than late-stage buyouts, the bar for domestic growth equity rounds moves. Founders in the UK should be tightening governance and reporting now — pension capital comes with institutional expectations and slower, more process-heavy decision cycles.
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