>> A Community-Led Initiative // 2025-2026

Let’s Fix the
UK Startup Ecosystem

Enough complaints. It’s time to act and change things.
We are gathering the entire startup ecosystem to write the practical blueprint the government actually needs.

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The Noise vs. The Reality Check

Reality Check

Over the past few months, one thing has become clear: the ecosystem is frustrated.

Founders, investors, and operators all feel the same friction: it’s too hard to build here, too slow to grow, and too easy to leave. We can keep shouting into the void on LinkedIn, or we can do what founders do best: fix the problem.

The goal isn’t to create another lobbying group or round of empty promises. It’s to produce a practical, community-written document—The Startup Blueprint for Growth—that we can share publicly and directly with policymakers.

The Mission Plan

Phase 01

The Tax Sprint

Deadline: 28 Feb 2026

We aren't starting with a blank sheet. We are starting with a deadline. The government has opened a Call for Evidence on Tax Support for Entrepreneurs.

This is our immediate window to influence the rules on Capital Gains, Reliefs, and incentives for risk-takers. We will convene working groups to draft a unified, evidence-backed response before the window closes.

  • 👉 Immediate Working Groups
  • 👉 Data-backed Submission
Phase 02

The Blueprint

Target: Spring 2026 Budget

Tax is just the start. To truly fix the UK ecosystem, we need to look at it holistically starting with education, culture, capital, growth procurenent, exists.

Following the February deadline, we will expand our scope to cover the structural issues holding us back. This is continuous work, relying on all of us contributing a small slice of time.

  • 🔵 Comprehensive Whitepaper
  • 🔵 Ongoing Policy Dialogue

What We Will Discuss

Talent & Culture

  • > Making entrepreneurship and AI literacy aspirational from school level.
  • > Changing the national mindset toward risk and failure.
  • > Improving talent access, visa flexibility, and replacing voices of "service sellers" with real builders.

Capital & Growth

  • > Unlocking access to capital at all stages from Pre-Seed to beyond Series A so founders don’t have to move abroad.
  • > Pension fund allocation toward venture and reforming SEIS quality.
  • > Creating fairer tax systems for both founders (risk-takers) and investors.

The Timeline

Q4 2025 / Q1 2026

The Gathering

Monthly themed sessions (Online & Offline). Small working groups form around key topics.

28 FEB 2026

Submission Deadline

We submit our collective response to the Tax Support Call for Evidence.

SPRING 2026

The Publication

Publication of the full Startup Blueprint for Growth ahead of the Spring Budget.

Put Your Name on the Future

Every person who participates - will be listed as a Contributor on the Whitepaper (if you wish). You won't just be a bystander; you will be on record as one of the people who helped steer the UK economy back to growth.

Who Should Join?

This is open for everyone in the entire startup ecosystem:

✓ Founders & Startup Employees
✓ Investors (Angels & VCs)
✓ Corporates & Service Providers
✓ Universities & Educators

Basically, anyone with a vision who cares about the future state of the UK economy.

Count Me In

HIGH IMPACT. NO FLUFF.

An initiative by Rare Founders

Let’s change the course of the UK economy together.

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