1、UK Exit 502025Data partner:In partnership with:1contentsCover images(top to bottom right):Will Shu(Deliveroo),Poppy Gustafsson(Darktrace),&Eben Upton(Raspberry Pi)03Foreword IBy Carolyn Dawson,CEO,Founders Forum Group04Foreword IIBy Carly Burrows,Head of Corporate Finance,HSBC Innovation Banking UK0
2、5Introducing the UK Exit 50Meet the Exit 50|Top Exits|Investment Trends10The UK Exit 50The Most Successful UK Tech Exits,2024-25Including interviews with:Eben Upton(RaspberryPi),Husayn Kassai(Onfido),Martin Adams(Metaphysic),Poppy Gustafsson(Darktrace),Tom Grogan(Wingstop UK),Will Shu(Deliveroo).43Y
3、our Essential Exit GuidePlanning|Deal Time|Life After ExitFeaturing:Chris Morton(Lyst),Lord Michael Spencer(ICAP/NEX Group),Nick Jenkins(Moonpig),Rayna Patel(Vinehealth).65Methodology66Stay in TouchThe UK Exit 502The UK Exit 50FOREWORD IThe UK creates world-class tech companies but struggles to prov
4、ide the exit opportunities to fuel their next phases of growth.The UK Exit 50 exists to change this narrative.At Founders Forum Group,we support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys through the power of connections,knowledge sharing,and talent opportunities.Through Tech Nation,and backed b
5、y our founding partner HSBC Innovation Banking,we run pioneering growth programmes that help startups scale from seed to success story including Climate,Libra,Upscale,Future Fifty,Creo,and Rising Stars.In the past two decades,weve witnessed many of the UKs most successful exit stories firsthand.Demi
6、s Hassabis pitched DeepMind at Founders Forum Global just months before selling to Google for 400m.Taavet Hinrikus did the same with Wise before listing on the London Stock Exchange at a valuation of$11b.Our Tech Nation alumni have raised over 16.3b and include more than 30%of all UK unicorns Darktr