Research on Equity Markets – March 2015

The report offers a wide-ranging view of the market for equity investment in smaller businesses, covering:

• the reasons for seeking equity
• recent trends
• longer-term features and market failures
• exits and returns
• the role of Government institutions.

The 'Equity Tracker', published alongside the report, brings together investment from different sources (such as funds, angels, and crowdfunding platforms) into a 'whole of market' view of early-stage equity investment. An additional equity crowdfunding report represents a separate strand of the Equity Tracker project, which utilises the detailed data for a ‘deep dive’ into one aspect of the funding environment. The report, tracker and equity crowdfunding report can be downloaded below. 

Download the Equity Report (.pdf - 1.95 MB) 

Download the Equity Tracker (.pdf - 1.37 MB)