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NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance

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Total investments 70
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 49
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • Manufacturing
  • Artificial Intelligence
Summary

The top activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the NPIF u2013 Mercia Equity Finance, startups are often financed by SBRI Healthcare, Mercia Technologies, Imperial Innovations. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Summit Alpha, Par Equity. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NHS England.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Medical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Pimberly, Authenticate Information Systems, Azzure IT. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Envoke

3D Technology
Virtual Assistant
Virtual Reality
$1M10 Aug 2023 -

Eventum Orthopaedics

$3M15 Mar 2023 Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Productive Machines

Aerospace
Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Industrial Automation
Internet
Manufacturing
Software
$3M23 Feb 2023 Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

Sitehop

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Software
$1M08 Feb 2023 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Pivigo

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Professional Services
$2M31 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Slingshot Simulations

Geospatial
Internet of Things
Mapping Services
Simulation
Software
$4M24 Jan 2023 Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Arquella

Health Care
Hospital
Manufacturing
$1M29 Jun 2022 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Logically

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
News
Social Entrepreneurship
Software
$24M16 Mar 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Little Journey

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Information Technology
$2M10 Feb 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
News
Tutorful Raises £3M in Funding

– Tutorful, a Sheffield, UK-based edtech platform for parents and students to find online tutors, raised £3m in funding.
– The funding was provided by Mercia’s Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCT) funds and NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance.
– The company intends to use the funds to continue to further enhance the platform, expand into new international markets and create around 27 additional jobs at its Sheffield headquarters.

Airship Services Raises £500K in Funding

– Airship Services from Sheffield develops hospitality software.
– The company raised £500k in funding.
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), provided the funding.
– The new investment will be used to expand operations and business reach.

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Total investments 70
Average round size 2M
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.30
Group Appearance index 0.41

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Envoke

3D Technology
Virtual Assistant
Virtual Reality
$1M10 Aug 2023 -

Eventum Orthopaedics

$3M15 Mar 2023 Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Productive Machines

Aerospace
Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Industrial Automation
Internet
Manufacturing
Software
$3M23 Feb 2023 Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

Sitehop

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Software
$1M08 Feb 2023 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Pivigo

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Professional Services
$2M31 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Slingshot Simulations

Geospatial
Internet of Things
Mapping Services
Simulation
Software
$4M24 Jan 2023 Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Arquella

Health Care
Hospital
Manufacturing
$1M29 Jun 2022 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Logically

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
News
Social Entrepreneurship
Software
$24M16 Mar 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Little Journey

Clinical Trials
Health Care
Information Technology
$2M10 Feb 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
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