David Wright
Investment Manager @ Mercia Fund Managers
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
David Wright is a debt financing investor at Mercia Fund Managers in Huddersfield focused on Analytics and Big Data. David joined the Group in 2018 with over 30 years’ experience in lending. As part of the NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance Team he helps provide term loan facilities to SMEs across the Kirklees, Calderdale, Bradford and Wakefield areas. He is looking to help early-stage or more established businesses that can demonstrate growth potential.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries David Wright invests in
Stages David Wright invests in
Countries David Wright invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 2 (67%)
- Big Data 1 (33%)
- Advertising 1 (33%)
- Digital Media 1 (33%)
- Brand Marketing 1 (33%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 2 (67%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Oakland Group
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Oakland Group provides data analytics solutions. | $627.9K / Jun 08, 2023 | |
WilsonCooke
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Wilson Cooke is a marketing agency that provides digital and brand marketing services are the brave agency for brave brands. Brands which are ready to be challenged, reimagined and reinvigorated. They believe in transparent, flexible and results-focused objectives. If the customers want their brand to be bolder, bigger and stronger. | $289.9K / Debt Financing / Aug 31, 2022 | |
Solutionpath
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Solutionpath’s powerful meaning-based analytics service means you can connect previously disparate unconnected data pools to new sources (such as social media feeds) to create new insights into how users, subscribers, customers, competitors, and employees will react in the future.Solutionpath is delivering insight solutions into the UK HE marketbeing the first commercial institution to offer learning analytics, they are highly commended, with several awards and are highly referenced with several UK deployments, and are already expanding internationally into the US and Australia. | $1.4M / Debt Financing / Jan 06, 2021 |
About Mercia Fund Managers
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 arelocated 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.
Mercia Fund Managers Contacts
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Sandy Reid
Investment Director
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Chris Pestell
Investment Director
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David Wright
Investment Manager
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Debbie Sutton
Facilities Manager
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Emma Vaux
Office Manager & Executive Assistant
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FAQ
What does David Wright invest in?
David Wright invests primarily in Analytics, Big Data and Advertising startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 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 David Wright last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Wright closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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