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Mercia EIS Funds

NuVision becomes first University of Nottingham spinout to receive seed funding from Mercia

28th July, 2015

The Mercia Group Quarterly: Ambition

22nd July, 2015

Finalists announced for inaugural Growth Investor Awards

21st July, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia Technologies backs Fractured Space developer with first investment

20th July, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia continues long-standing support of home care technology company, Canary Care

15th July, 2015

Mercia Technologies reveals profit in maiden results

14th July, 2015

Direct Investments

The effects of a Steam free weekend promotion on Fractured Space

14th July, 2015

Direct Investments

£1m investment in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi component designer and manufacturer LM Technologies

6th July, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia makes further investment into world leader in DNA design

3rd July, 2015

Direct Investments

£1.5m investment into Midlands-based aluminium forming company Impression Technologies

2nd July, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

£1.5m investment into Impression Technologies

2nd July, 2015

Direct Investments

E3 2015: The Assembly offers VR puzzle solving

30th June, 2015

Direct Investments

Preston firm is on the ball

24th June, 2015

Direct Investments

The systems behind the supercomputers

15th June, 2015

Direct Investments

“Ever since I was little, I always wanted to be an entrepreneur.” – The journey of a CEO under 30

15th June, 2015

Direct Investments

Marketing and Monitoring: The Power of SEO

10th June, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia Technologies PLC: Our first quarter in review

8th June, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia invests in two pioneering businesses in the Life Sciences sector

5th June, 2015

Direct Investments

The Assembly, Re-Engineered for Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus and HTC Vive

4th June, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

The Internet of Things and the future of smart devices

4th June, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management makes SEIS investment into facial recognition software developer

2nd June, 2015

Direct Investments

Meet the investor: An interview with Mark Payton

1st June, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management makes SEIS investments into two innovative early stage digital businesses

20th May, 2015

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MFM makes SEIS investments into two innovative early stage digital businesses

20th May, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia participates in PsiOxus funding round

19th May, 2015

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Mercia Technologies PLC participates in PsiOxus funding round

19th May, 2015

Direct Investments

Mercia Fund Management makes EIS investments into two disruptive technologies

14th May, 2015

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MFM makes EIS investments into two disruptive UK technologies

14th May, 2015

Dr Nicola Broughton joins MFM as Investment Director and Head of Technology Transfer

6th May, 2015

Direct Investments

Crowd Reactive launches EventsTag service for care homes

5th May, 2015

Direct Investments

The impact of technology on social care

5th May, 2015

Direct Investments

Virtual Reality – the magic of feeling, not watching

5th May, 2015

Mercia Fund Management launches start-up competition for Life Sciences sector

29th April, 2015

St Andrews-based Razorbill Instruments wins Mercia Fund Management’s Q1 Business Plan Competition

29th April, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia launches start-up competition for Life Sciences sector

28th April, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

St Andrews-based Razorbill Instruments wins MFM’s Q1 Business Plan Competition

28th April, 2015

Direct Investments

‘SWL Australia’ opens for business

23rd April, 2015

Direct Investments

PsiOxus Therapeutics to present promising new data on novel oncolytic immunocology platform at AACR 2015

16th April, 2015

Direct Investments

PsiOxus Therapeutics expands clinical studies for immuno-oncolytic treatment following positive response to intravenous delivery

16th April, 2015

Direct Investments

£1m investment in Soccer Manager Ltd

1st April, 2015

Direct Investments

£3.5m investment in leading e-procurement platform, Science Warehouse, increases Mercia’s stake

1st April, 2015

Matt Mead appointed Chief Investment Officer

25th March, 2015

Direct Investments

VirtTrade confirms partnership agreement with Panini

19th March, 2015

Direct Investments

Looking forward: Our first month as a PLC

19th March, 2015

Direct Investments

£1m investment in user-generated content platform, Crowd Reactive

18th March, 2015

Mercia Fund Management wins the double at the EISA Awards

17th February, 2015

Peter Dines joins Mercia as Investment Director, Head of Life Sciences

17th February, 2015

Two more universities become investors in Mercia Technologies

17th February, 2015

Direct Investments

Completion of Mercia Fund 2 acquisition

16th February, 2015

Direct Investments

£1.5m investment in digital trading card company, VirtTrade

27th January, 2015

Direct Investments

Notice of Mercia Fund Management AGM

22nd January, 2015

Direct Investments

Investment in nDreams

20th January, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia’s £70m flotation wins deal of the month

20th January, 2015

Direct Investments

Martin Lamb appointed as a non-executive director

14th January, 2015

Mercia EIS Funds

Startup competition launches

14th January, 2015

Direct Investments

Admission to AIM with £106m market capitalisation – £70m raised

12th December, 2014

Direct Investments

Virtual Reality set to deliver a ‘seismic change’ within the gaming industry

19th November, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Investing in gaming start-ups

13th November, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Edge Case Games investment

8th October, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Soccer Manager

26th September, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Aston Eyetech investment

25th September, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia makes automotive sector investment in Impressions Technologies Ltd

18th September, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia makes £229,000 investment in Inocardia

18th September, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Tutortap wins Mercia’s Investment Pitch

27th August, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Abzena IPO

24th August, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Digital Fund launch

15th August, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Oxford Genetics secures additional funding from Mercia and TSB

30th July, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management makes £229,000 investment in InoCardia

21st July, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Finance Bill should boost Britain’s world-leading technology firms

17th July, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Abzena float represents a profitable return for Mercia’s investors

11th July, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Abzena raises £20 million in connection with forthcoming admission to AIM

9th July, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Abzena intention to float

18th June, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management makes £150,000 investment in Dab Gaming

10th June, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Antitope and Baylor Institute for Immunology Research to Collaborate to Produce Manufacturing Cell Line for Novel Therapeutic Dendritic-cell-targeting Vaccine

6th June, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management launches start-up competition

4th June, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

PsiOxus Therapeutics announces positive study results of oncolytic vaccine enadenotucirev at 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting

3rd June, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

PolyTherics and Antitope form Abzena

27th May, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

BioExtractions Wales completes funding round for innovative extraction service

19th May, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management launches flexible, cost effective workspace for early stage gaming and technology businesses

14th May, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management agrees second stage funding for VirtTrade

12th May, 2014

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Mercia Fund Management backs social media duo Crowd Reactive and TorqBak

8th May, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Thalia Design Automation Ltd completes A round funding and prepares to launch suite of Analog and Power design optimisation tools

29th April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management boosts portfolio with Canary investment

25th April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia mention in FT.com “Getting exposure to UK tech”

23rd April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

PolyTherics and MacroGenics extend Collaboration to Produce Novel Antibody Drug Conjugates

11th April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management makes gaming sector investments in nDreams and No Yetis Allowed

7th April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Concurrent Thinking secures £400,000 funding boost

2nd April, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management boosts digital portfolio with DMPortal investment

28th March, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Budget 2014 – SEIS is now permanent as tax breaks for investment in SMEs continue

19th March, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Budget: keep tax incentives to encourage investment in SMEs urges VC fund manager

17th March, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia mention in FT Adviser Guide to Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS)

13th March, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

IFA Magazine – Time is geting tight to invest in EIS for this tax year

12th March, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Fund Management ups its game with former Codemasters CEO appointment

28th February, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Smart Antenna Technologies secures extra funding

19th February, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

IFA Magazine – EIS investment is on the rise, but where is the capital being allocated?

7th February, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

IFA Magazine – High Returns Don’t Always Mean High Risk

3rd February, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

MFM featured in Growth Business on the need to increase the SEIS threshold

31st January, 2014

Mercia EIS Funds

Mercia Growth Fund 3 announced – the latest hybrid EIS/SEIS investment fund from Mercia Fund Management

19th December, 2013

Mercia EIS Funds

MFM mentioned in FT on why crowdfunding isn’t right for many start-ups

18th December, 2013
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