About
I am an Investment Director at Mercia Ventures, focusing on B2B software investments at Series A and beyond. Based in Manchester, I invest across the UK with a particular interest in cybersecurity and enterprise SaaS.
My background is in corporate finance. I trained as a Chartered Accountant at EY in London, where I spent seven years advising founders, management teams, and private equity investors on acquisitions and disposals. I joined a boutique corporate finance house in Manchester in 2017, where working on smaller transactions gave me a more hands-on role and, ultimately, introduced me to Mercia and the world of venture capital.
I joined Mercia in 2021 and have since led multiple investments and sit on the boards of several portfolio companies, including CultureAI, Risk Ledger, Forensic Analytics, and Tessaract. I work closely with founders across strategy, commercial development, and fundraising, and am particularly interested in businesses where differentiated technology solves a real and urgent problem.
Previous experience
Before Rickitt Mitchell, Adam trained at EY in London as a Chartered Accountant, working across the wealth and asset management teams in audit and transaction services. Adam graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Accounting and Financial Management.