# Growth Capital Ventures

> Growth Capital Ventures is a VC fund backing SaaS and Financial Services. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last fund: May 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/growth-capital-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/GrowthCapVen
- Website: http://www.growthcapitalventures.co.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/619907211367579

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 27% |
| FinTech | 3 | 20% |
| Software | 3 | 20% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 13% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 20% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Peterson | Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-peterson-f6ef |
| Norman Peterson | Chief Executive Officer | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norman-peterson |
| Sarah MacNeil | Creative Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-macneil |
| Suzanne Lupton | Non-Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzanne-lupton |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finexos | Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $853.7K | Seed | Nov 05, 2023 |  |
| AFFiNE | AFFiNE created open source collaborative middle platform for individuals, teams, or enterprises. |  | Series A | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| AFFiNE | AFFiNE created open source collaborative middle platform for individuals, teams, or enterprises. | $8M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Sequel | Sequel | $8M | Series A | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| Finexos | Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $910K |  | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Finexos | Finexos leverages ML, AI to measure financial capability without the need for a credit score. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Endpoint Health | 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 | Business Finance Market is a data-rich fintech platform. | $1.8M | Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| n-gage.io | 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 |  |
| Bank North | B-North is here to disrupt the £150bn UK business lending market.It shouldn't take months to complete a loan facility with your lender.We are partnering with global fintech leaders to deliver great personal service, transforming the lending lending experience, both for UK businesses and for commercial finance intermediaries.To do thistakes great people, so we have assembled a team with market leading experience to create a new force in business lending. | $1.2M | Equity Crowdfunding | Oct 06, 2020 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Growth Capital Ventures invest in?

Growth Capital Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Growth Capital Ventures?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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