Growth Capital Ventures
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) is a UK-based investment firm comprising of two business units: GCV Invest and GCV Labs. GCV Invest is a Private Investor Network that provides members with access to compelling tax-efficient investment opportunities and property transactions, enabling our network of experienced investors to build a diversifiedinvestment portfolio and access high-growth opportunities.GCV Labs is a Venture Builder that creates, launches and scales innovative, technology-enabled startup companies. Providing full-stack software development, back-office support and business strategy guidance, our specialist team supports the full growth journey of transformational businesses, from idea-stage to exit.Since being founded, GCV has developed a carefully-curated portfolio of 15 startup companies spanning multiple sectors, including fintech, banking and media tech. The likes of Intelligence Fusion, a threat intelligence Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, achieved a successful return for investors in 2022 after being acquired by a US-based risk services platform.With a network of over 700 investors, having co-invested over £100m and, as a result, created more than 600 jobs across our portfolio companies, GCV is focused on generating superior investment returns for our investor network whilst creating a positive social, environmental and economic impact.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 59%
- Fund size:
- $74M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Growth Capital Ventures invests in
Stages Growth Capital Ventures invests in
Countries Growth Capital Ventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 4 (24%)
- FinTech 4 (24%)
- Financial Services 4 (24%)
- Software 3 (18%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (41%)
- Series A 3 (18%)
- Funding Round 2 (12%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 2 (12%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (6%)
Country
- United Kingdom 10 (59%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Peterson
Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer
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Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Norman Peterson
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Sarah MacNeil
Creative Director
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Creative Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Suzanne Lupton
Non-Executive Director
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Non-Executive Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valius is a digital marketplace designed to simplify and modernise the process of buying and selling UK businesses. | Seed / Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $853.7K / Seed / Nov 05, 2023 | ||
| AFFiNE created open source collaborative middle platform for individuals, teams, or enterprises. | Series A / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| AFFiNE created open source collaborative middle platform for individuals, teams, or enterprises. | $8M / Seed / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| Sequel | $8M / Series A / Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $910K / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $1.2M / Seed / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Endpoint Health is a precision immunology company that is breaking the efficacy barrier of traditional pharma's “one-size-fits-all” drug development strategy by developing precision therapies with outsized efficacy potential in autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. They’re accomplishing this by leveraging OMNAI, their proprietary AI-poweredpatient discovery platform, to identify and match high-potential therapies to the patients most likely to respond. | $52M / Series A / Jun 02, 2022 | ||
| Business Finance Market is a data-rich fintech platform. | $1.8M / Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | ||
| n-gage.io is an end to end SaaS Attraction Management Software and licensed Mobile App solution for the global attraction, leisure and tourism industry to help enhance visitor engagement, gain valuable insights, improve operations and drive revenue growth. Expectations are changing and today’s global attraction audiences are mobile-first. Thehighly customisable and insight driven software solution, combines a powerful operator platform and mobile app to seamlessly create, customise and control digital audience and visitor experiences. | $202.3K / Seed / Jan 24, 2022 | ||
| See all 17 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Growth Capital Ventures invest in?
Growth Capital Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Growth Capital Ventures?
The team at Growth Capital Ventures includes Craig Peterson (Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer), Norman Peterson (Chief Executive Officer) and Sarah MacNeil (Creative Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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