Deliveroo agreed in May 2025 to be acquired by US delivery giant DoorDash

Deliveroo and Darktrace have been named among the UK’s most successful tech exits in the latest ‘Founders Forum UK exit 50 report’, as the country faces ongoing challenges in retaining its high-growth firms.

Founders Forum’s annual list, compiled with Tech Nation and HSBC Innovation Banking, ranks the 50 UK tech companies that have navigated scale-up to exit most successfully over the past 24 months.

Together, these companies are valued at more than $33bn (£25.05bn) and have raised over $6bn, transforming tech sectors from AI and fintech, to enterprise software.

Deliveroo and Darktrace are among the top ten, with their stories underlining a familiar tension of UK firms lured away from London by US investment.

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