Mercia Ventures is a trading name of investment funds managed by Mercia Fund Management Limited and Mercia Regional Ventures Limited.
Generalist investors investing £1m-£10m across the whole of the UK
Purpose-driven
We believe in the power of founders. We are committed to building your company alongside you by understanding your vision and through the provision of capital and the support that you need. We like to work in partnership with our founders on their growth journeys.
Investment track record
We have one of the largest venture capital teams in the UK with deep operational and investing expertise. With decades of experience building our ecosystem, we leverage our unrivalled networks across the UK to scale your success.
Full-spectrum support
We work hard to accelerate our founders’ growth by providing access to the resources that they need. With the added value of ‘Mercia Nucleus’, we believe we can offer game-changing support.
We are one of the UK’s most active venture capital investors
From early-stage to scaleup investment, our investment team operates from a shared set of beliefs, partnering with entrepreneurs for the long term. We offer venture capital investment of up to £10million and support our portfolio companies at every stage of their growth.
We’ve seen what it takes to build great companies and we work closely with founders to achieve this goal together. Key to this success, Mercia’s Nucleus offers a dedicated and focused team to support value creation aligned to founders’ needs.
Talent acquisition: We go above and beyond to truly understand your business, enabling us to seamlessly fulfil your resourcing needs.
On-demand expertise: Looking for specialised sector knowledge or cutting-edge tech insights? Our experts deliver tailored solutions that add tangible value to your business.
Growth partners: As your dedicated growth partners, we leverage our extensive network to connect you with industry leading executives for key areas such as go-to-market strategies, international expansion (with a focus on the US), and successful exit plannings.
Portfolio exchange: Join our exclusive events where industry leaders and professionals from across our ecosystem come together to exchange knowledge, share invaluable insights and strengthen high-performing boards and executive teams.
Recognised across the board
The 7th most active investor at Series A in Europe in 2023
One of Europe's top seven venture capital investors in 2022
The UK's third most active investor in 2021, 2020 and 2019
In the top most active investors in 2021
Netacea
Award winning bot protection for enterprise
New CEO Mick Bradley shares insights on how this Manchester-based business is leading the way in cybersecurity against bot attacks and what makes Netacea stand out in the industry.
Kirsty’s
Thoughtful food
Kirsty Henshaw is the Managing Director and Founder of Kirsty’s.
Mercia TV sat down with Kirsty to speak about the humble beginnings in her kitchen to producing 25,000 free-from meals a day in her factory in Harrogate, investment from Mercia Ventures, and the future of the UK’s leading free-from food manufacturer.
Mercia Ventures £2million investment into Kirsty’s is the first NPIF II equity investment in the Yorkshire and Humber region since the launch of the new £660m fund in March this year.
FinLegal
Global LegalTech platform
Introducing, FinLegal.
CEO, Steven Shinn tells the story of how conversations with law firms turned his SaaS idea into reality.
FinLegal’s platform helps engage and register more claimants with a law firm, automate workflows and enables firms to go live with new claim opportunities in weeks, not months.
WorkBuzz
Improving employee engagement and cultures
Medherant announced in April that it has raised £2.9m of new funding from investors in a financing round led by Mercia Asset Management.
WorkBuzz‘s, Steve Frost (CEO) and Melisaan Foster (CXO), explain how this leading HRTech company is helping organisations across the globe in recruiting, retaining and cultivating positive cultures through its actionable employee engagement surveys..
We focus on growing ambitions
A national venture capital provider, we have been closing the funding gap across the UK, partnering exciting start-up and scaleup businesses.