Mercia Fund Managers helps to scale innovative businesses across the UK regions by providing debt, equity and growth capital.
Mercia Fund Managers is a venture capital fund manager with two funds totalling £12.8 million under management. Mercia Fund Managers focuses its efforts on the West Midlands region and benefits from a mixture of public- and private-sector fund investors.Mercia Fund Managers provides venture capital for early-stage technology start-ups that are located in the West Midlands. Potential investees must demonstrate their potential for rapid growth and will possess a strong proprietary position with respect to their technology, intellectual property, and products.Mercia Fund Managers is based in central Birmingham and is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The company is also a member of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.Mercia Fund Managers will typically make an initial investment offer of between £50,000 and £250,000 of venture capital, but has the capacity to follow its money at subsequent investment rounds, up to an overall limit of £1 million of venture capital per company. Later rounds of financing will usually involve syndication with other venture capital investors, often from outside of the West Midlands.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Feb 23, 2018 | Private Equity(PE) | £23M | — | — | — | Detail |
Announced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised | |
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Dec 16, 2013 | Mercia Growth Fund 3 | - |
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Feb 1, 2023
Dxcover
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Series A | £7.50M | Biotechnology | — |
Dec 8, 2022
Sen
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Seed | £2M | Aerospace | Yes |
Nov 29, 2022
Role Mapper Technologies
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Seed | £1.75M | Software | Yes |
Nov 22, 2022
Turbine
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Series A | €20M | Artificial Intelligence | Yes |
Nov 3, 2022
Log my Care
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Series A | £3.25M | Electronic Health Record (EHR) | Yes |
Mercia Fund Managers has had 10 exits. Mercia Fund Managers most notable exits include Sense Biodetection , Kumulos
Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
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Feb 1, 2023 | Sense Biodetection | M&A | Health Care | Detail |
Mar 29, 2022 | Kumulos | M&A | Mobile | Detail |
Mar 1, 2021 | Oxford Genetics | M&A | Biotechnology | Detail |
Feb 24, 2021 | EventsTag | M&A | Events | Detail |
Dec 9, 2020 | Refract | M&A | Artificial Intelligence | Detail |
Mercia Fund Managers has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was WML Consulting on Jul 17, 2018. They acquired WML Consulting for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jul 17, 2018
WML Consulting
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Civil Engineering | management_buyout | — | Detail |