‘Sigh of relief’ as Healey woos British founders with £10m tax break Tech Britain’s startup founders have welcomed a sweeping package of tax breaks in John Healey’s first Budget, but investors warned that the Chancellor’s attempt to keep the country’s most promising businesses at home will fall short without more capital to help them grow. At the centre of Wednesday’s announcement was a new Founders’ Relief, offering entrepreneurs [...]
Antler bets on the UK’s next generation of founders with its London-based residency Business Antler’s latest London residency opened this week with 80 founders in a single room, selected from roughly 10,000 applicants, each receiving a £500,000 commitment to build a company from scratch over eight weeks. Fewer than one in a hundred applicants make it through the selection process, which the early-stage investor weights heavily towards individual character, [...]