Mercia Ventures

VC Funding

Oct 2026

PlannerPal

£4,550,000

VC Funding

Oct 2026

PlannerPal

£4,300,000

Lead: strategic fintech investors

Lead: Ada Ventures

VC Funding

Sept 2026

Tickets for Good

£3,900,000

Lead: Shaping Impact Group

Lead: Finance Yorkshire

Lead: Leansquare

VC Funding

Sept 2026

SCI Semiconductor

£5,000,000

Lead: PXN Ventures

VC Funding

Sept 2026

SCI Semiconductor

£5,000,000

Lead: Black Opal Ventures

Lead: PXN Ventures

Lead: Osney Capital

VC Funding

Sept 2026

Tickets for Good

£3,900,000

VC Funding

Jul 2026

Risk Ledger

£24,000,000

Lead: Axiom Equity

VC Funding

Jul 2026

TaiSan

£4,650,000

Lead: Eos Advisory

VC Funding

Jul 2026

TaiSan

£4,650,000

Lead: Eos Advisory

VC Funding

Jul 2026

TaiSan

£4,650,000

Lead: Techmind

Lead: Eos Advisory

Lead: Exergon

Lead: Adeline Arts

Lead: Science

Lead: Heartfelt

Lead: AFI Ventures

Lead: TSP Ventures

Lead: InnoEnergy

Lead: EverQuest Capital Partners

VC Funding

Jun 2026

Astral Systems

£23,000,000

VC Funding

Jun 2026

Astral Systems

£23,000,000

VC Funding

Jun 2026

Astral Systems

£23,000,000

VC Funding

Jun 2026

Astral Systems

£23,000,000

Lead: Speedinvest

Lead: Daphni

Lead: Playfair Capital

Lead: Tees River

Lead: Blast Club

VC Funding

May 2026

Go Swag

£3,750,000

VC Funding

May 2026

Surff

£0

VC Funding

Apr 2026

Shield Space

£2,000,000

VC Funding

Mar 2026

Kinewell

£750,000

Lead: North East Accelerate Fund

VC Funding

Feb 2026

Tozaro

£6,000,000

VC Funding

Feb 2026

NuVision Biotherapies

£4,800,000

Lead: University of Nottingham

Lead: Pioneer Group

VC Funding

Jan 2026

Shield Space

£2,000,000

Lead: P3A Ventures

Lead: Twin Path Ventures

Lead: ROI Ventures

VC Funding

Dec 2025

Ben

£20,609,751

Lead: Seedcamp

Lead: Atomico

Lead: QuantumLight Capital

Lead: DN Capital

Lead: Cherry Ventures

Lead: Mercia Ventures

VC Funding

Oct 2025

High Temperature Material Systems (HTMS)

£1,302,450

Lead: SFC Capital

Lead: Plug

Lead: Play

Lead: Maven Capital Partners

Lead: British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund (SWIF)

Lead: Deeptech Labs

VC Funding

Oct 2025

Forge Genetics

£2,000,000

VC Funding

Sept 2025

Synthesized

£14,904,165

Lead: Redalpine

Lead: IQ Capital

Lead: Seedcamp

Lead: Deutsche Bank

Lead: UBS

VC Funding

Jul 2025

Candid Hospitality

£800,000

Lead: Haatch

Lead: Northern Powerhouse Fund II (NPIF II)

Lead: NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance

VC Funding

Jul 2025

Lab Thread

£750,000

VC Funding

Jun 2025

Laverock Therapeutics

£6,500,000

Lead: Maven Capital Partners

Lead: Norcliffe Capital

Lead: Calculus Capital

Lead: Eli lilly

Lead: company

Lead: Eos Advisory

VC Funding

Jun 2025

Enate

£0

Lead: Scottish Equity Partners (SEP)

VC Funding

Apr 2025

Grid Edge

£2,800,000

Lead: Centrica

Lead: BP Ventures

VC Funding

Mar 2025

ImmuONE

£600,000

Lead: Pioneer Group

Lead: Midlands Engine Investment Fund

VC Funding

Mar 2025

Notify Technology

£1,500,000

Lead: Calculus Capital

Lead: North East Venture Fund

VC Funding

Feb 2025

Napo

£12,000,000

Lead: Helvetia Venture Fund

Lead: MTech Capital

Lead: DN Capital

Lead: Companion Fund

VC Funding

Feb 2025

OneUp Sales

£1,500,000

VC Funding

Feb 2025

HowNow

£7,500,000

Lead: Pearson

VC Funding

Jan 2025

TalentMapper

£2,000,000

Lead: Haatch

VC Funding

Jan 2025

Tribe

£2,400,000

Lead: Yeo Ventures

Lead: Crowdcube

VC Funding

Dec 2024

Newcells Biotech

£1,200,000

Lead: North East Finance

Lead: Northstar Ventures

VC Funding

Nov 2024

Radical Forge

£2,600,000

VC Funding

Oct 2024

Scalpel AI

£3,694,306

Lead: Tensor Ventures

VC Funding

Oct 2024

Semble

£11,558,381

Lead: Octopus Ventures

Lead: Smedvig Ventures

Lead: Triple Point

VC Funding

Sept 2024

Invizius

£950,000

Lead: Syensqo

Lead: the University of Edinburgh's Old College Capital

Lead: Calculus Capital

Lead: Scottish Enterprise

VC Funding

Sept 2024

Purple Transform

£4,500,000

Lead: Sure Valley Ventures

VC Funding

Sept 2024

Warehow

£2,105,450

Lead: MENA Moonshots

VC Funding

Jul 2024

Luminous Group

£1,000,000

Lead: The North East Venture Fund

VC Funding

Jul 2024

CorrosionRADAR

£5,000,000

Lead: Dow

Lead: Kanoo Ventures

Lead: Aramco Ventures

VC Funding

Jul 2024

CultureAI

£7,674,685

Lead: Smedvig Ventures

Lead: Passion Capital

Lead: Senovo

VC Funding

Jul 2024

CultureAI

£7,900,000

Lead: Smedvig Ventures

VC Funding

Jul 2024

CultureAI

£8,000,000

Lead: Smedvig Ventures

Lead: Passion Capital

Lead: Senovo

VC Funding

Jul 2024

Zedify

£4,000,000

Lead: Green Angel Syndicate

Lead: Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital

VC Funding

Jun 2024

Heidi

£5,600,000

Lead: Active Partners

VC Funding

May 2024

ULEMCo

£5,000,000

Lead: The North West Fund

Lead: Equity Gap

Lead: Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF)

Lead: Scottish Enterprise

VC Funding

Apr 2024

Locate Bio

£9,200,000

Lead: BGF

VC Funding

Apr 2024

Log my Care

£3,000,000

VC Funding

Apr 2024

Warwick Acoustics

£7,000,000

Lead: NFU Mutual

VC Funding

Mar 2024

Wobble Genomics

£8,500,000

Lead: BGF

Lead: IQ Capital

Lead: Old College Capital

Lead: EOS Advisors

VC Funding

Feb 2024

RoleMapper

£2,100,000

Lead: Qantx

Lead: British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund (SWIF)

VC Funding

Feb 2024

Sitehop

£5,000,000

Lead: Amadeus Capital Partners

Lead: the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Lead: Manta Ray Ventures

VC Funding

Feb 2024

Graide

£1,600,000

Lead: SFC Capital

Lead: MEIF Proof of Concept

Lead: Early Stage Fund

Lead: XTX Ventures

VC Funding

Feb 2024

Tagomics

£5,307,126

Lead: MEIF Proof of Concept

Lead: Early Stage Fund

Lead: Illumina Ventures

Lead: Meltwind

Lead: Calculus Capital

Lead: Agilent Ventures

Lead: OMX Ventures

Lead: IQ Capital

VC Funding

Feb 2024

Newcells Biotech

£2,350,000

Lead: North East Venture Fund

Lead: Northstar Ventures

VC Funding

Nov 2023

Aelius Biotech

£1,250,000

Lead: North East Venture Fund

VC Funding

Nov 2023

Risk Ledger

£6,250,000

Lead: Seedcamp

Lead: Firstminute Capital

Lead: Episode 1

Lead: Village Global

Lead: Lifeline Ventures

VC Funding

Oct 2023

Laverock Therapeutics

£13,500,000

Lead: Eli lilly

Lead: company

Lead: UK Innovation

Lead: Science Seed Fund

Lead: Tekfen Ventures

Lead: Maven Capital Partners

Lead: Calculus Capital

Lead: EOS Ventures

VC Funding

Sept 2023

Kuano

£1,800,000

Lead: o2h Ventures

Lead: Ascension Ventures

Lead: Meltwind Advisory LLP

Lead: ACF investors

VC Funding

Jul 2023

Iventis

£1,500,000

Lead: Mercia’s EIS Funds

Lead: MEIF Proof of Concept

Lead: Early Stage Fund

VC Funding

Jul 2023

Thalia Design Automation

£2,100,000

Lead: Deepbridge Capital

Lead: Guillaume d’Eyssautier