Webinar | Notification of NVCTs shares offers

Dr. Paul Mattick details the Northen VCTs past performances and explains about the new £60million Shares Offers. This webinar will also provide financial advisers and wealth managers all the information needed to recommend Northern VCTs to your clients. (Capital at Risk. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future return) Visit Mercia’s EIS area

‘Regions hold great opportunity if you know where to look’

The regions are often overlooked by venture capital investors but they hold great opportunities if you know where to look, according to Will Clark, Managing Director of Mercia Ventures. Mercia, which is one of the most active finance providers to regional SMEs with 11 offices nationwide, invested over £80m in businesses outside of London in

Nova Pangaea receives investment from major airline group

Mercia is pleased to announce that Nova Pangaea Technologies, one of the Group’s direct investments, has received investment from International Airlines Group (“IAG”), a leading global airline group and the owner of British Airways. This investment forms part of IAG’s commitment to having 10% of its jet fuel being Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”) by 2030.

Platform that helps semiconductor firms speed up chip design raises £2m

Thalia, a UK-based company whose software platform enables semiconductor businesses to develop new products using existing chip designs, has raised £2.1m to drive the next phase of its growth. The funding round was led by Mercia Ventures, which has backed the company since 2014, with continued support from Deepbridge Capital and private investor Guillaume d’Eyssautier.

Mercia announces preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2023

Mercia Asset Management PLC, is pleased to announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2023. Highlights Frontier Development Capital Limited (“FDC”) acquired in December 2022 adding c.£415million of funds under management (“FuM”), funded from the Group’s own liquid resources. The acquisition is performing in line with expectations Organic FuM inflows of c.£134million during

Mercia preliminary results FY2023 – CEO’s review

Introduction With strong regional roots and an established track record, Mercia is a ‘one stop’ responsible financial partner contributing towards the growth of the UK economy. Our physical presence in some of the key cities across the UK, including Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle and London, results in sight of a significant number of

Mercia preliminary results FY2023 – CFO’s review

Overall financial performance From a fund management profitability perspective, Mercia was able to maintain its first-half momentum in the second half of the financial year, which was supplemented by the first four months’ profitable contribution from FDC, which was acquired on 5 December 2022. Whilst the Group’s direct investment portfolio performance against a challenging market