Iqbal: Losing UK IPOs harms ecosystem by draining founder reinvestment
Merva Iqbal · UK Budget 2025: Stripe + Startup Coalition · Nov 28, 2025 · at 33:18
Merva Iqbal, co-founder and CEO of Hyde, discusses the necessity of fostering a risk-tolerant startup culture and retaining domestic IPOs in the UK.
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“And so if we lose a lot of companies to not listing here or exiting, that's going to be detrimental because you need those Entrepreneurs to reinvest to build up the ecosystem.”
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