Mercia Ventures

🏆 The Rainmaker Awards will be coming to the East Midlands for the very first time! Mercia Ventures Fund Principal, Sandy Reid is delighted the East Midlands has been named as a new territory for the Rainmakers awards this year, with a spotlight on the deal activity shaping the investment ecosystem. The night will bring together the East Midlands deals community to celebrate the best deals and teams from the past 12 months, with Mercia Ventures shortlisted in no less than 4️⃣ categories. Watch more ⏬ #MEIF #EastMidlands #Awards #Investment | British Business Bank Midlands | TheBusinessDesk.com

ℹ️ Are you a Midlands-based business with the potential for high growth? Fund Principal Sandy Reid details some of the latest Mercia Ventures deals from the MEIF II East and South East Midlands fund, and outlines the investment opportunity available for founders and businesses across the Midlands. Learn how we can help accelerate your success (link in comments) ⏬ #MEIF #VC #Investment #Midlands #Equity #VentureCapital | British Business Bank Midlands

🌟 What factors are considered before our Mercia Ventures investment teams commit to supporting a business? Mercia Ventures, Adam Watts, details why the Bristol-based ski holiday tour operator, Heidi was such an attractive investment. ✔️ The founders ✔️ The people ✔️ The product Watch full video (link in comments) ⏬ #VCT #WhyWeInvested #Investment #VC #Bristol #SkiHoliday

🎮 Mercia Ventures is delighted to announce the £2.6million investment into Middlesbrough-based games studio Radical Forge. Established in 2017 by two Teesside University computer games graduates, Bruce Slater and Frederic Babord, the company has worked with some of the top names in the industry and contributed to games including Gang Beasts, Sea of Thieves, Golf With Your Friends, and Zombie Army 4. The NPIF II funding will enable the company to expand its team with the creation of 15 jobs, take on new and bigger contracts and launch its own game, Southfield, early next year. Radical Forge received investment from NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II). #NPIF #Investment #Teesside #VC #VentureCapital #Gaming | British Business Bank North of England

⛷️ So what makes you want to start your own ski holiday business? Co-founders and brothers of the Bristol-based, Heidi - Marcus Blunt and Alexander Blunt - tell the story of how a 'spreadsheet holiday' turned into one of the fastest-growing online tour operator specialising in flexible ski holidays. 🤝 £5.6million investment led by Mercia Ventures 👥 44 staff 🛫 Over 60,000 customers this winter 🏔️ Over 400 resorts Full video link in comments ⏬ #Investment #VentureCapital #Bristol #Technology #OnTheSlopes

It's been yet another exciting week for the Mercia Ventures team! 🚀 🔹 Wobble Genomics Ltd unveils breakthrough early detection tech for breast cancer 🔹 New appointment for Melius Cyber 🔹 Broker Insights launches in the US 🔹 Mercia Ventures leads $15m Series B round into Semble... 🔹 ...then leads a £3.8m fundraise into Scalpel Read all these stories and more, on our dedicated news page (link in comments) ⏬ #Investment #VCT #EIS #NEVF #VC #VentureCapital #AI #USExpansion

📚 We have a whole host of really insightful 'Why We Invested' blogs ready for you to read. Learn why Mercia Ventures invest into some of the most ambitious and impactful businesses and founders across the UK, and how our deep sector knowledge and experience plays a vital role in understanding transformational tech. Read blogs on CultureAI, Promethean Particles, Isomab Ltd, Graide - AI Powered Knowledge Assessment Platform and Naitive to name a few. 🚀 Link in comments ⏬ #WhyWeInvested #Blogs #Tech #Investment #VC

🏥 Mercia Ventures has led a £3.8million investment round into Scalpel AI. The investment will enable Scalpel AI to scale its global operations and roll out its technology with major players in the healthcare supply chain, including sterile services, hospitals, and prominent third-party logistics services such as GlobalMed Logistix. Scalpel AI combines computer vision and machine learning to identify and track surgical instruments. It generates a digital twin for each tool as it moves from vendor warehouses to operating rooms. Read more (link in comments) ⏬ #VCT #Investment #VC #VentureCapital #AI

📝 In his latest article for Insider Media, Simon Cunnington, Director at the British Business Bank, discusses how the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II is generating impact across Yorkshire and the Humber as part of the wider North. Our Mercia Ventures and Mercia Debt teams are proud to be able to continue supporting the growth ambitions of businesses across Yorkshire and Humber with the new NPIF II Equity and NPIF II Debt funds, and are equally committed in bolstering the wider investment ecosystem. 🚀 Read more (link in comments) ⏬ #NPIF #DebtFunding #Investment #Yorkshire #Humber | British Business Bank North of England

✔️ Mercia Ventures has led a $15m Series B funding round into Semble. The investment will enable the company to consolidate its position in the UK market and expand its presence in France, where it launched earlier this month. The funding will allow Semble to remain at the forefront of innovation by further driving automation and integration capabilities, covering the needs of small and large operators, and harnessing the power of AI. Read more (link in comments) ⏬ #SeriesB #Investment #VC #AI #Growth #Healthcare