Barclays Demo Directory
A platform to connect founders to potential investors.
The funding landscape can often be difficult to navigate and we want to make it easier for businesses to connect to potential investors and vice versa. Through our Demo Directory we provide opportunity for ambitious founders to showcase their business to a selected group of attested investors.
Details
We understand that raising capital and connecting to investors is one of the key challenges that businesses face, especially as they are scaling.
The funding landscape can often be difficult to navigate and we want to make it easier for businesses to connect to potential investors and vice versa.
Through our Demo Directory we provide opportunity for ambitious founders to showcase their business to a selected group of attested investors.
User statistics
Pilot data
642
Founder Applications
385
Active Registered Investors
Capital sought and efficacy
£780.3m
Total funding sought by founders
£1.247m
Average founder raise request
Founder diversity applications
54.3%
Have an ethnically diverse founder
39.3%
Have a female founder
48.0%
Are based outside the ‘Golden Triangle’ (London, Cambridge, Oxford)
These statistic are cumulative from the launch of the Demo Directory in May 2021 and are correct as of Monday 2 October, 2023.
