Enterprise Ventures

Enterprise Ventures (EV) is a leading providers of venture capital and early stage finance to SMEs in England and Wales, and one of the few able to provide both equity and debt funding. EV has a wide range of investment funds which it manages on behalf of investor clients from both the private and public sector. It invests sums of up to £2million in businesses at all stages of development, from pre-revenue & proof of concept, through to MBO/MBI opportunities and development and replacement capital. EV is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and are full members of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

William Clark

Investment Director

Paul Taberner

Investment Director

Julian Viggars

Investment Director

57 past transactions

Plant Impact

Post in 2017
Their products manage a plant’s natural responses to stress factors to build its resilience. This boost in strength helps the plant to flourish in good conditions but also when faced with increasingly common stresses such as heat, salinity, drought and the application of other chemicals. Their head office and primary research facility are at the Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise (RoCRE) in Harpenden, UK and they have additional offices in Brazil, USA and Argentina as well as colleagues based in Turkey and France.

Allied Protek

Venture Round in 2017
Allied Protek excellence in engineering, design and project management servicing the food & drink, pharmaceutical, renewable, brewing, defence, chemical and nuclear industry sectors throughout the UK and overseas.

Retra Holdings

Venture Round in 2016
Retra Holdings' line of business includes holding or owning securities of companies other than banks. The Company is headquartered in England.

Blue-i Event Technology

Venture Round in 2016
Blue-i Event Technology specialising in the supply of Audio Visual Services to the events industry.

Concepta PLC

Post in 2016
Concepta PLC is involved in the development of products and a platform, which targets the personalized mobile health market with a focus on women’s fertility and unexplained infertility.
UK cyber security start up spun out of Queens University Belfast. SpriteGuard has been built to protect users of public open access Wi-Fi hotspots and the whole of the Wi-Fi infrastructure both internally and externally. It is completely independent of existing access points and totally agnostic to devices. With cyber security and Wi-Fi so prevalent in the news today from data loss to prisoners stealing access to neighbouring Wi-Fi access points and children being exposed to inappropriate content whilst at school, after three years of development SpriteGuard brings a unique and disruptive solution to the space. Development of the product is now just about complete with launch date q4 2017 and as a start up we are, no hiding this, trying to make as much noise as possible. We have global interest in deploying the product and are keen to make sure both the UK and other government policy is seen to reflect the ever growing threat posed by Wi-Fi hacking to both the public and business. We would like to be an ally of government policy, given the past three years of our development cycle, to help aid Governments in meeting both their policy and social obligations if possible, lofty ambitions but well placed nevertheless. We are seeking a follow on round having been seed funded by Mercia to the value of £350K. Our market research and contacts within the cyber security space lead us to believe that this unique offering dedicated to protecting the built environment both inside and out has global reach and enormous ability to scale. If you would like to meet and discuss, be given a face to face demonstration of the power of SpriteGuard then please email your thoughts to julian.watts@spriteguard.com. For more information please www.spriteguard.com

Redag Crop Protection

Venture Round in 2016
The novel and broadly validated Redox Switch™ approach allows Redag Crop Protection to begin with best in class crop protection products and find new intellectual property that supports development of novel agrochemicals. These properties have shorter less costly development cycles bringing rapid innovation to the industry. There is a growing need for new products as older ones are withdrawn either for safety reasons or because resistance has developed that reduces performance.

ResponseTap

Series C in 2016
ResponseTap came about over a few beers in a university bar, and a conversation between Ross and Richard about the disconnect between online and offline customer journeys. Within two years, they had launched their campaign level tracking project, the first in Europe to be integrated with Google Analytics. Two years later and visitor level tracking was live, the business had 100 customers and ResponseTap had joined the Telegraph's Tech Start-Up 100 most promising techology start-ups in Europe. Today, having raised £4m in funding, the business has 80 staff, 50 new customers every month, offices in London, Manchester and Atlanta, and billions of web visits, phone calls and associated transactions processed every day.

Document Direct

Seed Round in 2015
Document Direct is a UK-based digital dictation, typing, transcription and document production company. We help over 350 clients make great cost-savings as well as improve their efficiency and case turnaround time. Confidentiality and security are paramount, with us supporting many top 200 UK law firm clients. And, thanks to our 24/7 service, you will never find yourself without typing support. Benefits: - Immediate cost savings of up to 50% compared to your current cost base. - Quicker return of your typing to enable you to more promptly respond to clients. - Freeing up of resources to be better deployed in other areas of your business. We are confident you will love our service, so we offer a 30-minute free trial for you to use and see for yourself.

Document Direct

Seed Round in 2015
Document Direct is a UK-based digital dictation, typing, transcription and document production company. We help over 350 clients make great cost-savings as well as improve their efficiency and case turnaround time. Confidentiality and security are paramount, with us supporting many top 200 UK law firm clients. And, thanks to our 24/7 service, you will never find yourself without typing support. Benefits: - Immediate cost savings of up to 50% compared to your current cost base. - Quicker return of your typing to enable you to more promptly respond to clients. - Freeing up of resources to be better deployed in other areas of your business. We are confident you will love our service, so we offer a 30-minute free trial for you to use and see for yourself.

Collabco

Seed Round in 2015
Innovative software development company and Microsoft Partner. Specialising in SharePoint & Dynamics CRM in Education, Social Housing and Commercial sectors.

Redag Crop Protection

Seed Round in 2014
The novel and broadly validated Redox Switch™ approach allows Redag Crop Protection to begin with best in class crop protection products and find new intellectual property that supports development of novel agrochemicals. These properties have shorter less costly development cycles bringing rapid innovation to the industry. There is a growing need for new products as older ones are withdrawn either for safety reasons or because resistance has developed that reduces performance.

GeoGRAFI

Seed Round in 2014
GeoGrafi, a Liverpool, UK-based company which specializes in geospatial and mapping technologies, the company has expanded into the supply of equipment and recently acquired Stockport-based Mobile GIS Services (MGISS), which is a reseller for a number of geospatial brands. Following the investment, MGISS founder Dave Shandley will continue to work in the business alongside Mike Darracott.

Global Renewables

Venture Round in 2014
GLOBAL RENEWABLE LIMITED is a renewables and environment company based out of 19 OAKWOOD DRIVE OAKWOOD DRIVE, BILLERICAY, ESSEX, United Kingdom.

Winning Pitch

Venture Round in 2014
Winning Pitch is a specialist provider of high growth coaching services. We are a research led business with a passion for supporting ambitious entrepreneurs to realise their full potential and achieve levels of growth way above the norm.

Denwa Communications

Venture Round in 2014
DENWA is a UK wide Telecoms Company operating from the heart of the UK in Lancashire. We are a company focused on advising, supporting and implementing Business Telephone Systems and Peripherals, which increase staff productivity and customer service. Our friendly sales staff and team of technical experts ensure you get the responsiveness your business requires, keeping downtime to a minimum at all times. We go the extra mile to integrate your current data infrastructure with your business telephone system. All of our staff are fully accredited by leading brands such as Mitel, Avaya, Samsung, Panasonic and more. Our solutions are installed professionally, reliably and are fully supported by our in-house engineers with tailored support plans up to and including 24 hour cover. We provide our clients with the highest level of service from the point of sale through to completion and beyond.

Millican

Venture Round in 2014
Founded in 2009 by Jorrit and Nicky Forbes-Jorritsma, Millican creates premium bags and accessories for outdoor living and travel. The company, which sells through a network of distributors in Northern Europe and Japan, in the past 12 months, has also launched a number of collaborations with brands including menswear label Universal Works and Fujifilm’s X-Series premium cameras.

Soccer Manager

Seed Round in 2013
Soccer Manager, a Preston, UK-based developer of an online football game. Soccer Manager allows players to manage their favourite football team and compete against other teams from throughout the world. Outside the UK, it is particularly popular in South America, Indonesia and southern European countries including Italy, Spain and Turkey. Since 2004, Soccer Manager Ltd has been creating high quality, successful soccer management games. The company strives to ensure that there are no barriers to anybody playing its games and that the games are available for free on as many devices and in as many languages as possible. Since inception, over 25 million people have registered to play Soccer Manager games with more than one million very actively engaged users playing each month. Many Soccer Manager users have been playing since the first game, Soccer Manager Worlds, was launched in 2005. Soccer Manager Worlds is a successful MMO. Originally only opened to friends and family of the developers, its fanbase grew rapidly through word of mouth and now has hundreds of thousands of people logging in to play it every day from all over the world. In late 2012, using HTML5, the company began developing a high quality 'single player' management game of the standard typically found on PCs and consoles. It was finally launched in 2015 with the title 'Soccer Manager 2015’. It is currently in it’s fifth season & called Soccer Manager 2019. The company launched its 3rd football based game in 2017, Football Clash: Allstars which is a card collecting, PvP real time football game. The game is focused solely on iOS and Android apps. Soccer Manager Crypto is currently in development and will be the company’s 4th title. It is set to launch during Q1 2019. Soccer Manager Crypto is a massively multiplayer football management game built directly on blockchain technology. This is the first game of its kind, and it’s nothing short of revolutionary.

Granby Marketing Services

Acquisition in 2013
Granby Marketing Services engages in designing the logistics and infrastructure of marketing campaigns which includes all types of sales promotions, loyalty, shopper, and marketing communications, both B2B and B2C. It also offers handling and fulfillment services, data services, digital services, loyalty and rewards, e-commerce fulfillment, warehousing and distribution, contact center, and print services.

Azullo

Venture Round in 2013
Azullo's leading product was Respond, which empowered premium publishers with an innovative native advertising platform. Respond was featured in the Guardian, Campaign, TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, Econsultancy, The Drum, Paid Content and Brand Republic.

Telepath

Seed Round in 2013
Telepath is a telematics company with a difference. Telepath is a fleet and personnel consultancy company. Using source telematics data we translate it into business information as a basis to advise our customers.

Jobs The Word

Seed Round in 2013
UK-based JobsTheWord, which describes itself as a ‘virtual headhunter’, has received a £525k investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures. JobsTheWord searches and analyses data from social media and other sites to help companies identify candidates, claiming to significantly reduce the time and cost of sourcing. The funding is provided jointly by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank, and will allow the business to scale up its research & development, create new features and develop products for sectors other than recruitment. It was founded in 2011 and has attracted blue-chip clients, including BlackBerry, Hewlett Packard and Samsung.

Knight Warner

Venture Round in 2013
Knight Warner Limited, are world leaders in industrial automation including conveying, handling and robotic solutions. Established in 1998, we operate from purpose built premises in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire. Our approach is to provide more than just high quality equipment we become an experience integration partner to ensure your project is completed on time and to budget. We provide our customers with a comprehensive back up service after the equipment has been installed to ensure continuous reliability. We supply a wide range of industry sectors including food, beverage, canning, steel, power, crane equipment, rail, aggregates, water, pharmaceutical and chemical.

Woodall Nicholson Group

Venture Round in 2013
Woodall Nicholson is one of the oldest established coachbuilding companies in the UK, dating right back to the 1820′s, when its major market was the building of horse-drawn hansom cabs and carriages.

Fourteen IP

Seed Round in 2013
Fourteen IP are a Specialist Voice and Data Solutions Provider focused on providing service, support and solutions for the Hospitality industry right across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. We work with best of breed partners such as HP, Mitel, Broadsoft, Motorola, Ruckus and NEC and others

Starfish 360

Seed Round in 2013
Starfish 360 provides market-leading knowledge and resources to retailers for mobile customer engagement. We can build upon your existing investment in infrastructure and customer knowledge to provide a fully-managed mobile engagement strategy that's flexible, affordable and scalable. Being technology and solution agnostic allows us to choose the solutions that will best meet your strategic objectives; not those of technology or solution providers.

Xeros

Venture Round in 2013
Xeros Ltd. is a new company focused on the development of "virtually waterless" laundry cleaning. Harnessing over 30 years of research by Professor Stephen Burkinshaw and the University of Leeds, Xeros is the brand name for a patented polymer based cleaning that creates step change advantage in the cost and environmental impact of aqueous wash cleaning.

Thirsty Horses

Seed Round in 2013
Thirsty Horses is an Organisational Development consultancy, established in 2009 that specialises in helping its clients achieve a truly high performance culture. Through empowering your staff to take responsibility for their own work/development we free them up to be innovative and reach their potential... All of which leads to organisational growth and stability. Our place on the public sector procurement framework, G-Cloud 7, means we’re very accessible to the public sector, but as you can see from this website we’re actually helping organisations across the sectors see results using our Organisational Development Tools.

TyresOnTheDrive.com

Venture Round in 2013
TyresOnTheDrive is a mobile tyre-fitting company that allows customers to book online or over the phone and have new tyres fitted, or punctures repaired, at any suitable location of their choice, whether that's at home, at work or even at the gym! They’re proud to be different: they’ve long believed that the purchase and fitting of tyres doesn’t have to be a drawn out, inconvenient and laborious process where the customer has to fit around the static hours of a garage. Their mobile fitting units make sitting around in a cold garage a thing of the past. Now you can be at home or at a work getting on with the things that are important to you, while their expert technicians deal with your tyre fitting.

Winder Power

Venture Round in 2013
Winder Power (Winder) is a leading UK manufacturer of power and distribution transformers and generator equipment. Winder specialises in the design, manufacture, deployment and management of distribution transformers and power transformers up to 60MVA. Its rotating-machines division (Newton Derby), is the leading manufacturer of exciters and permanent magnet machines for the power generation industry.

Powelectrics

Venture Round in 2012
Powelectrics provide telemetry and sensing solutions. Developing, manufacturing and distributing complimentary products that ensure they offer competitive, reliable solutions. to a range of industries that help you save money. Their solutions have evolved since their inception in 1983, benefitting from many years experience in the field.

LabelSneak

Seed Round in 2012
LabelSneak is a privately held company that operates an online market place that sells men's fashion and sportswear brands.

Evgen Pharma

Venture Round in 2012
Evgen Pharma is a clinical stage drug development company focused on the treatment of cancer and neurological conditions. Evgen’s pipeline is based on our proprietary Sulforadex® technology, and includes a number of synthetic, stabilised analogues of the naturally occurring compound sulforaphane. Many peer-reviewed scientific papers have identified the medical potential of sulforaphane in multiple indications. Our objective is to use our Sulforadex® technology to turn this scientific promise into commercially successful products.

Barber of Sheffield

Venture Round in 2012
Barber of Sheffield is a privately held supplier of body art consumables and studio accessories in Europe, as well as supplying specialist products tailored to the medical and veterinary markets.

Peckforton Pharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2012
Peckforton Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a fast growing, dynamic speciality pharmaceutical company that manufactures, distributes and sells prescription and OTC products in the UK and Europe.The company is focused into two divisions, Branded and Hospital. Each division has distinct and separate requirements to support both the patient and the healthcare professional, with the primary focus on ensuring and maintaining the ‘quality of supply’ and the ‘quality of medicine’.

Biofortuna

Venture Round in 2012
Biofortuna provides molecular diagnostics services. It manufactures HLA and ABO genotyping product families for the transplantation and haematology markets. The company is also developing antibody screening, genotyping and phenotyping products, software for genotyping applications, transplant monitoring, and platforms for clinical laboratories, research centers and point-of-care customers. In addition, Biofortuna Ltd. provides genotyping and custom assay development services. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Vickers Electronics

Venture Round in 2011
Vickers Electronics Limited, a Manchester, UK-based company that designs, installs and maintains energy management systems which regulate temperature in large commercial premises.

Trekmates

Venture Round in 2011
They believe the devil is in the detail when it comes to designing the accessories that will make your adventures the best they can be, which is why the development of every product is so particular, they want to make sure that their outdoor accessories perform when you need them most. They blend price and performance, for the best possible value, taking note of the adventures where their accessories will be used, and selecting the most appropriate features you will need – while shedding the unnecessary add-ons that will weigh you down. Where possible they have designed their accessories with multi-functional features to increase versatility and value, being able to be used across many different activities, wherever your adventure takes you. They have developed innovative new evolutions to overcome the challenges often encountered outdoors, using their experience as walkers, climbers and general lovers of the outdoors to create the exceptionally functional accessories that they know are needed during any adventure.

Altacor

Venture Round in 2011
Altacor develops and brings to market specialist ophthalmic products designed for the needs of both ophthalmologists and patients. Altacor brings together skills in drug development with in-depth market knowledge and an understanding of the European regulatory environment, to create a portfolio of high quality, differentiated prescription medicines that set new standards in the sector. Altacor's pipeline includes products for dry-eye, glaucoma, glaucoma surgery and ocular surgery.

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.

Biofortuna

Venture Round in 2010
Biofortuna provides molecular diagnostics services. It manufactures HLA and ABO genotyping product families for the transplantation and haematology markets. The company is also developing antibody screening, genotyping and phenotyping products, software for genotyping applications, transplant monitoring, and platforms for clinical laboratories, research centers and point-of-care customers. In addition, Biofortuna Ltd. provides genotyping and custom assay development services. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

eoSemi

Series A in 2009
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.

Xeros

Seed Round in 2009
Xeros Ltd. is a new company focused on the development of "virtually waterless" laundry cleaning. Harnessing over 30 years of research by Professor Stephen Burkinshaw and the University of Leeds, Xeros is the brand name for a patented polymer based cleaning that creates step change advantage in the cost and environmental impact of aqueous wash cleaning.

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!

Transglobal

Seed Round in 2008
TransGlobal Payment Solutions Limited is a London-based company that specializes in currency trading and collaborative payment solutions, facilitating international transactions for businesses and individuals. Established in 2007, the company provides a range of services including international payments, a currency converter, rate feeds, BACS payments, direct debit management, and foreign exchange payments. TransGlobal's PayFac solution offers an online payment system designed for international financial transactions, BACS, and direct debit services, catering to both professional service providers and financial institutions. As of September 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of Equiniti Limited.

Caspian

Venture Round in 2008
Caspian uses 3D games and simulation technology for education, training, and engagement. They provide educative software within the games sector and the web3D movement.

Wadaro Limited

Venture Round in 2007
Achieve a true measure of network service experience by crowd sourcing information from each and every subscriber TAP Essential™ from Wadaro is the Network Experience Monitoring solution that implements data gathering from within subscriber SIM cards Simply install a TAP enabled SIM card into a device to add it to the many already reporting on each customers experience TAP Essential™ is affordable, simple to deploy and reveals key performance indicators that cannot be achieved using traditional solutions such as drive test and core network probing. Wadaro Limited was founded in 2005 and is based in Daresbury, the United Kingdom.

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.

Femeda

Venture Round in 2007
Femeda is a UK based company focused on developing a range of technically ground breaking devices for female urinary incontinence. Femeda is established with the sole objective of developing and bringing to market the unique Pelviva device to treat female urinary incontinence. The company's research and development programme has been driven by core consumer needs to ensure the Pelviva product has been developed to make a difference to women’s lives. Femeda believes that Pelviva is a life changing technological breakthrough for weak pelvic floor muscles that cause bladder leaks. Femeda has been supported by a core group of investors who’s vision has supported an in-depth research and development programme leading to an imminent product launch in early 2018.

Student Resources

Seed Round in 2006
Student Resources Limited offers marketing solution to colleges and training organizations. It engages employers to identify training and development needs of the workforce, and then working in conjunction with the colleges, to identify appropriate training programs and sources of funding. Student Resources Limited is based in Barnsley, the United Kingdom.

Yuuguu

Series A in 2006
Yuuguu enables users to securely share their screen with anyone at any time on PC, Mac and Linux. The company's powerful personal networking tool also allows you to see when colleagues or friends are online, and is a flexible, simple and cost effective solution in the online collaboration market today.

Blue Prism

Series A in 2006
Blue Prism invented the term Robotic Process Automation. Their software platform enables business operations to be agile and cost effective through rapid automation of manual, rules based, back office administrative processes, reducing cost and improving accuracy by creating a “digital workforce”. The digital workforce is built by the operational teams or accredited Blue Prism partners using their robotic process automation technology to rapidly build and deploy automations through leveraging the presentation layer of existing enterprise applications. The automations are configured and managed within an IT governed framework and operating model which has been iteratively developed through numerous large scale and complex deployments. Blue Prism’s proven technology plays a key role in enabling organisations including; The Co-operative Banking Group, Shop Direct, RWE npower, Fidelity Investments, the NHS and O2 to rapidly respond to business change through agile back office operations and is powering the next major transformation in the outsourcing industry through the adoption of Blue Prisms digital labour.

Covelus

Venture Round in 2005
Covelus Ltd. develops and markets routing software for digital pens, mobile phones, personal computers, and servers. The company offers configuration server, mapping server, and router software. Covelus was founded in 2003 and is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Caspian

Series B in 2005
Caspian uses 3D games and simulation technology for education, training, and engagement. They provide educative software within the games sector and the web3D movement.

Blue Prism

Seed Round in 2004
Blue Prism invented the term Robotic Process Automation. Their software platform enables business operations to be agile and cost effective through rapid automation of manual, rules based, back office administrative processes, reducing cost and improving accuracy by creating a “digital workforce”. The digital workforce is built by the operational teams or accredited Blue Prism partners using their robotic process automation technology to rapidly build and deploy automations through leveraging the presentation layer of existing enterprise applications. The automations are configured and managed within an IT governed framework and operating model which has been iteratively developed through numerous large scale and complex deployments. Blue Prism’s proven technology plays a key role in enabling organisations including; The Co-operative Banking Group, Shop Direct, RWE npower, Fidelity Investments, the NHS and O2 to rapidly respond to business change through agile back office operations and is powering the next major transformation in the outsourcing industry through the adoption of Blue Prisms digital labour.
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