MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund
Active
Henley-in-Arden, United Kingdom
154
1M
116
11.00
72
0.25
8
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
Mercia Fund Managers appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the Henley In Arden.
The top amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. When the investment is from Mercia Fund Managers the average startup value is 1-5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Mercia Fund Managers performs on 27 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 47 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.
The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Thalia Design Automation, NuVision, W2 Global Data Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Biotechnology, Health Care.
The fund was created by Mark Payton, Tim Hazell. Besides them, we counted 18 critical employees of this fund in our database.
The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Mercia Fund Managers, startups are often financed by Imperial Innovations, Wayra, Northstar Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Scottish Investment Bank, Midlands Engine Investment Fund, Midven. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Innovate UK, Scottish Investment Bank, Development Bank of Wales.
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 154
- Lead investments
- 72
- Exits
- 8
- Rounds per year
- 11.00
- Follow on index
- 0.25
- Investments by industry
- Software (44)
- Biotechnology (30)
- Health Care (28)
- Medical Device (15)
- Medical (14) Show 148 more
- Investments by region
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- United Kingdom (146)
- Hungary (1)
- United States (3)
- Netherlands (1)
- Australia (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2018
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 11
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 826K
- Group Appearance index
- 0.51
- Avg. company exit year
- 7
- Avg. multiplicator
- 0.69
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adapttech | 06 Apr 2022 | Biotechnology, Medical Device | Early Stage Venture | 3M | England, Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Centuro Global | 28 Apr 2023 | Human Resources, Professional Services, Professional Networking, Legal Tech | Seed | 4M | England, London, United Kingdom |
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