IQ Capital Partners LLP

IQ Capital Partners LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, series A, early, mid, and late venture growth investments. It also invests in start-ups after post-concept stage and seeks to invest in mature businesses in traditional sectors. The fund also seeks to invest in non-tech companies whose businesses must be post revenue stage. It invests in both pre- and post-revenue stage. It seeks to invest in companies having technology at a post-prototype stage, although investment into disruptive post proof-of-concept technologies is also considered. The fund also seeks to invest in technology based small manufacturing enterprises. The firm invests in all sectors and primarily invests in small and medium enterprises in B2B with a focus on SaaS and PaaS, deeptech, IoT, digital media, enterprise software, med-tech and technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, advanced engineering and materials, information and communication technologies, life sciences, clean tech, data analytics, data Science and data-based propositions and IP based on disruptive algorithms, cyber security, AdTech, FinTech and e-health, as well as embedded systems and robotics sectors. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United Kingdom and England. It seeks to invest in companies based in or is relocating to an Objective 2 area in less developed parts of the East of England. The firm prefers to invest in Breckland, Luton, North Norfolk Coast, Southend, Waveney, Great Yarmouth, Central Rural Norfolk, Fenland, and Rural East Suffolk. It typically invests across the United Kingdom specifically Cambridge, Oxford, and Bristol areas. The firm invests between £0.3 million ($0.39 million) and £5 million ($7.83 million) with capacity to invest up to £30 million ($32.36 million) per company over its life and later on follows its investments with up to £0.4 million ($0.64 million) with enterprise values between $0.5 million and $10 million. It does not invest as a lead investor but only co-invests with angel investors who are members of Great Eastern Investment Forum. The firm also seeks to invest in companies seeking equity or quasi-equity investments and prefers to make investments by means of equity, preference shares, unsecured loan stock, convertible, and secured loans. It seeks to appoint a board member at its portfolio company. IQ Capital Partners LLP was founded in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.