# Cattles Invoice Finance

> Cattles Invoice Finance is a VC fund in Abingdon backing Sports, Marketing and Messaging. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abingdon, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2006
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cattles-invoice-finance-ltd/

Cattles Invoice Finance is a VC fund in Abingdon focused on Sports and Marketing. Cattles Invoice Finance (Oxford) Limited provides invoice financing service. The company was formerly known as Argent Commercial Services Limited and changed its name in January, 2001. Cattles Invoice Finance (Oxford) Limited was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cattles InvoiceFinance Ltd.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Messaging | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paver Downes Associates | Paver Downes Associates doing business as Qire Limited, provides intelligent voice, SMS text, and email messaging solutions. It offers Callsport, which enables sports clubs to provide subscribers with voice alerts during matches; Crisis Messaging that allows users to contact various people on their phones; and Collections, which enables users tocontact various debtors. The company also provides online marketing services, such as Web design, email marketing, and data capture; WebProbe, an analysis tool that gathers information from visitors; and eAppend, which enables users to access to their customer email addresses. In addition, Paver Downes Associates offers SMS/text messaging services. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Liverpool, the United Kingdom. |  |  | Dec 01, 2006 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Merseyside Special Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merseyside-special-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cattles Invoice Finance invest in?

Cattles Invoice Finance invests primarily in Sports, Marketing and Messaging startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 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 Cattles Invoice Finance last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cattles Invoice Finance closed in Dec 2006. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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