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South Yorkshire Investment Fund

South Yorkshire Investment Fund is a venture capital firm based in Rotherham, U.K., focused on providing financial support to small and medium enterprises in South Yorkshire. The firm offers seedcorn finance, business loans, and equity-linked investments, ranging from £15,000 to £2.5 million, aimed at addressing funding gaps for development and acquisitions. It primarily targets companies with fewer than 250 employees and turnover or net assets below specified thresholds. Investment sectors include manufacturing and services, while excluding retail, primary industries, property development, and sports and leisure. The firm typically prefers minority equity investments and mezzanine loans, with a goal to exit investments within five years. Additionally, South Yorkshire Investment Fund collaborates with other finance providers to create comprehensive financing packages for businesses, contributing to job creation and economic growth in the region.

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Mary Broadhead

Investment Director

Jonathan Dixon

Deputy CEO

Kevan Glaysher

Investment Manager

Karl Hodson

Investment Director

Grahame Lunt

Investment Manager

Alex McWhirter

Director

John Sarrington

Fund Manager

Allan Wood

Fund Manager

13 past transactions

JDP Contracting

Acquisition in 2014
JDP is a North East-based roofline contractor and supplier which has developed a strong presence in the social housing sector in the North East. JDP installs roofline products in housing refurbishment projects and its supply division provides Swish-branded roofline products directly to house builders.

eoSemi

Venture Round in 2010
eoSemi is an emerging privately-funded semiconductor product company based in South Yorkshire. Shrinking electronic systems are placing significant pressure on traditional timing and frequency devices to reduce in size without compromising performance - something they cannot do easily or cheaply. eoSemi is a new technological transformation. It meets head-on the challenges of size-vs-performance, with an enabling technology that allows for creation of far more compact designs, and that facilitates new classes of product and application.

WebMarketing Group

Venture Round in 2009
The WebMarketing Group specializes in internet marketing with an emphasis on SEO and Web Design. The services offered by WebMarketing Group include web design, web development, multivariate testing and analysis, and sales lead generation.

Phase Focus

Venture Round in 2009
Phase Focus has developed a proprietary process that can generate high definition images of an object without the need for high quality lenses. The technique uses a novel iterative phase retrieval algorithm to generate both amplitude and phase images of an object and has applications in optical, X-ray and electron microscopy, amongst others.

ensembli

Venture Round in 2009
Ensembli's technology scans, filters and collates stories, from across the web, that relate to your interests. The more you read, discard, or even ignore the stories Ensembli finds, the more it'll be able to locate the stories that you'll really like. Just to be extra clever, as your tastes change, Ensembli will be able to automagically keep up with you!

WebEvents

Venture Round in 2008
WebEvents is Internet Marketing service provider and they work with over 800 businesses of all sizes to help them make more money from their online marketing programs. They offer “Instant Rankings”, “Link Building” campaigns, “Search Optimised Content” and copy-writing, PPC campaigns, Website design and build, and a whole host of specialised expertise to get the traffic through to your site, and to get that traffic to convert into sales.

WebMarketing Group

Venture Round in 2008
The WebMarketing Group specializes in internet marketing with an emphasis on SEO and Web Design. The services offered by WebMarketing Group include web design, web development, multivariate testing and analysis, and sales lead generation.

Kaos Solutions

Seed Round in 2008
Kaos Solutions, Ltd. develops mobile phone applications for corporate clients to provide in-pocket access to the customers. It provides solutions for reversal of a hotel room, sending flowers, betting on horses, and changing travel bookings. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

Fuelmywebsite

Seed Round in 2007
Fuelmywebsite has over 70,000 global bloggers and blog database of over 1.5m. Being reviewed by a selection of our 70,000 bloggers, we help businesses (from start-up to corporate) - Control their online reputation - Test their product/invention globally - Help launch products/inventions - Help with market research - Convert traffic to sales - Increase search results - Grow social media presence organically

CellTran

Venture Round in 2007
CellTran Limited engages in the research and development of products for the regeneration of tissue and the healing of wounds. The company offers Myskin that is used for the treatment of difficult to heal wounds; Lyphoderm, a freeze-dried lysate from cultured human keratinocytes that is formulated into a hydrophilic gel; and Ulcodress, an integrated wound care dressing that provides control of moisture, infection, and proteases within the wound area. It provides skin banking services, as well as contract manufacture services in the fields of materials fabrication and cell culture. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Sheffield, the United Kingdom. As of October 28, 2008, CellTran Limited operates as a subsidiary of York Pharma plc.

Honeycomb Security Solutions

Venture Round in 2007
Honeycomb Security Solutions Limited provides integrated security solutions for day nurseries and schools in the United Kingdom. It offers Web cams, intruder alarms, access control systems, cameras, recording systems, replay and live monitoring equipment, and future proofing equipment. The company’s security management services include integration with nursery and school management software, integration with accounting and payroll packages, sales ledger interfaces, technical platform, and payroll interface services. Honeycomb Security Solutions Limited was formerly known as Teletoddler Limited and changed its name in July 2008. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

BiBCOM

Series A in 2007
BiBCOM, Ltd. specializes in developing software applications designed to activate and facilitate communication with remote mobile handsets. One of its primary offerings is BiBunit (v1.1), a software application intended for installation on 3G mobile phones. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom, BiBCOM aims to enhance mobile connectivity through its innovative solutions. The company focuses on providing tools that enable effective communication, catering to the evolving needs of mobile users.

Fonix

Venture Round in 2006
Fonix Mobile Ltd, founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, specializes in mobile payments and messaging services. It caters to various sectors, including media, telecoms, entertainment, enterprise, and commerce. Additionally, Fonix Limited distributes telecommunication handsets both within the United Kingdom and internationally, with its base of operations located in Sheffield, UK. The company's dual focus on mobile services and hardware distribution positions it as a versatile player in the telecommunications industry.