# FW Capital

> FW Capital is a VC fund in Liverpool backing Construction and Manufacturing. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 70%
- Fund size: $12M
- Last fund: Apr 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/fw-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/FWCapital
- Website: http://www.fwcapital.co.uk

FW Capital is a fund management company making commercial investments in businesses with strong growth potential. It is part of the DBW Group, the largest investment group of its type operating in the UK.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for FW Capital. Shizune tracks 11 team members at FW Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/fw-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | $327k–$2.7M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.9M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Construction | 15 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 14 | 18% |
| Real Estate | 10 | 13% |
| Industrial Engineering | 8 | 10% |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 8% |

87 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 56 | 73% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 16% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 4% |
| Seed | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 63 | 82% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keith Charlton | Fund Manager | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-charlton |
| Adam Husband | Investment Executive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-husband |
| Alexandra Gent | Senior Investment Executive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandra-gent-23c8 |
| Allison Routledge | Investment Executive | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allison-routledge |
| Elaine Yarwood | Portfolio Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaine-yarwood |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eden Homes | Eden Homes is a commercial property development company that specializes in residential housebuilding. The business designs, constructs, and sells modern luxury residential properties and executive-level eco-homes. Its building projects typically focus on high-specification detached houses featuring timber-frame engineering and sustainable utilityintegrations. The company secures regional development financing to manage its individual housing plots from initial construction through to the final real estate market sale. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Homespace Direct | HomeSpace Direct sells homeware products through an online retail platform. The company offers bedding, curtains, towels, cushions and children’s bedding for a range of styles and age groups. It also provides room looks, made-to-measure curtains, wallpaper and cushions from various British and international homeware brands. HomeSpace Direct servescustomers seeking coordinated soft furnishings and decor for bedrooms and other living spaces. Its website allows customers to browse collections, select sizes and designs, and place orders for delivery. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 30, 2026 |  |
| Play Padel Group | Play Padel Group develops and operates indoor padel clubs and focuses on turning vacant or underused buildings into padel venues. The company designs and manages clubs that provide multiple indoor courts, pay-and-play access, equipment hire, and coaching programmes for different ability levels. It offers structured sessions ranging fromintroductory lessons to advanced coaching, as well as group activities, leagues and social events. Play Padel Group also provides membership options such as monthly subscriptions that give players priority booking and discounts on court fees. Through these facilities and programmes, the company supports regular padel play for a broad range of players and builds a network of clubs connected through a single operating platform. | $1.6M | Debt Financing | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| National Learning Group | National Learning Group is a UK online tutoring company that helps students with one-on-one online tutoring, group tutoring, and exam preparation in elementary, secondary, GCSE, A-Level, and adult learning. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Priority Space | Priority Space provides commercial development property services. | $2.7M | Debt Financing | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Northern Hospitality (MCR) | Northern Hospitality (MCR) is a restaurant that serves food, beer, cocktails, and wine. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Acornfield Properties | Acornfield Properties operates on a speculative real estate development model focused on the acquisition, construction, and monetization of prime industrial and commercial assets. The company's core value proposition centers on expanding regional logistical and warehousing capacity by delivering turn-key, modern industrial infrastructureequipped with modern specifications like EV charging installations. By leveraging external institutional investments and public development loans, the business brings strategic, high-value commercial ventures from initial site feasibility to final lease or capital sale. This operational framework reduces space scarcity for expanding enterprises while lowering development entry risks for third-party institutional buyers. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| BA Properties | BA Properties is a real estate company that provides real estate development, construction, and investment services. |  | Debt Financing | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Steel Benders Uk | Steel Benders specializes in metal bending services, including plate rolling, steel curving, and pipe and tube bending. The company also offers profile cutting, tube rolling, and laser cutting services. It serves various industries by providing solutions for selecting the appropriate type of steel and processes. The company is known for itsexpertise in handling complex bending projects and is involved in promoting STEM education. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Bosco | Bosco is a trattoria and pizzeria known for its traditional Italian flavours and wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas. | $466.3K | Debt Financing | Mar 23, 2026 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northern-powerhouse-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mercia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NPIF - FW Capital Debt Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/npif-fw-capital-debt-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NVM Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nvm-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Teesside Pension Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teesside-pension-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [U.K. Steel Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-k-steel-enterprise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does FW Capital invest in?

FW Capital invests primarily in Construction, Manufacturing and Real Estate startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is FW Capital's check size?

FW Capital typically joins rounds of $327k–$2.7M at Debt Financing and $1.9M–$2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds FW Capital participates in.

### How do I contact FW Capital?

Public channels for FW Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at FW Capital?

The team at FW Capital includes Keith Charlton (Fund Manager), Adam Husband (Investment Executive) and Alexandra Gent (Senior Investment Executive), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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