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Ian Merricks
Ian Merricks
Ian began as an entrepreneur, founding a digital media group; raising private, VC and trade investment and securing an exit. He went on to build The Accelerator Network and White Horse Capital, advising on 80+ Series A-B tech investment deals, supporting over £650m of growth capital transactions for high growth companies. In 2023 he launched VenturePath – The Scaleup Investment Community, connecting £7bn of Series A-B VCs with scaleups.
Founders are twice as confident in their ability to scale than to raise VC funding.

UK founders back themselves. But will anyone else back them?

Ian Merricks
Mar 10 '26
Founders are twice as confident in their ability to scale than to raise VC funding
Scaling up: Regional readiness recommendations

Scaling up: Regional readiness recommendations

Ian Merricks
Jun 30 '25
Every regional scaling business should have the same opportunities to access growth capital and expertise as their London counterparts
An upbeat assessment of scaling in the UK in 2025, what’s really going on with VCs and how better trained companies can better raise scaleup investment.

Train better to scale better

Ian Merricks
Apr 11 '25
An upbeat assessment of scaling in the UK in 2025, what’s really going on with VCs and how better trained companies can better raise scaleup investment
Scaling successfully with investment in 2025

Scaling successfully with investment in 2025

Ian Merricks
Feb 11 '25
In 2024 90% of seed-funded businesses failed to raise VC funding; and here’s why