1、ContentsMethodologyOverviewKey findingsHeadline funding figures 2024Regional trendsStages of evolutionIndustriesIndustry spotlight:Artificial intelligenceFounder genderDeal sizesTop 10 biggest announced deals of the yearValuationsInvestorsUnannounced dealsTop 10 biggest unannounced deals of the year

2、CreditsAbout Beauhurst303104060810121416182021222425262805Foreword3The Deal 2024MethodologyData for the report was collected by Beauhurst and finalised on 27 January 2025.Data for this reports top 10 unannounced deals was collected and accurate on 8 January 2025.The report looks at all equity invest

3、ments received by private companies headquartered in the UK,in all industries.Equity rounds are found by monitoring thousands of investment sources.Beauhurst also maintains relationships with hundreds of investors to receive information about their portfolio companies.In this context,equity investme

4、nt refers to the issuance and sale of new shares by a company to fund its growth.To be included in the analysis of announced deals,an investment must be:Dated between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2024.Publicly announced.Some form of equity investment.Secured by a non-listed UK company.To be includ

5、ed in the analysis of unannounced deals,an investment must be:Dated between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2024.Unannounced before 8 January 2025.Some form of equity investment.Secured by a non-listed UK company.The following types of companies are not covered in this report:Non-UK companies.Purely

6、not-for-profit companies.Companies whose shares have been listed on a stock exchange.Companies that are majority-owned by a fund or another company.Project companies,like those formed to create a film,stage a play,or to undertake a property project.The main analysis of this report focuses on announc