{"id":1185383,"date":"2026-09-04T04:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T04:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1185383\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T04:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T04:30:29","slug":"london-listed-molten-ventures-joins-race-to-run-burnham-backed-1bn-tech-fund-mkfm-106-3fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1185383\/","title":{"rendered":"London-listed Molten Ventures joins race to run Burnham-backed \u00a31bn tech fund – MKFM 106.3FM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Molten Ventures, the London-listed investor in early-stage technology companies, has joined the race to manage a \u00a31bn government-backed fund focused on Britain\u2019s most promising scale-ups.\n <\/p>\n

Sky News understands that Molten Ventures, which has a market capitalisation of about \u00a31.15bn, is among the applicants to manage the UK’s new Scale Up Fund.<\/p>\n

Funded by a group of pension<\/strong> schemes including LPPI, Border To Coast, Railpen and Nest, the new vehicle has drawn attention from some of the City’s biggest names.<\/p>\n

Last month, Sky News reported that M&G Investments and Schroders were among those vying to manage the Scale Up Fund.<\/p>\n

The emergence of their involvement sparked opposition from the tech community, members of which argued that a specialist early-stage investor would be better-suited to manage a fund which wants to identify the country’s most promising science and technology companies.<\/p>\n

The new fund has won the backing of ministers, with Andy Burnham<\/strong> claiming that it would “help unlock good growth in every postcode, connecting pension investment with the entrepreneurs and technologies that will reindustrialise Britain and create the jobs of the future”.<\/p>\n

A source close to Molten Ventures said running the Scale Up Fund was consistent with its broader strategy.<\/p>\n

A successful applicant is expected to be picked by the state-owned British Business Bank as soon as this month.<\/p>\n

The Scale Up Fund’s formation comes at a time of renewed concerns about an exodus of successful UK start-ups which either sell to overseas strategic buyers or relocate abroad to access growth capital more easily.<\/p>\n

The chancellor, John Healey, said in July: “We have the third largest venture capital market in the world and this new \u00a31bn fund will mean more British money to back British scale-ups and better returns for pension savers.”<\/p>\n

A similar EU vehicle, called Scale Up Europe, is being managed by the Stockholm-based investment giant EQT.<\/p>\n

Molten Ventures declined to comment.<\/p>\n

\n \"Sky\n <\/p>\n

\n (c) Sky News 2026: London-listed Molten Ventures joins race to run Burnham-backed \u00a31bn tech fund<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Molten Ventures, the London-listed investor in early-stage technology companies, has joined the race to manage a \u00a31bn 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