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SGI Consultants is the UK's premier business consultancy helping entrepreneurs and SMEs start, grow, and secure funding.

With 12+ years of proven success, we've helped 2,000+ businesses achieve their goals through our proprietary Business Success Formula We provide small businesses and startups with an affordable, value adding and flexible business consulting service which helps them overcome their challenges. Main services are business start-up advice, business plan writing and business growth planning and advice. Whatever stage you are in your business development we can help you reach your goals.

05/11/2026

Sector moves your pre-seed number far more than region does. Median raises in our Index run from £100k in retail and e-commerce to £960k in financial services. Find your sector's benchmark before you set the ask.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

The question founders ask me most often in a first meeting is how much they should raise. Usually they already have a number in mind, and that number

03/11/2026

How much should a UK start-up raise at pre-seed? Start from the milestones the money must buy, plan 18 to 24 months of runway, build the costs month by month, then test the number against your sector and region. Our five-step method, with the data.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

The question founders ask me most often in a first meeting is how much they should raise. Usually they already have a number in mind, and that number

30/10/2026

Wrote your business plan with AI? Find out if it will stand up to a funder before you send it. Our free health check scores your plan against 10 criteria a funder applies, within three working days. Free, one per business.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Business plans for UK bank and commercial lender applications from £25,000 to £5M. DSCR analysis, covenant testing and lender formatting. From £600.

29/10/2026

Your best first-cheque investors may not be in London. Old College Capital leads in Scotland, Techstart Ventures in Northern Ireland and Haatch in the East Midlands, according to our analysis of Companies House filings.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

When founders show me their first investor list, it usually reads like a roll call of the venture capital firms they have seen in the press. The problem

27/10/2026

Who writes the first cheque into UK start-ups? On the share registers of companies formed since 2023, SEIS and EIS funds, accelerators and scout programmes lead, not the big-name VCs. SFC Capital tops the list on 113 companies.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

When founders show me their first investor list, it usually reads like a roll call of the venture capital firms they have seen in the press. The problem

22/10/2026

The typical UK start-up formed in 2023-25 has raised an estimated £250k in total, and half raised £250k or less, the SEIS limit. The rounds that make the news sit in the top tail of the market. See the full data by sector and region.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Most of what founders hear about pre-seed funding comes from the deals that make the news, and those deals are not typical. The founders I work with keep

20/10/2026

We read the Companies House filings of 673,404 UK companies formed in 2023-25 to answer three questions founders ask us: how much to raise, who invests first, and whether you need to be in London. The answers are in the free UK Pre-Seed Funding Index.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Most of what founders hear about pre-seed funding comes from the deals that make the news, and those deals are not typical. The founders I work with keep

15/10/2026

Checking a funding figure before it goes in your pitch deck? Our UK Start-Up Funding Statistics 2026 page brings 180 sourced figures into one place: round sizes, valuations, SEIS, angels, grants and loans, each with its source and date.

General information only, not investment advice. SGI Consultants Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

This page collects the figures that founders, journalists and researchers most often need on UK startups funding, each with its source. Sections 2 to 8

30/09/2026

The first 90 days make or break a launch. The Launch & First 90 Days Toolkit gives you a clear plan for those crucial early months, so you start with momentum, not guesswork.

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28/09/2026

Numbers are one thing, results are another. We've facilitated over £250M in funding at a 90% success rate, against a 13% to 20% industry average. Here's what that looks like in real client stories.

People often ask me what separates the businesses that make it from those that don't. After 12 years of consulting and more than 2,000 client engagements,

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Tuesday	8am - 6pm
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Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm

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