Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Type

Other

Status

Active

Location

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Total investments

100

Average round size

872K

Portfolio companies

90

Rounds per year

10.00

Lead investments

38

Follow on index

0.10

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Debt
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyE-CommerceSoftwareRetailInformation TechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceEnergyRenewable Energy

Summary

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Manufacturing, E-Commerce. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Locate Bio, Footfalls & Heartbeats The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, startups are often financed by Pitch@Palace, Foresight Group, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mercia Fund Managers, Midven, Oxford Sciences Innovation. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Rising Stars, Parkwalk Advisors, Mercia Technologies.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 55 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
100
Lead investments
38
Exits
1
Rounds per year
10.00
Follow on index
0.10
Investments by industry
  • Software (16)
  • Health Care (16)
  • Manufacturing (14)
  • Information Technology (11)
  • E-Commerce (9)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (92)
  • United States (4)
  • Thailand (1)
  • Australia (1)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
553K
Group Appearance index
0.35

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
iEthico 27 Sep 2022 Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Health Care Seed 856K North Yorkshire, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Utility Stream 09 Sep 2020 Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Seed England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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