River Capital

River Capital is a private equity firm based in Liverpool, United Kingdom, founded in 1995. It targets investments in small and medium-sized businesses across early-stage, growth, and mezzanine rounds, focusing on business-to-business, software, technology, manufacturing, and consumer services sectors to accelerate growth and create value.

Mark Borzomato

CEO and Head of Corporate Finance group

Paul Humphray

Investment Director

Andy Jones

Investment Manager

David Walters

Investment Director

Sue Chambers

Investment Manager

31 past transactions

HyperFinity

Venture Round in 2025
HyperFinity empowers retail decision-makers with a user-friendly platform that democratizes access to data and AI. It enables major retailers to make profitable decisions across marketing, retail media, merchandising, pricing, and supply chain.

Fotenix

Venture Round in 2025
Fotenix is a diagnostics company specializing in deterministic monitoring for crop producers. It uses deployed colors of light and embedded artificial intelligence in its sensors to detect plant status, such as disease. The company's enabled sprayer offers online precision farming, while its cloud platform provides agronomic insights based on inputs used.

Tyrrell Building Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2025
Sustainable success is built on a vision and innovative strategy. At TBT Group, we are dedicated to delivering the finest services and products that redefine the operations of every building, from individual structures to expansive portfolios. Over the next five years, our company embarks on a journey of global expansion, ensuring that Tyrrell Building Technologies Group reshapes the real estate landscape worldwide. TBT Group is a group of companies, that operate in the market of Smart Building Technology. The principal aims of the companies in the group are to create hardware and software products, provide engineering services, training and support and use SaaS-based analytics software to deliver energy savings, improve wellbeing, reduce maintenance costs and increase sustainability.

Play XD

Debt Financing in 2025
Play XD develops software and applications based on the client's requirements. It provides consultation services on the appropriate digital tool for a business. Play XD is headquartered in Manchester, England.

Green Bell Packaging

Debt Financing in 2024
Green Bell Packaging is a manufacturer specializing in sustainable and plant-based packaging solutions aimed at reducing plastic waste. The company produces a variety of eco-friendly packaging products and containers, including biodegradable and compostable options. By offering plastic-free alternatives, Green Bell Packaging caters to a diverse range of sectors, providing clients with environmentally responsible choices in their packaging needs. Through its commitment to sustainability, the company seeks to contribute positively to the environment and support the transition towards greener practices in the packaging industry.

Fotenix

Venture Round in 2024
Fotenix is a diagnostics company specializing in deterministic monitoring for crop producers. It uses deployed colors of light and embedded artificial intelligence in its sensors to detect plant status, such as disease. The company's enabled sprayer offers online precision farming, while its cloud platform provides agronomic insights based on inputs used.

Taylor Hunt

Seed Round in 2024
Taylor Hunt is a company specialising in lift modernisation and accessibility solutions. It offers a range of services, including lift installation, tailored to clients' specifications and timelines. The company provides bespoke packages, featuring CAD-designed elements, to enhance both accessibility and aesthetics in commercial and residential properties.

Black Milk

Debt Financing in 2024
Black Milk is a UK-based food and beverage company, operating a milkshake and cereal cafe in Manchester, England. It specializes in selling a variety of indulgent treats and desserts, including pistachio sauce, chocolate and vanilla spread, baked goods, pancakes, and gelato. The company caters to customers both in-store and online, providing a convenient and enjoyable experience.

Jones AV

Debt Financing in 2024
Jones AV specializes in providing audiovisual solutions tailored for hospitals and university medical faculties across Ireland, the UK, Norway, and Austria. The company manufactures a range of products, including surgical monitors, radiology displays, medical video recorders, and cameras. In addition to its product offerings, Jones AV delivers a variety of services such as medical system integration, design and planning, 3D modeling, and research and development. This comprehensive approach enables clients to efficiently access the necessary products and services to support their medical and educational needs.

Black Norman Solicitors

Debt Financing in 2024
Black Norman Solicitors, established in Crosby, is a reputable law firm committed to delivering exceptional client care. Based in Liverpool, the company offers a wide range of legal services, including residential conveyancing, civil litigation, wills and probate, commercial property, family law, lasting powers of attorney, court of protection, debt recovery, and personal injury advice.

Autonomo

Seed Round in 2024
Developer of an artificial intelligence agent designed for physical retail environments. The company's technology helps retailers increase profits and improve customer satisfaction by driving higher sales and reducing operating costs, enabling physical store operators to optimize performance and enhance the shopping experience.

VidiVet

Venture Round in 2023
VidiVet offers an on-demand veterinary support app for pet owners. It facilitates real-time communication with experienced veterinarians via chat or video calls, serving as a comprehensive health diary for pets.

Autonomo

Private Equity Round in 2022
Developer of an artificial intelligence agent designed for physical retail environments. The company's technology helps retailers increase profits and improve customer satisfaction by driving higher sales and reducing operating costs, enabling physical store operators to optimize performance and enhance the shopping experience.

Built For Athletes

Venture Round in 2022
Built For Athletes is an online retailer specializing in functional and durable backpacks, gym bags, and rucksacks designed for fitness enthusiasts. The company caters to a diverse clientele by offering unisex products made from rip-proof and waterproof materials. Customers have the option to personalize their backpacks with a variety of patches, flags, letters, and motivational messages, allowing for a unique and individualized expression of their athletic lifestyle.

Velstar

Debt Financing in 2022
Velstar Limited, established in 2016 and headquartered in Liverpool, UK, specializes in digital marketing and e-commerce services. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including branding, advertising, engagement, and e-commerce solutions. Velstar's expertise spans frontend and backend development, search engine optimization, paid media, social media marketing, content marketing, and technical services. It caters to prominent commerce brands across the UK and Europe, providing tailored solutions to enhance their online presence and drive growth. Velstar operates as a subsidiary of Revolutionary Rascal, LLC.

Nineteen Agency

Debt Financing in 2022
Nineteen Agency is a hospitality marketing agency fot creating strategic solutions that will help grow business

SupplyWell

Venture Round in 2022
SupplyWell is a digital platform that connects schools directly with qualified educators such as teachers, teaching assistants, and cover supervisors. It offers data-driven tools to help schools manage staff absence, forecast staffing needs, optimize workforce allocation, ensure pay transparency, and support educator wellbeing.

Emerge

Debt Financing in 2022
Emerge is a logistics solutions company that offers tailor-made supply chain management, storage, warehouse, and freight services.

Carebeans

Venture Round in 2021
Carebeans is a software company that specializes in developing comprehensive care planning and management software tailored for the care industry. The company offers a cloud-based system designed for residential and nursing care homes, as well as various supported living services, including domiciliary care, disability support, and mental health services. Carebeans aims to enhance the quality of life for individuals in care settings by providing effective digital solutions that streamline care management processes.

Springpod

Venture Round in 2021
Springpod is a specialist careers platform that provides young people with opportunities to gain practical experience in the workforce and insights into university life, fostering informed career decisions. Founded in 2016, the company strives to democratize access to career opportunities, aiming to transform the futures of young individuals by offering life-changing experiences. With offices in London and Liverpool, Springpod operates a virtual work experience platform that allows students to search for and filter various opportunities, including online apprenticeships and virtual work experiences. This platform serves as a recruitment portal, enabling employers and educational institutions to effectively target, inform, and engage students as they embark on their career planning journey.

Emerge

Debt Financing in 2021
Emerge is a logistics solutions company that offers tailor-made supply chain management, storage, warehouse, and freight services.

Green Bell Packaging

Debt Financing in 2021
Green Bell Packaging is a manufacturer specializing in sustainable and plant-based packaging solutions aimed at reducing plastic waste. The company produces a variety of eco-friendly packaging products and containers, including biodegradable and compostable options. By offering plastic-free alternatives, Green Bell Packaging caters to a diverse range of sectors, providing clients with environmentally responsible choices in their packaging needs. Through its commitment to sustainability, the company seeks to contribute positively to the environment and support the transition towards greener practices in the packaging industry.

North West Roller Services

Venture Round in 2021
North West Roller Services designs and manufactures sleeves, rollers, and sleeve systems for the printing and lamination industries, including ITR laser-engraved printing sleeves and cylinders, flexographic sleeves, laser engraving services, sleeve systems, refurbished rubber-covered cylinders and sleeves, and laser-engraved seamless ITR flexographic printing rollers, delivering durable, high-precision components.

Surface Transforms

Debt Financing in 2021
Surface Transforms Plc is a UK-based manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and production of carbon-ceramic products primarily for the brake market. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Liverpool, the company is notable for being the only manufacturer of carbon-ceramic brakes for automotive applications in the UK. Surface Transforms offers a range of products, including carbon-ceramic brake kits and disc assemblies for automotive original equipment manufacturers, as well as materials for aircraft brakes and specialized vehicles, including those used in motorsports and military applications. The company utilizes its proprietary carbon-ceramic material, known as CCST, to produce lightweight brake discs that cater to high-performance demands. Additionally, Surface Transforms engages in the development of new products and applications for carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic materials, supported by extensive in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Its operations extend across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States.

TigerTMS

Private Equity Round in 2020
TigerTMS provides software, cloud, and application solutions for the hospitality sector worldwide. Its flagship Hotel PRO suite encourages guests to use in‑room telephone services and offers call accounting, advanced reporting, and integrated communications support. The company also delivers Innovation VoipLink, a voicemail and wake‑up call system that turns guest phones into information centers, and IP Connect, an appliance that enhances hotel internet billing and portal management. Additional products include iPGS, a fixed in‑room display and touch phone for local and hotel services, and iConnect, which lets guests access the hotel voice network from their own smart devices. TigerTMS supplies guest handsets, offers hosted cloud solutions, and provides telephone, email, and online support. The company operates globally with offices in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Germany, the United States, Mexico, Portugal, Thailand, Belgium, Greece, North Africa, and India.

ChloBo

Debt Financing in 2020
ChloBo is an e-commerce site that provides jewelry and beauty products.

ChloBo

Debt Financing in 2019
ChloBo is an e-commerce site that provides jewelry and beauty products.

SolidTek

Debt Financing in 2018
SolidTek is a manufacturer specializing in solid paste chemicals, primarily focused on sustainable engineered water treatment technologies. The company produces a variety of solid paste water treatment chemicals designed for industrial and commercial applications. These products are formulated to address significant challenges such as scale, corrosion, and fouling in cooling systems, steam boilers, closed loops, and process systems. By manufacturing all of their products in-house using raw materials, SolidTek ensures quality and efficiency. The company's offerings also include dosing and dispensing equipment, catering to the needs of users facing economic, safety, and environmental pressures in their water treatment processes.

OPEN Media UK

Venture Round in 2015
OPEN Media provides innovative out of home advertising that leaves maximum impact.

Perfectus Biomed

Seed Round in 2013
Perfectus Biomed is a microbiological services provider that focuses on delivering customized and research-based microbiological testing solutions. The company specializes in bespoke assays, particularly in the area of biofilm testing, recognizing the unique needs of each client and the limitations of standard testing methods. By collaborating closely with clients, Perfectus Biomed develops tailored methods suitable for testing novel products, ensuring a high level of service that includes regular feedback, consultancy, and comprehensive report writing. The company's platform is designed to offer both standard and customized microbiology testing services, emphasizing timely and efficient operations while maintaining an academic approach to contract microbiological testing. Additionally, Perfectus Biomed produces conference abstracts and posters based on the data generated from its testing services.

Fallen Planet Studios

Fallen Planet Studios specializes in developing immersive virtual reality (VR) games. Known for creating the horror VR game 'AFFECTED: The Manor', the company focuses on crafting engaging experiences with tactile interfaces and interactive environments.
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