Pulse for councils, growth hubs and economic development teams
Reliable local figures on startup investment in your area
Economic development teams need trustworthy local figures on startup investment. Pulse measures every round raised by companies in your area, by sector and stage, including the ones nobody announced.
- Rounds in two years
- 18,676
- Raised in two years
- £3523.49bn
- Median round
- £176k
What councils, growth hubs and economic development teams use it for
Measure your ecosystem
Track investor-backed companies, rounds and amounts raised across your region and towns.
See who invests locally
Understand which funds, platforms and angel networks back companies in your area.
Spot gaps
Find sectors and stages where local companies struggle to raise, to shape programmes and funds.
Questions you can ask
Ask Pulse answers plain-English questions from Pulse’s own data, with links to the companies and investors behind each answer. For example:
- How much did startups in Leeds raise in the last two years?
- Which sectors in the West Midlands have the most first rounds?
- Which investors back the most companies in Wales?
Questions
Is location where the company operates?
It's the company's registered office, which is usually but not always where it works.
Can we use the figures in reports?
Yes, with credit to Pulse. Aggregate figures are fine to publish; don't republish the underlying lists.
Where does the data come from?
From official UK company records, which Pulse cleans, matches, values and connects with its own intelligence engine. Amounts and valuations are Pulse estimates: a strong guide, not audited figures.