Tom Hopkins: What the Patient Capital Review means for investors

Since the Brexit vote, the hugely influential European Investment Fund (EIF) has begun turning off the taps. For its part, the UK government has released the Patient Capital Review in an attempt to review how the UK is supporting growth businesses or, to use the new buzzword, ‘scale-ups' both now and in the future. There are essentially three key questions, here: * Is there an equity gap for entrepreneurial businesses? * If so, where is it? * How can the UK government plug it - especially given the EIF situation? The EIF is a European Union agency, effectively funded by membe...