{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"gb-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/gb-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/gb-vc-investment-seed/","title":"United Kingdom Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"United Kingdom's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 515.3 USD millions in 2025, -2.2% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","United Kingdom","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"United Kingdom","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"United Kingdom Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"United Kingdom"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"United Kingdom (2025)","value":"515.3","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-2.2% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-2.2%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"United Kingdom Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":25.898937660243007},{"period":"2008","value":11.533811462209203},{"period":"2009","value":16.75991484574334},{"period":"2010","value":16.188816734107732},{"period":"2011","value":52.733403404360494},{"period":"2012","value":11.454494866575466},{"period":"2013","value":12.184115091947191},{"period":"2014","value":49.78244471244734},{"period":"2015","value":171.28108641549912},{"period":"2016","value":42.98995826355405},{"period":"2017","value":150.51542098964114},{"period":"2018","value":110.68857477414794},{"period":"2019","value":191.37508479179775},{"period":"2020","value":207.94620119281706},{"period":"2021","value":295.140034914967},{"period":"2022","value":345.77039590679885},{"period":"2023","value":239.94081741053552},{"period":"2024","value":526.9547642356167},{"period":"2025","value":515.3141190398362}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"515.3","yoyChange":"-2.2%"},{"year":"2024","value":"527.0","yoyChange":"+119.6%"},{"year":"2023","value":"239.9","yoyChange":"-30.6%"},{"year":"2022","value":"345.8","yoyChange":"+17.2%"},{"year":"2021","value":"295.1","yoyChange":"+41.9%"},{"year":"2020","value":"207.9","yoyChange":"+8.7%"},{"year":"2019","value":"191.4","yoyChange":"+72.9%"},{"year":"2018","value":"110.7","yoyChange":"-26.5%"},{"year":"2017","value":"150.5","yoyChange":"+250.1%"},{"year":"2016","value":"43.0","yoyChange":"-74.9%"},{"year":"2015","value":"171.3","yoyChange":"+244.1%"},{"year":"2014","value":"49.8","yoyChange":"+308.6%"},{"year":"2013","value":"12.2","yoyChange":"+6.4%"},{"year":"2012","value":"11.5","yoyChange":"-78.3%"},{"year":"2011","value":"52.7","yoyChange":"+225.7%"},{"year":"2010","value":"16.2","yoyChange":"-3.4%"},{"year":"2009","value":"16.8","yoyChange":"+45.3%"},{"year":"2008","value":"11.5","yoyChange":"-55.5%"},{"year":"2007","value":"25.9","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in United Kingdom from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 527 USD millions in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 11.5 in 2012. The latest reading of 515.3 in 2025 represents a change of -2.2%."}]}