Midven

Midven is a venture capital firm located in Birmingham, United Kingdom, that focuses on investing in early-stage and fast-growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The firm provides funding of up to £1 million to support the growth of these businesses. Midven is managed by an experienced and proactive team of investment professionals who are dedicated to fostering the development of their portfolio companies.

Aanisah Begg

Investment Manager

Jennifer Edwards

Director of Marketing

Giovanni Finocchio

Investment Director

Surjit Kooner

Director

Pablo Lubroth

Investment Manager

John R. O'Neill

MD

Oliver Sexton

Investment Director

Tony Stott

Chief Executive Officer and Fund Principal of the Exceed Funds

Roger Wood

Director

112 past transactions

MetCloud

Venture Round in 2021
MetCloud is a cloud-based cybersecurity platform. They serve cloud technology, technical, cloud hosting, SMEs, hybrid clouds, SOC service, infrastructure service, BaaS, MDR, EDR, vulnerability management, PEN testing, cloud migration, disaster recovery, patch management, monitoring service, and cyber incident response.

Eyoto

Venture Round in 2021
EYOTO Group Limited designs and manufactures tools and software solutions for optical laboratories and retailers. The company designs and manufactures eMap a multifunction lens analyzer that provides dual lens power mapping and surface inspection. It develops eBox a mobile optometry solution that gives users the options to remap the journey through retail practice and offers cloud connected mobile diagnostic platform that integrates portable hardware, artificial intelligence (AI) driven software systems, and large-scale data analytics. The company was formerly known as Aston EyeTech Ltd and changed its name to EYOTO Group Limited in April 2019. EYOTO Group Limited was founded in 2013 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Online Poundshop

Venture Round in 2019
Online Poundshop is an online-only, 24 hour, single priced retailer. Since launch in February 2014, Poundshop.com has created a new online shopping solution for customers keen to take advantage of pound shop savings. The huge range of everyday household essentials including cleaning products, batteries, toiletries, kitchen items, snacks, treats and toys is now available with the convenience of home delivery. We are based in Exeter, Devon. In October 2014, the managerial and marketing teams of the UK’s 2 premier online single price retailers, Poundshop.com and Hereforapound.com joined forces. More exciting plans are only a few clicks away starting with our brand new look website and bigger than ever range of pound shop favourites!

Stokly

Venture Round in 2019
Stok.ly provides UK Retailers with a seamless, user friendly approach to stock control and multichannel eCommerce via the cloud, paid for monthly with no contracts and no up front fees.Manage your multichannel eCommerce business through a single dashboard,accessible anytime,anywhere on any device for unlimited users.Save time,cut costs and grow your sales with Stok.ly.
The Electrospinning Company is a leading edge provider of electrospun nanofibre innovations, developing solutions to industrial challenges. They also work closely with academic research groups to develop novel nano-scale fibres and coatings for scientific research.

Igloo Vision

Funding Round in 2019
Igloo is the shared VR company. We design, develop and deliver immersive 360° projection domes, projection cylinders, and all the enabling technologies. Stepping inside one of our projection spaces is a bit like stepping inside a giant VR headset. And, because we accommodate anything from 5-to-750 people, it’s always a shared experience. So an Igloo is great for events, collaborative teamwork, training, visualisation and stakeholder engagement. With a 10+ year track record, we work with many of the world’s biggest brands. Our technologies have been covered by many of the world’s best-respected media. And, from our bases in the UK, the USA and Canada, we have delivered 100s of events and installations around the globe.

Halo X Ray Technologies

Venture Round in 2019
HALO X-ray Technologies has been spun out of the Imaging Science Group at Nottingham Trent University and the Cranfield Forensic Institute at Cranfield University. We are developing commercially-focused OEM X-ray diffraction solutions based on novel and patented Focal Construct Technology that provides platform capability across a wide range of application areas. Their initial focus lies in the development of HALO solutions for the aviation security and the medical systems markets. We have strong ties to the aviation sector through a long and prestigious research and development programme that has previously realised novel divergent beam X-ray technology (developed and marketed through various incumbent suppliers such as 3DX-ray Ltd) and kinetic depth systems (developed and marketed through Astrophyscis Inc) as 3rd party solutions. We have a clear focus on medical systems and we are currently part of a consortium recentlly awarded an EPSRC grant on Point-of-Care High Accuracy Fracture Risk Prediction. This is an exciting project and we look forward to working with our partners in developing HALO technology for this market.

Natural HR Limited

Seed Round in 2019
Natural HR Limited, founded in 2010 and based in Rugby, United Kingdom, develops HR software designed to assist companies in managing their personnel both domestically and internationally. The company's flagship product, Natural HR, is an online employee management system tailored to facilitate the management of remote employees, specifically for tasks such as weekly timesheet submissions. This solution offers a comprehensive range of HR functionalities, including tracking employee contact details, managing time off, overseeing training, and evaluating performance. Natural HR emerged from the need for a reliable, cost-effective HR software solution that was user-friendly and specifically catered to the requirements of UK businesses. The company aims to address a gap in the market by providing a product that combines ease of use with robust features, drawing on feedback from clients to continuously refine its offerings.

Sign Solutions

Venture Round in 2019
They work tirelessly to bring innovative communication services across the UK, offering so much more than just BSL/English interpreting. Sign Solutions is committed to delivering high-quality training and assessment in British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness. Since 1998, they are committed to providing high-quality video and face-to-face interpreting services which are backed up by their ISO 9001/27001 accreditation. They boast an excellent reputation for meeting the needs of all of their clients.

CFP Composites

Venture Round in 2018
CFP Composites Ltd (formerly known as Carbon Fibre Preforms) is based in Dudley in the West Midlands, operating from a 28,000 square foot factory configured on a modular basis allowing for low-cost, rapid expansion. Offering a unique range of carbon fibre composite materials for extreme high temperature applications. CFP Composites’ technology enables composite materials to be produced significantly quicker, making the materials a commercially viable alternative to metal solutions.

eTravelSafety

Venture Round in 2018
eTravelSafety is a software company.

Oxford Space Systems

Venture Round in 2018
Oxford Space Systems Limited is a space technology company based in Harwell, United Kingdom, founded in 2013. The firm specializes in developing, manufacturing, and marketing deployable hardware structures for space applications, including deployable antennas, composite linear boom systems, and hinge systems. By employing innovative design techniques, such as origami, and utilizing novel proprietary materials, Oxford Space Systems creates products that are lighter, less complex, and more cost-effective than traditional alternatives. The company has achieved significant milestones, including a record for the fastest development of a new product, the AstroTube Boom, which was successfully deployed in orbit within 30 months. With a team of 18 professionals possessing over 100 years of combined experience in the space sector, Oxford Space Systems has engaged in various collaborations, including government-supported projects with leading European satellite manufacturers and commercial contracts in Asia and the U.S. In 2018, the company relocated to a custom facility within the Harwell Space Cluster, enhancing its capabilities to meet security standards for defense and security contracts.

Utonomy

Seed Round in 2017
Utonomy Ltd. is a company based in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializing in the manufacture and sale of advanced actuators designed to optimize gas distribution networks. Established in 2015, Utonomy has developed innovative technology that automates the management of pressure within these networks, moving away from traditional manual methods that fail to account for significant fluctuations in demand. By allowing networks to operate at lower pressure, Utonomy's solutions not only minimize methane leakage—a potent greenhouse gas—but also enhance the capacity for biomethane integration. The company serves a range of customers both domestically and internationally, contributing to more efficient and environmentally friendly gas distribution systems.

Proxisense

Seed Round in 2016
Proxisense has developed extreme environment proximity sensors and fluid contamination systems utilising eddy current sensors. The former are finding uses in producing systems which monitor the health of turbine blades in real-time, which can extend component lifetimes and reduce maintenance and downtime costs. Proxisense is targeting the power and aerospace industries for these use cases and is working closely with major OEM players in the fields, including Alstom, Siemens and Rolls-Royce. Contamination of critical fluid systems is a significant issue where transportation assets travel the world and require fuel and lubrication fluids from remote sources. Proxisense’s system can provide real-time, reliable monitoring of these fluids and reduce damage to components, sub-optimal operating conditions and, potentially, system failures.

Expert Trades

Seed Round in 2016
Expert Trades is operates as an online platform that allows homeowners having requirement for works to be carried out and find trade members. Its platform enables homeowners to find a trade professional online for their heating engineer, electrician, plumber, and other works; and helps trades professionals get found online, build reputation, and manage their business. The company also enables homeowners to get home improvement guides and expert’s consultation and advice online.

Audux (POBIT)

Seed Round in 2016
Audux fulfils its conditions of an innovative, hi-tech company with significant development and employment potential and has become a significant founding investor.

Natural HR Limited

Seed Round in 2016
Natural HR Limited, founded in 2010 and based in Rugby, United Kingdom, develops HR software designed to assist companies in managing their personnel both domestically and internationally. The company's flagship product, Natural HR, is an online employee management system tailored to facilitate the management of remote employees, specifically for tasks such as weekly timesheet submissions. This solution offers a comprehensive range of HR functionalities, including tracking employee contact details, managing time off, overseeing training, and evaluating performance. Natural HR emerged from the need for a reliable, cost-effective HR software solution that was user-friendly and specifically catered to the requirements of UK businesses. The company aims to address a gap in the market by providing a product that combines ease of use with robust features, drawing on feedback from clients to continuously refine its offerings.

Formatzone

Seed Round in 2016
Formatzone (Format Zone Ltd) is a new fast-track platform to produce, broadcast, distribute and monetise video entertainment formats to and from the UK on TV and across social media. Formatzone works with new and established creative talent on a joint venture basis.

Silicon MicroGravity

Seed Round in 2016
Silicon Microgravity Limited, founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, specializes in developing advanced sensor devices for the oil and gas industry. The company emerged as a spin-out from Cambridge University, where its innovative sensor technology was created in collaboration with BP plc. This technology allows for the high-sensitivity recording of gravity data and the acquisition of seismic data at ultra-low frequencies, enhancing oil recovery and reservoir management. Additionally, Silicon Microgravity's microelectromechanical system sensors are capable of measuring densities deep within reservoirs from boreholes. Beyond the oil and gas sector, the technology also finds applications in the navigation, guidance, and stabilization of intelligent systems for commercial, industrial, and military purposes. The development of these sensors has received significant funding from BP and Innovate UK.

Oxford Space Systems

Venture Round in 2015
Oxford Space Systems Limited is a space technology company based in Harwell, United Kingdom, founded in 2013. The firm specializes in developing, manufacturing, and marketing deployable hardware structures for space applications, including deployable antennas, composite linear boom systems, and hinge systems. By employing innovative design techniques, such as origami, and utilizing novel proprietary materials, Oxford Space Systems creates products that are lighter, less complex, and more cost-effective than traditional alternatives. The company has achieved significant milestones, including a record for the fastest development of a new product, the AstroTube Boom, which was successfully deployed in orbit within 30 months. With a team of 18 professionals possessing over 100 years of combined experience in the space sector, Oxford Space Systems has engaged in various collaborations, including government-supported projects with leading European satellite manufacturers and commercial contracts in Asia and the U.S. In 2018, the company relocated to a custom facility within the Harwell Space Cluster, enhancing its capabilities to meet security standards for defense and security contracts.
Heimdall is a venture capital backed British company that has created a new shock absorption technology – its flagship patented brand, MASS. Mass was created by Heimdall’s founder and CEO John Wood to provide a new, more effective solution to impact and shock absorption with a particular focus on the headwear, body armour and footwear markets. Heimdall’s technology can be used quickly and easily by brand owners to create new, higher-value products which protect end-users more efficiently against concussion and other force impact.

Warwick Music Group

Venture Round in 2015
Warwick Music Group believe in the transformational power of music. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to make music. We also believe that children are our future, and by thinking differently we can make a difference to them and the whole world.

Compare Hospitality

Seed Round in 2015
Compare Hospitality is a company that specializes in providing a comprehensive range of corporate hospitality packages. Their offerings include sports hospitality for events such as football, horse racing, motorsport, rugby, cricket, tennis, and golf, as well as music concert packages. Additionally, they organize participation events like driving experiences, wine tastings, and team-building exercises, alongside theater hospitality packages and sporting lunches. The company aims to streamline the booking process through its platform, which serves as a centralized resource for clients to find and compare hospitality options efficiently. By consolidating extensive data on venues and event packages, Compare Hospitality facilitates informed decision-making for its clients, ensuring a diverse selection of high-quality experiences.

Geospatial Insight

Seed Round in 2015
Geospatial Insight is a provider of independent research derived from the analysis of satellite imagery and the integration of this intelligence with a range of other data sources. The company delivers these differentiated insights as investment research to the finance sector, business intelligence for corporate clients, and CAT event loss estimation and claims analysis services for the insurance sector. Established in 2012, Geospatial Insight has expanded the team to include finance sector specialists.

Paint by Conran

Seed Round in 2015
Paint by Conran range is designed to help you make the most of your home. Conran’s designers live and breathe colour, and the colours chosen work beautifully with Conran’s furniture, lighting, textiles and accessories. Even better, the team have drawn on their expertise in architecture and interiors to ensure that the paints are practical and durable.

Roompik

Seed Round in 2015
Roompik, develops a software application and platform that enables users to advertise and find a spare room online. Its platform provides information of house mates and offers suggestions based on common interests.

Webmoco

Venture Round in 2014
Webmoco Limited is a software design and development company based in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, established in 2010. The company offers a range of services that include user experience design, business analysis, enterprise application development, mobile application development, and the creation of digital products. Webmoco serves clients both in the UK and internationally, focusing on delivering tailored solutions to meet diverse business needs.

KOBUS Services

Venture Round in 2014
KOBUS Services Ltd is a UK based organisation that designs, manufactures and sells innovative tools for the utilities industry on a national and international scale and is home to the award winning KOBUS Pipe Puller. The KOBUS Pipe Puller a revolutionary system designed to remove water supply pipes from the ground and replace them with a new pipe following the exact bore path of the original pipe - all in one single action.

Etive Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
Etive evolved out of the idea of creating an electronic Log Book of information about a home, which would benefit all occupants throughout the lifetime of the property. Originally developed in 2005, we set up a trades company to understand what information we could capture about a home and how we could capture this information electronically for the benefit of the occupant and other people. We were initially focused on the new homes sector and enjoyed rapid growth through the mid noughties. From 2009 we refocused the business and our services which expanded and evolved to include private and social homes, people, energy & smart metering, employment & education and health & well being.

Aston EyeTech Ltd

Seed Round in 2014
Aston EyeTech is a tech startup developing a range of proprietary hardware and software products for ocular care. It is revolutionizing the Ocular care ecosystem through increased portability, improved accuracy, and lower costs. The company is a spinout from Aston University’s School of Optometry. Aston EyeTech was founded in 2014 and is based in Birmingham, England.

Spectral Edge

Seed Round in 2014
Spectral Edge combines patented Image Fusion tech with Deep Learning to reveal more of the color, detail and clarity in any image.

Lontra

Venture Round in 2014
Lontra Limited is an engineering firm specializing in the development of innovative compressors and engines for various applications, including wastewater aeration, automotive supercharging, and oil-free industrial air compression. The company’s flagship product, the Blade Compressor, features a unique design that has been shown to reduce energy costs by 20% and is currently licensed for use in the municipal and regulated wastewater market. In addition to the Blade Compressor, Lontra produces the Blade supercharger for downsized gasoline and diesel engines, the Lindsey Engine for electricity generation and marine power, and the Blade Expander for biofuel applications. The firm serves a diverse range of industries, including general manufacturing, cement, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, and power generation, and has attracted support from various grants and awards. Founded in 2004 and based in Napton-on-the-Hill, United Kingdom, Lontra continues to expand its technological offerings and market presence both domestically and internationally.

Health2Works

Angel Round in 2014
Health2Works Limited focuses on developing web and mobile applications tailored for patients and clinicians within the healthcare sector. Founded in 2009 and based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom, the company specializes in tools that address various health conditions, including mental health recovery, speech therapy, and patient engagement. Notable offerings include Rally Round, which connects families with independent relatives, Ollie, designed for speech and language therapists to enhance their practice management, and Connect, a platform facilitating communication of healthcare services to patients and professionals. Health2Works emphasizes rapid development of applications based on input from patients and clinicians, ensuring that its solutions meet real-world needs. The company serves NHS trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), contributing to the advancement of digital healthcare solutions.

Uni2

Seed Round in 2014
Uni2 is a comprehensive provider of student lifestyle services designed to enhance the overall experience of students. The organization offers a wide array of services, including student accommodation, part-time job opportunities, discounts, and events, as well as resources like storage solutions and a free magazine. Established by a group of former students and passionate investors, Uni2 aims to improve student living by consolidating various essential services under one brand. The company focuses on providing access to rental accommodations situated near educational institutions, thereby addressing the diverse needs of students and continuously expanding its offerings to better serve this demographic.

Amba Defence

Venture Round in 2014
Amba is a new entry into the Defence & Security market, with a focus on delivering bespoke solutions to high-level end users. These include national infrastructure, government departments, private institutions and “high net worth” individuals.

OvuSense (Fertility Focus)

Venture Round in 2014
Fertility Focus brings a brand new approach to the issue of infertility diagnosis and treatment. They currently offer two products: The FertiloScope™ is a unique minimally invasive instrument for the early diagnosis and immediate corrective surgery of the physical causes of female infertility. OvuSense™ is a reliable and reassuring predictor of the fertile period, and the presence or absence of ovulation. Developed using the gold standard reference of ultrasound, OvuSense enables fertility specialists to determine the optimum timing for intrauterine insemination treatment. By directly providing user friendly information, OvuSense also helps couples themselves to assess the best time in each cycle for sexual intercourse, and whether they need treatment.

Concurrent Thinking

Venture Round in 2014
Concurrent Thinking Limited specializes in the design and implementation of large-scale computing infrastructures and software tailored for high-performance computing. Based in Warwick, United Kingdom, the company offers a range of data center infrastructure management solutions, including concurrentCOMMAND, which integrates with facilities management systems to optimize energy efficiency, and concurrentCONTROL, a platform for monitoring power, environmental conditions, servers, and operating systems within data centers. Additionally, Concurrent Thinking provides support and maintenance services to its clients, which include IT, environmental, and financial sectors, as well as facilities management. Established in 2009 and formerly known as Retromaze Limited, the company rebranded in June 2010 to reflect its focus on innovative approaches to system management and scalable computing solutions.

Cytox

Series A in 2014
Cytox Limited is focused on developing products and services aimed at addressing neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD). The company specializes in cellular and genetic assays that facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of AD, leveraging the cell division cycle theory of its pathogenesis. It has created a genetic-based blood test designed for early-stage risk assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Cytox also offers biomarker and drug-screening services to pharmaceutical companies engaged in clinical trials for AD and mild cognitive impairment treatments. By collaborating with Affymetrix, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cytox supports the development of novel therapeutics aimed at combating this growing condition, which currently affects millions worldwide. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Birmingham, UK, with additional offices in Manchester and Oxford, Cytox serves a global clientele that includes pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, as well as research laboratories.

Craft Dragon

Venture Round in 2014
Craft Dragon Ltd brings you some of the most innovative craft tools and extras developed and produced in Britain today.

Caption Data

Seed Round in 2014
We are creators of the Hygronet, RDL//nano and RDL Web products and suppliers of MSR and other vibration data acquisition and analysis products. We design and build systems to help our clients make more profit, manage their operations, reduce their risks, gain control of their assets. Our products get you your data when and where you need it, and help you make use of it!

Totem Learning

Seed Round in 2014
At Totem they were passionate about driving higher engagement, deeper learning and better retention through digital solutions, whether they are serious games, gamification solutions, simulations or mobile VR and AR applications. They develop premium, transformational digital experiences that are rooted in a deep understanding of learning psychology combined with great game design and game thinking. Their team of designers, artists and developers love what they do, whether it's creating their own off-the-shelf products or bespoke solutions for clients.

Africa Mobile Networks

Seed Round in 2014
Africa Mobile Networks Ltd finances, builds, and operates mobile network base stations in Sub-Saharan Africa region, connecting the unconnected rural population. The company combines low power Base Transceiver Station (BTS) transmitters with Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite technology and directs traffic onto an existing network, using solar panels to power the systems. Africa Mobile Networks Ltd was founded in 2013 and is based in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

Corso

Seed Round in 2013
Corso Ltd. is a global company focused on providing products and services in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Strategic Planning, and Business Transformation. Operating as a subsidiary of ERwin, Inc., Corso delivers a combination of specialized products, professional expertise, and established technologies to effectively address the needs of its clients. The company aims to facilitate organizational growth and efficiency through its comprehensive offerings, which are designed to support businesses in navigating complex challenges and achieving strategic objectives.

Warwick Acoustics Ltd

Seed Round in 2013
Warwick Acoustics is a UK-based technology company specialising in the development of HighRes Audio solutions for the automotive and headphone markets based on its patented High Precision Electrostatic Laminate technology (HPELs). Their ultra thin, lightweight HPELs deliver audiophile performance across a bandwidth several octaves greater than traditional moving coil speakers in a form factor that is less than one quarter the weight, and one tenth of the thickness. In addition, HPELs offer designers unparalleled flexibility to shaped and form a speaker to individual design requirements.

Prism Network Ltd

Venture Round in 2013
Prism Network Ltd is provides disaster recovery and building repair service to insurance and property sectors in the United Kingdom. Its services include building reinstatement, roofing work, electrical works, plumbing and gas works, non-intrusive leak detection, flood clean-up, flood restoration, water removal, structural drying, subsidence, structural surveys, structural repairs, wet carpet restoration, fire damage restoration, fire damage repair, fire clean-up, disaster clean-up, full contents restoration, asbestos testing and removal, sewage clean-up, leak and moisture detection, mould remediation, air quality testing, trauma clean-up, lightning damage, mould removal, mould testing, air quality sampling, and crime scene clean-up services.

Diverse School Travel

Seed Round in 2013
A vibrant UK based small business, offering schools and colleges some wonderful and exciting educational and cultural tours to schools and colleges throughout the UK, Europe, and beyond. Our head office is in the centre of Birmingham and our young, multi-lingual, and exceptionally talented(!) staff team is driven by ensuring all our customers are given the best possible price and service.

Eagle Genomics

Seed Round in 2013
Life sciences smart data management and analysis solutions

Interpac

Seed Round in 2013
Interpac has developed a new packaging production system the corrugator which does not use steam in the manufacturing process. The Interpac system is a revolutionary process that enables on-demand production which significantly reduces packaging costs and emits 90% less greenhouse gases than conventional processes.

Learning Labs

Series A in 2013
Learning Labs operates an online educational platform designed to make language learning accessible to all students. The organization comprises a diverse team of former educators, linguists, and technology professionals who focus on enhancing engagement and learning outcomes in foreign language acquisition. By integrating lessons, games, and adaptive technology, the platform aims to foster effective learning experiences that help users improve their language skills and expand their vocabulary. The use of smartphones and tablets further facilitates this innovative approach to education, making language learning both engaging and effective.

FlashSticks

Seed Round in 2013
FlashSticks® are foreign language Post-it® Notes, each printed with a unique, commonly used word, translation, icon and phonetic. Oh and they’re colour-coded by gender too: BLUE notes for masculine nouns, PINK notes for feminine and GREEN for all other word types.

The Learning Lab

Venture Round in 2013
The Learning Lab is a training and consultancy business delivering brain friendly learning experiences and inspired consultation to both the public and private sectors UK wide and beyond.

Portal Entertainment

Venture Round in 2013
Portal Entertainment Ltd. operates as a digital entertainment company. It offers Immersion, a storytelling platform that enables to tell stories over multiple platforms, including TVs, Web, mobile, and tablets.

UCL

Private Equity Round in 2013
University College London (UCL) is a prominent multidisciplinary university located in London, recognized for its academic excellence and innovative research. Established in 1826, UCL was groundbreaking in its commitment to inclusivity, being the first university in England to admit students regardless of race, class, or religion, and the first to grant women equal access to education. Today, UCL is home to a diverse community of distinguished professors and talented students dedicated to addressing real-world challenges through research and learning. In addition to its broad academic offerings, UCL provides consultancy services through UCL Consultants, further extending its impact beyond traditional education. UCL also encompasses specialized schools, including UCL Medical School and UCL School of Pharmacy, reinforcing its status as a leading institution in various fields of study.

Amalyst

Seed Round in 2013
Amalyst Limited develops catalysts for fuel cell and electrolyser applications. It offers electrode catalysts that are employed in proton exchange membranes fuel cells and water electrolysers to provide the core energy conversion function. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

activ8 Intelligence

Venture Round in 2013
Activ8 Intelligence Limited specializes in human resources reporting, analytics, and predictive solutions. The company offers a range of services, including HR reporting tools that feature key performance indicators, dashboards, and analytical reports. Its analytic solutions encompass user-friendly tools, such as trend analyzers and data interpretation services, which facilitate understanding and accessibility of results. Additionally, Activ8 provides predictive workforce planning tools that assist organizations in making informed decisions regarding resourcing, recruitment, and talent management. The company also offers human capital consultancy services, including metrics design and data analysis. Founded in 2005 and originally known as active8 Human Resources Limited, it rebranded in March 2007 and is currently based in Farnsfield, United Kingdom.

Kallik

Venture Round in 2013
Kallik is a global provider of labeling content management and artwork generation solutions tailored for regulated markets, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, and chemicals. The company develops enterprise software that aids manufacturers in efficiently managing their labeling and artwork processes. By offering centralized messaging content, Kallik enables clients to produce print-ready artwork for packaging and labeling, ensuring compliance with industry regulations. This streamlined approach enhances efficiency and helps clients navigate the complexities of labeling in their respective sectors.

Admedo

Venture Round in 2013
Admedo is a self-serve online advertising platform. The admedo platform saves you time and improves the performance of your campaigns, with all the transparency that you need to make clear decisions Admedo was independently founded in the UK, in 2013, by online advertising experts Nick Moutter and Laura Bowen. Now a global company, with offices in the US and Europe, and a multinational team based at their HQ in London, they are all working towards the same goal: a simple, honest, and inclusive future for programmatic advertising. Admedo is the only fully transparent Programmatic Marketing Platform on the market with all the tools needed in one UI at one cost.

Caperfly

Seed Round in 2013
Caperfly is a digital entertainment and media application business that creates high-quality interactive titles, specifically designed around real-time data. Their titles are distributed via iOS, Android and Smart TV platforms. Caperfly was founded in 2012 by ex-Codemasters veterans; Gavin Cheshire, Mark Boote, Bryan Marshall and Rachel Weston. Around them sit a team of people with a strong reputation for delivering triple-A titles.

OvuSense (Fertility Focus)

Venture Round in 2013
Fertility Focus brings a brand new approach to the issue of infertility diagnosis and treatment. They currently offer two products: The FertiloScope™ is a unique minimally invasive instrument for the early diagnosis and immediate corrective surgery of the physical causes of female infertility. OvuSense™ is a reliable and reassuring predictor of the fertile period, and the presence or absence of ovulation. Developed using the gold standard reference of ultrasound, OvuSense enables fertility specialists to determine the optimum timing for intrauterine insemination treatment. By directly providing user friendly information, OvuSense also helps couples themselves to assess the best time in each cycle for sexual intercourse, and whether they need treatment.

We are Digital

Seed Round in 2013
We are Digital launched in 2012 and is one of the UK’s leading digital and financial inclusion training providers to councils, housing associations, charities, corporates and the general public. After taking over responsibility for Digital Unite’s tutor network in October 2015, we now have the largest centrally controlled network of tutors in the UK and are a major provider of digital and financial inclusion support to over 60 housing associations.

Clinical Insights

Seed Round in 2013
Clinical Insights is provides tools and business advisory services based on rich data analytics for pharmaceutical companies. Its solutions optimizes performance using dynamic analytical techniques based on real-world and real-time market information; improves market insights and develop business solutions based on sophisticated analyses of big data available in real time; and improves business performance by embedding analytical techniques and real-time proprietary market information into the users management systems.

TR Fleet Ltd

Venture Round in 2012
TR Fleet believe in delivering solutions closely aligned to the needs of your business, providing a wide range of services. We also believe in reducing the administrative burden associated with fleet management. This coupled with measurable cost savings to your business is always one of our key priorities.

Infinity CCS

Venture Round in 2012
Infinity CCS is a provider of technology and services that deliver excellence, efficiency and commercial advantage for outsourced customer management service providers. At the heart of our offer is the Infinity Platform, a combined agent desktop and workflow engine that empowers outsourcers to design and deliver exceptional customer experiences, across every campaign, with ultimate efficiency.
IGS Ltd, previously trading under licence as BGS International, is an independent commercial geoscience consultancy providing knowledge and services to the global mineral exploration sector. IGS is a “spin-out” from the British Geological Survey built on extensive overseas experience of the BGS. Our work includes large, complex and strategic-level studies with national governments, development agencies and the World Bank, as well as competitively priced, quality services to the mineral exploration sector.

Abgentis

Seed Round in 2012
Abgentis Limited develops IV/oral antibacterial products to treat acute and chronic, life-threatening and drug-resistant infections. It focuses on re-engineering Abgentis, a previously marketed antibacterial by deploying a unique insight into the structure-activity relationships, microbiology, pharmacology, and efficacy of antibacterial DNA supercoiling inhibitors. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.

BeGo

Venture Round in 2012
BeGo delivers an amazing experience for students starting out in the UK. Dedicated to serving International Students by making their transition to the UK as easy as possible, Bego enables them to enjoy the best the UK has to offer.

Big Button Media

Seed Round in 2012
Big Button Media Limited, trading as BUTO operates as a strategic video agency, which produces films, videos, motion graphics, and animations. It offers an online video platform to upload, manage, and measure their online videos. It provides Buto video platform, which includes marketing, internal comms, learning and development, sales, and human resources. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. As of October 22, 2019, Big Button Media Limited operates as a subsidiary of TwentyThree ApS

AccurIC

Venture Round in 2012
AccurIC was founded in 2011, for the purpose of exploiting intellectual property developed by its founders, in the area of high-accuracy current regulation.

Whisk

Seed Round in 2012
Whisk powers the creation, discovery, personalization, and monetization of food content online, in-store, and at home. Whisk partners with the world’s largest retailers, publishers, CPG brands, and health companies to help them connect with their consumers and drive product purchases at every stage of their food journey - from inspiration and consideration to purchase and preparation. Whisk was founded in 2012 and was acquired by Samsung Next in March 2019.

Simworx

Venture Round in 2012
Simworx is acknowledged as one of the world leaders in the supply of 4D Effects Cinema’s and Motion Simulation Attractions, for the entertainment, education & corporate markets, worldwide. Its skills and capabilities extend from full turnkey solutions, custom attractions, product development, manufacturing & service support, to film content, motion programming & complete themed attractions. Their clients have access to a vast film library, with hugely varied subject content, and in the unlikely event that they do not have a film suitable for your venue, then they can make a specific one for you!

Comply Serve

Venture Round in 2012
Comply Serve is a software company offering compliance and validation solutions to highly regulated industries. The company evolved out of the world's leading provider of requirements management solutions, Telelogic AB, where the founding team discovered a significant and largely untapped market opportunity for project supply chain compliance solutions. After 3 years spent researching the compliance market, it started trading in January 2006.

PlayMob

Venture Round in 2012
Playmob is a games platform for brands with purpose. We connect the most meaningful brands to billions of mobile gamers, to take action and make the world a better place while positively boosting the brands bottom line. Through leveraging playable-ads with our unique impact methodology, harnessing media space within existing hit mobile titles and tracking powerful values-based data and business data, Playmob aims to be the first global distribution platform, enabling brands to reach and engage gamers with their purpose. Playmob also benefits the publisher by meaningfully engaging with the player. We see engagement rates of 30% to 50%.

Netmania

Venture Round in 2012
Enhanced Telecommunications Ltd, dba Netmania Solutions, specialist device management practitioners with experience of standards based solutions, has been involved in TR-069 delivery and deployments since 2001, enabling operators to improve the customer journey, reduce churn and improve profitability.

SoshiGames

Seed Round in 2011
SoshiGames build social network games as platforms which deliver deep player experiences and sustained engagement with brands. They strive to develop novel game concepts whilst applying disruptive approaches to user acquisition and revenue generation. They build unique value between players and brands that benefit all in a fun, engaging way. Play with a purpose.

Breaking Free Group

Seed Round in 2011
Breaking Free Group is a digital health and behavioral science company based in Birmingham and Manchester, focused on combating addictions, particularly substance use disorders. The company operates across various addiction treatment, public health, and correctional environments, employing real-time data analytics to assist patients in addressing the psychological and lifestyle factors that contribute to their addictive behaviors. By providing innovative solutions, Breaking Free Group aims to enhance treatment outcomes and support individuals in their recovery journey.

Phoenix Health and Safety

Venture Round in 2011
Phoenix Health & Safety provide Health and Safety training courses, accredited by IOSH, NEBOSH, ConstructionSkills and CIEH for people with responsibility for managing health and safety. They are so confident in their training team and methods that they offer a guaranteed pass on all IOSH and NEBOSH courses.

Gekko Technology

Venture Round in 2011
Gekko Technology design and manufacture LED lighting products for the film, television, photographic and entertainment industries. Gekko products are designed with the user and application foremost in their minds – solving technical and functional shortcomings with robust, durable, professional instruments.

Anvil Semiconductors

Seed Round in 2011
Anvil Semiconductors Ltd specializes in the development of silicon carbide (SiC) materials and devices targeted at the power electronics and LED markets. Established in 2010 as a spin-out from the University of Warwick, the company focuses on creating vertical Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) and MOSFETs built on 3C-SiC on silicon wafers. Anvil's technologies aim to produce SiC-based devices that match the costs of traditional silicon devices while offering superior operational efficiency. Their products find applications across various sectors, including photovoltaics, consumer electronics, electric vehicle charging, and motor control systems. With a strong emphasis on innovation, Anvil holds multiple patents in SiC power semiconductor technology and has positioned itself to meet the growing demand in the power electronics market, which has experienced significant growth and diversification since its inception. The company is headquartered in Coventry, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Cambridge.

Igloo Vision

Venture Round in 2011
Igloo is the shared VR company. We design, develop and deliver immersive 360° projection domes, projection cylinders, and all the enabling technologies. Stepping inside one of our projection spaces is a bit like stepping inside a giant VR headset. And, because we accommodate anything from 5-to-750 people, it’s always a shared experience. So an Igloo is great for events, collaborative teamwork, training, visualisation and stakeholder engagement. With a 10+ year track record, we work with many of the world’s biggest brands. Our technologies have been covered by many of the world’s best-respected media. And, from our bases in the UK, the USA and Canada, we have delivered 100s of events and installations around the globe.

Orthogem

Venture Round in 2011
Orthogem develops and manufactures synthetic bone grafts. Its patented Tripore technology platform has enabled the creation of a pipeline of SBG's formulated for a variety of clinical applications, ranging from spinal to oral cranial facial surgery. Orthogem's products include TriPore Granules, TriPore MPA, and TriPore Blocks. Wei Lo founded it in 2001, with its headquarters in Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

Cipher Surgical

Seed Round in 2011
Cipher Surgical Limited is a medical device company based in Coventry, United Kingdom, founded in 2010. The company specializes in the design and development of laparoscopic medical devices, particularly focusing on maintaining a clear view during surgical procedures. Its flagship product, OpClear, is a sterile disposable unit that employs in-situ carbon dioxide and saline to provide a solution for distal window contamination throughout laparoscopic surgeries. This innovation enhances the efficiency and safety of minimally invasive procedures, allowing surgeons to perform abdominal keyhole surgery more effectively. Cipher Surgical aims to patent and globally market its unique devices, contributing to advancements in surgical practices.

Sparcana

Seed Round in 2011
Sparcana is manufactures portable heat products. It offers ORB, a portable and continuous heat chamber for warming skincare products, including facial oils, balms, skin serums, paraffin waxes, and various natural based skin care products. The company provides products through distributors to therapists, spas, and salons.

CrowdControlHQ

Venture Round in 2011
CrowdControlHQ is the social media platform to engage your audience, manage your activity, and analyse your performance. Our software tools help you deliver engaging social media marketing content, delight customers with exceptional social customer service, and effectively manage and measure your results.

OvuSense (Fertility Focus)

Venture Round in 2011
Fertility Focus brings a brand new approach to the issue of infertility diagnosis and treatment. They currently offer two products: The FertiloScope™ is a unique minimally invasive instrument for the early diagnosis and immediate corrective surgery of the physical causes of female infertility. OvuSense™ is a reliable and reassuring predictor of the fertile period, and the presence or absence of ovulation. Developed using the gold standard reference of ultrasound, OvuSense enables fertility specialists to determine the optimum timing for intrauterine insemination treatment. By directly providing user friendly information, OvuSense also helps couples themselves to assess the best time in each cycle for sexual intercourse, and whether they need treatment.

MicroVisk Limited

Series C in 2011
MicroVisk Limited, founded in 2004 and based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializes in medical technology. The company has developed CoagMax, a point-of-care monitor that enables home testing for prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR) blood tests. In addition, MicroVisk is engaged in the creation of Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors, targeting the international medical market. By focusing on innovative solutions for blood testing and medical device technologies, MicroVisk aims to enhance patient care and facilitate easier access to vital health information.

Anaxsys Technology

Venture Round in 2010
Anaxsys Technology Ltd is a medical device company based in Send, United Kingdom, specializing in the development and marketing of respiratory devices. The company offers products such as respiR8, a continuous respiratory rate counter designed to provide early indications of patient deterioration, along with asthma monitoring systems. Anaxsys Technology focuses on patient monitoring, screening, and diagnostics related to asthma, vital signs, sleep apnea, and lung cancer. Founded in 2002 and formerly known as Asthma Alert Limited, the company rebranded in August 2006 to better reflect its broader mission in the healthcare sector.

Connexica

Venture Round in 2010
Connexica Limited designs and develops software that enables searches of structured and unstructured data, allowing the user to index, enquire, analyse and present large voloumes of corporate data in minutes. The company was formerly known as Ardentia Search Limited and changed its name to Connexica Limited in February, 2009. Connexica Limited was founded in 2006 and is based in Stafford, United Kingdom.

MicroVisk Limited

Venture Round in 2010
MicroVisk Limited, founded in 2004 and based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializes in medical technology. The company has developed CoagMax, a point-of-care monitor that enables home testing for prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR) blood tests. In addition, MicroVisk is engaged in the creation of Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors, targeting the international medical market. By focusing on innovative solutions for blood testing and medical device technologies, MicroVisk aims to enhance patient care and facilitate easier access to vital health information.

pr2go.com

Venture Round in 2010
pr2go is an affordable PR agency for businesses of all sizes. We specialise in PR press release writing and media distribution to get your business press release stories in front of your customers and potential customers – fast.

Lontra

Venture Round in 2010
Lontra Limited is an engineering firm specializing in the development of innovative compressors and engines for various applications, including wastewater aeration, automotive supercharging, and oil-free industrial air compression. The company’s flagship product, the Blade Compressor, features a unique design that has been shown to reduce energy costs by 20% and is currently licensed for use in the municipal and regulated wastewater market. In addition to the Blade Compressor, Lontra produces the Blade supercharger for downsized gasoline and diesel engines, the Lindsey Engine for electricity generation and marine power, and the Blade Expander for biofuel applications. The firm serves a diverse range of industries, including general manufacturing, cement, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, and power generation, and has attracted support from various grants and awards. Founded in 2004 and based in Napton-on-the-Hill, United Kingdom, Lontra continues to expand its technological offerings and market presence both domestically and internationally.

Aeristech Limited

Seed Round in 2010
Aeristech Limited develops electric air compressors for the automotive industry in the United Kingdom and internationally. Its products include electric superchargers that deliver air pressure and flow continuously without adding complexity or exotic materials to the motor or compressor; full electric turbochargers for engine downsizing and efficiency; and fuel cell air compressors that deliver air pressure regardless of changes in air flow or variation in input voltage. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Kenilworth, United Kingdom.

LumeJet

Seed Round in 2010
LumeJet Print Technologies Limited designs, develops, and manufactures ultra-high resolution printers for use in production environments. Its products are used for printing layflat books, fine art prints, pitches and proposals, book jackets, and wedding albums. The company also offers its products for a range of applications, including inkless printing for labelling and packaging; printed electronics and plastic logics; and direct-write digital lithography for photomasking and patterning on PCB and flexible substrates. It offers its products through a distribution network in Europe and North America. The company was formerly known as LumeJet Limited and changed its name to LumeJet Print Technologies Limited in September 2015. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Coventry, United Kingdom.

Everyclick

Venture Round in 2010
Everyclick is a search engine which helps users raise money for charity.

Oxsensis

Series C in 2010
Oxsensis Ltd. produces non-electrical sensor systems that enable measurements to be made at the extremes of electromagnetic interference and temperature. The company offers optical pressure sensor systems for real-time measurement of dynamic pressure sensor systems, dynamic and static pressure with temperature, and static pressure sensor systems; temperature transducers; and optical accelerometers. Its products are used in aerospace, power generation, oil and gas, reciprocating engine, space, and nuclear industries. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Didcot, United Kingdom. It has additional offices in the United States, Russia, China, and Japan.

Anaxsys Technology

Venture Round in 2010
Anaxsys Technology Ltd is a medical device company based in Send, United Kingdom, specializing in the development and marketing of respiratory devices. The company offers products such as respiR8, a continuous respiratory rate counter designed to provide early indications of patient deterioration, along with asthma monitoring systems. Anaxsys Technology focuses on patient monitoring, screening, and diagnostics related to asthma, vital signs, sleep apnea, and lung cancer. Founded in 2002 and formerly known as Asthma Alert Limited, the company rebranded in August 2006 to better reflect its broader mission in the healthcare sector.

Allinea Software

Venture Round in 2009
Allinea Software Ltd. provides software development tools for high performance computing in commercial and research institutions across the world. It offers Allinea Distributed Debugging Tool (DDT), a graphical debugger for debugging MPI and multi-threaded codes; Allinea DDT with CUDA, a tool to debug hybrid MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA applications on a single workstation or GPU cluster; and Allinea OPT, an optimization and profiling tool. The company serves customers across multiple industry sectors, including cloud computing, aerospace, oil and energy, and weather/climate, as well as universities, and research and development laboratories. Allinea Software Ltd. was formerly known as Backnet Limited and changed its name to Allinea Software Ltd. in December 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Warwick, United Kingdom. As of December 16, 2016, Allinea Software Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of ARM Limited.

Comply

Venture Round in 2009
Comply provides specialized, off-the-shelf scientific and process data management software products, and offers Professional Consulting Services to support and enhance Life Science companies in successfully meeting unique industry demands.

Procarta Biosystems

Venture Round in 2008
Procarta Biosystems Ltd, founded in 2007 and based in Norwich, United Kingdom, develops innovative antibacterial therapies using a DNA-based platform. The company focuses on addressing the growing challenge of drug-resistant bacterial strains by offering a range of proprietary nanoparticles, collectively referred to as "snare." These nanoparticles facilitate the delivery of oligonucleotides targeting various bacterial pathogens, including MRSA, through both topical and intravenous solutions. Additionally, Procarta's therapies include a broad-spectrum treatment for Gram-negative infections, particularly those acquired in hospital settings, and a specific solution aimed at preventing the recurrence of Clostridium difficile infections. Originating as a spin-out from the John Innes Centre, Procarta has garnered early-stage investment and operates within the Norwich Research Park, contributing to advancements in antibiotic development for challenging infections.

Streamline Computing

Venture Round in 2008
Streamline Computing Ltd. provides high performance computing (HPC) clusters and services in the United Kingdom. It offers integrated compute, storage, and visualization solutions; tried and tested HPC systems; and system integration, consulting, and support services. The company sells hardware and software products; and components, including switches and host bus adaptors, networking equipment, fibre and copper network cables, workstations, and servers. It also sells hardware and software products online. It serves oil, aerospace, manufacturing, auto-racing, and pharmaceutical industries.