# Aaron Lawson-Clark

> Aaron Lawson-Clark is a private equity investor at Mercia Asset Management backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mercia Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-technologies)
- Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronclk/

Aaron Lawson-Clark is a private equity investor at Mercia Asset Management in Newcastle focused on Software and SaaS. Aaron Lawson-Clark - Investment Director @ Mercia Asset Management

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Training | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shoptimised | Shoptimised works with a range of e-commerce brands and PPC to deliver Feed Management Software that aims to enable full control over a brand’s product feed optimization on Google Shopping. |  | Private Equity | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Nutshell Software | Nutshell Software provides a platform for businesses to create their own functional mobile apps in minutes – with no coding necessary. | $1.5M | Seed | May 22, 2020 |  |
| Administrate | Administrate is a comprehensive, configurable training management platform that helps organizations streamline enterprise learning and development. Organize, deliver, plan, automate, analyze, and scale your training program effectively -- all through one system. Deliver multi-modality learner experiences, maximize training resources, anddemonstrate business results with insight-rich reporting. Hundreds of organizations serving millions of learners choose Administrate to manage their training program. | $5M | Series A | Feb 11, 2019 |  |
| QV Systems | Quotevine is a technology business that provides a suite of SaaS solutions to digitise asset and automotive finance. They connect the dots for the web of partners and providers in the asset and automotive finance industries, allowing their clients to bring their operations into the digital age and keep pace with their customers’ changingexpectations. | $2.9M | Private Equity |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Archangels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-informal-investments-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Northeast Venture Fund ( NEVF )](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northeast-venture-fund-nevf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Northern Venture Capital Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northern-venture-capital-trust) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Scottish Investment Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-investment-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mercia Asset Management

VC Fund · Henley In Arden, United Kingdom

Mercia Asset Management invest across four distinct asset classes of venture, private equity and debt, referred to as our ‘Complete Capital Solution.Mercia Asset Management ision is to be the first choice for investors, investees and employees and, by aspiring to be the first choice, we believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for businessowners, shareholders and fund investors alike.

5 contacts available at Mercia Asset Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Lawson-Clark | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-lawson-clark-d240 |
| Julian Viggars | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-viggars-829d |
| Martin Glanfield | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-glanfield |
| Peter Dines | Chief Operating Officer & Head of Life Sciences & Biosciences | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-dines |
| Ashwin Kumaraswamy | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-kumaraswamy |

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Lawson-Clark invest in?

Aaron Lawson-Clark invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Aaron Lawson-Clark last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Lawson-Clark closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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