Henry Whorwood is Head of Research & Consultancy at Beauhurst, the UK's leading company data platform. In this episode we welcomed Henry Whorwood to reflect on 2020 as a year for UK startup & scale-up fundraising. We specifically unpick the driving factors behind the UK fundraising market and explore data trends by both company size & sector. We also look to the future and predict what kind of year 2021 will be for fundraising and the impact this may have on you as a prospective fundraising founder. In detail we covered:

- The headline fundraising figures for 2020

- Assessing the factors influencing fundraising in 2020

- Analysis for first time fundraisers

- Fundraising sentiment today & outlook for 2021

- Early stage vs later stage fundraising trends