# @shivikaapratap on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQ0MMsDNiH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67398672-shivikaapratap-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-01T19:54:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shivika Pratap (@shivikaapratap) — https://gondola.cc/shivikaapratap

## Caption

Day 10/30: No £800K visa fee. No impossible barriers. Just your idea and the right route in. 

I have spent over a decade in the UK. I have built here, navigated visa routes here, and watched this ecosystem grow into one of the most powerful places in the world to start a company.

And yet so many international founders are still sleeping on it.

The data in this post is real and fact-checked. The UK ranked 8th in the world for ease of doing business. UK startups raised $23.6 billion in venture capital in 2025 alone, up 35% year on year. Over 140 unicorns have been built here. And the Innovator Founder Visa lets you start your business with no minimum investment requirement, compare that to the $800,000 minimum to access a US business visa through the EB-5 route.

If you have been asking yourself where in the world you should build your startup, the UK should be at the top of your list.

Save this. Share it with a founder friend who’s still deciding.

And if you want to understand how to get here, build here, and stay here through the Innovator Founder Visa, link in bio to book a call. That is exactly what I help with.

#ukstartup #startupuk #innovatorfoundervisa #immigrantfounder #startabusiness

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startabusiness, innovatorfoundervisa, immigrantfounder, startupuk, ukstartup

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