Creative UK

www.wearecreative.uk

Creative UK provides expert investment resources and financial opportunities tailored specifically for the Creative Industries, offering loans, equity investments, and growth mentoring to post-revenue creative businesses with growth potential across all UK regions.

Check Size

$100K - $1M

Stages

Seed, Series A, Growth

Focus Areas

Media Entertainment, Gaming, Developer Tools

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Investment Thesis

Creative UK believes in investing in people and their ideas as a means to position the UK as a world leader in creativity and innovation. They are firm believers that ‘investing in people and their businesses means investing in the UK as a world leader in creativity and innovation.’ Their approach combines practical financial support with long-term strategic mentorship, recognizing that creative businesses often face unique barriers to accessing traditional finance.

What Sets Them Apart

Sector-specific expertise: Investment team has deep creative sector knowledge combined with financial acumen
Long-term strategic support beyond capital deployment - not just transactional lending
Broad creative sector coverage spanning 20+ sub-sectors from advertising to games to music to performing arts
Regional approach with dedicated regional investment programmes alongside national Creative Growth Finance fund
Portfolio-focused approach with meaningful post-investment support and community building for investees
Combination of debt (£100k-£1m loans) and equity investment options tailored to different business needs