# James Darlington

> James Darlington is a Series A investor at Maven Capital Partners backing SaaS and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maven Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-capital-partners)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdarlington1/

James Darlington is a Series A investor at Maven Capital Partners focused on SaaS and Mobile. James is based in Manchester and is responsible for investments on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Fund as well as Private Equity transactions across the North of England.James joined Maven in 2017, having previously spent 6 years at EY within the Assurance and Corporate Finance divisions in Manchester, where he was involved in a range oftransactions including acquisition finance, large corporate refinancing and stressed deals, and worked on a variety of deal structures.James holds an Honours degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Newcastle and is a Chartered Accountant.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Summize | Summize is a contract lifecycle management platform that provides tools to create, review, store and analyze contracts using embedded workflows and AI assistance. It offers features that generate draft contracts from templates, support AI-assisted review and redlining inside familiar tools like Word and integrations with communications and CRMplatforms to align contract work with business processes. Summize includes a centralized repository for contract storage and search, along with analytics that surface insights and potential risks from contract data. Its AI agents can produce summaries, suggest edits, and help teams accelerate negotiations and administrative work across legal, sales and other business groups. | $5.7M | Series A | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Airtime Rewards | Airtime Rewards is an innovative technology company, pioneering unique loyalty & rewards solutions in partnership with major mobile network operators. The Airtime rewards scheme rewards consumers with discounts on their phone bill for transacting with major retail and restaurant chains. They are the only rewards platform with the capabilityto offer mobile airtime as a rewards currency, to subscribers on any network, Pre-pay or pay-monthly. | $1.3M |  |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [YFM Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yfm-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Maven Capital Partners

VC Fund · Glasgow, United Kingdom

Maven Capital Partners was formed in 2009 following a management buyout of the private equity business of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Maven is now one of the UK’s leading private equity firms in the lower-mid market, specialising in investments in high-growth British companies. With a focus on innovation and value creation, Maven partners withvisionary entrepreneurs to build market-leading businesses, supporting a range of transaction types, including management buyouts, growth capital, buy-and-build projects, equity value release, and pre-IPO financing.Since 2009, Maven has also helped institutional, private client, and retail investors access private markets, including tax-efficient Venture Capital Trusts, deal-by-deal co-investment in private equity and property, and institutional buyout funds.

5 contacts available at Maven Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Round | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-round-6fc8 |
| Dave Furlong | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-furlong |
| Gavin Bell | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-bell |
| James Darlington | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-darlington |
| Jock Gardiner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jock-gardiner |

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## FAQ

### What does James Darlington invest in?

James Darlington invests primarily in SaaS, Mobile and Retail startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 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 James Darlington last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Darlington closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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