Investors

SCVC is a leading UK emerging manager, focused on early-stage deep tech start-ups spinning out of the UK’s world-leading academic institutions. Building the VC firm they wished they had as founders, the SCVC team’s mission is to create global impact for the health of people and the planet, via partnering with exceptional technical founders leveraging deep tech. SCVC is comprised of distinguished exited innovators, scientists & engineers who have backed multiple deep tech spin-outs. SCVC is the official venture arm of Science Creates (SC); leveraging this renowned UK ecosystem that has already incubated over 100 startups. SC has built two UK deep tech research facilities (3rd under construction). Alongside lab space they support founders via strategic partnerships (UK GOV & universities) and national deep tech accelerator programs.

Broadview Ventures is a mission-driven investment organization that makes targeted investments in early-stage companies to accelerate the development of innovative therapeutics, devices, and diagnostics for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Broadview is funded by the Leducq Charitable Trust.

Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of balance sheet, venture, private equity and debt capital: the Group’s ‘Complete Connected Capital’. The Group initially nurtures businesses via its third-party funds under management, then over time Mercia can provide further funding to the most promising companies, by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its own balance sheet.

Nottingham Technology Ventures Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Nottingham. Its role is to advise the University of Nottingham on the formation of spin-out companies and the management of its spin-out company portfolio. It also advises on the management of investments from the Pathfinder Fund and the Nottingham Invention Fund.

Nottingham Technology Ventures is based in the Ingenuity Centre within the University of Nottingham Innovation Park (UNIP). The Nottingham Invention Fund is a £5m fund dedicated to investing in University spin-out companies to accelerate their development and growth.