Funding with Virgin StartUp
Posted: Thu 12th Jun 2025
In this webinar, Chloe Fenn from Virgin StartUp provides a summary of the funding currently available to SMEs.
Learn about Start Up Loans and the business support you can receive alongside the finance. The team also answer questions about what funding might be right for your business.
Topics covered in this session:
Overview of the funding landscape – the types of funding available to small businesses currently operating in London
Key information about Start Up Loans – what they are, how they work, how to make an application and the other business support that comes along with the money
About the speaker
Virgin StartUp is the not-for-profit entrepreneurial arm of the Virgin group and exists to empower founders to start up and thrive. It is a National Business Support Partner for the Start Up Loans Company and British Business Bank and provides access to early-stage funding for founders in the UK in the form of a Start Up Loan.
Since 2013, Virgin StartUp has distributed over £90 million of funding to more than 6,000 founders to help them start and scale businesses. These include Castore, DashWater, Oddbox, Upcircle and many more.
Chloe has worked on the Start Up Loans Scheme for over eight years, supporting founders through every step of their Start Up Loan journey. She now oversees Virgin StartUp's delivery of the Start Up Loans programme, through which they'll be looking to distribute £18 million to founders all across the UK this year.
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