Mercia Fund Managers

investment firm

About

Mercia Fund Managers helps to scale innovative businesses across the UK regions by providing debt, equity and growth capital.

Details

Last Funding Type
Private Equity(PE)
Last Funding Money Raised
£23M
Industries
Financial Services,Life Science,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 2010
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Mercia Technologies PLC
Also Known As
Mercia Fund Management
Investor Type
MVC,Venture 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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
£23M
Mercia Fund Managers has raised a total of £23M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 23, 2018 from a Private Equity(PE) round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Feb 23, 2018 Private Equity(PE) £23M Detail

Funds Raised

Announced Date Fund Name Money Raised
Dec 16, 2013 Mercia Growth Fund 3 -

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
134
87
Mercia Fund Managers has made 134 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 1, 2023, when Dxcover raised £7.50M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Feb 1, 2023 Dxcover
Series A £7.50M Biotechnology
Dec 8, 2022 Sen
Seed £2M Aerospace Yes
Seed £1.75M Software Yes
Nov 22, 2022 Turbine
Series A €20M Artificial Intelligence Yes
Nov 3, 2022 Log my Care
Series A £3.25M Electronic Health Record (EHR) Yes

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
19
Mercia Fund Managers has 19 current employee profiles, including Employee Rob Johnson
Employee
Board member
Executive
Employee
Board member

Exits

Mercia Fund Managers has had 10 exits. Mercia Fund Managers most notable exits include Sense Biodetection ,   Kumulos

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
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

Acquisition

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
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jul 17, 2018 WML Consulting
Civil Engineering management_buyout Detail