"British investor and entrepreneur Matt Haycox has spent more than two decades helping business owners secure the capital they need to grow. From launching leisure ventures in his early twenties to rebuilding after financial collapse, his career has made him one of the UK's most candid voices on funding and business resilience. Today, he bridges the space between founders and finance through his lending and advisory platform Funding Guru and his direct mentoring work with entrepreneurs."
"According to the British Business Bank's Small Business Equity Tracker (2025), there were 382 equity deals completed in the first quarter of 2025 worth roughly £2.3 billion, which is down 13% year on year, but with larger average cheque sizes. That concentration trend echoes global data from Crunchbase's Global Venture Report, which recorded $97 billion in VC deployment during Q3 2025, up 15% year on year, yet with deal counts down 29%. Investors, in other words, are backing fewer but stronger opportunities."
Matt Haycox is a British investor and entrepreneur with more than two decades helping business owners secure growth capital. He launched leisure ventures in his early twenties and rebuilt after financial collapse, developing candid expertise on funding and business resilience. He operates a lending and advisory platform, Funding Guru, and mentors entrepreneurs directly. His model emphasizes access paired with accountability and focuses on making founders funding-ready by clarifying their propositions. Market data show fewer but larger equity deals and concentrated VC deployment, while many UK SMEs cite cash flow and profitability concerns. Haycox translates investor requirements and data expectations into practical preparation for founders.
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