Maven Capital Partners
VC Fund
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Maven Capital Partners is a VC fund in Glasgow focused on Software and Information Technology. 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 with visionary 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.
- Total investments:
- 231
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 74%
- Fund size:
- $132M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Maven Capital Partners invests in
Stages Maven Capital Partners invests in
Countries Maven Capital Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 26 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $783k–$5M
- Private Equity
- $981k–$6.4M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $648k–$8.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 40 (17%)
- Information Technology 27 (12%)
- Manufacturing 19 (8%)
- SaaS 17 (7%)
- Biotechnology 14 (6%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 51 (22%)
- Seed 40 (17%)
- Private Equity 34 (15%)
- Series A 29 (13%)
- Funding Round 22 (10%)
Country
- United Kingdom 154 (67%)
- United States 10 (4%)
- Germany 2 (1%)
- Taiwan 1 (0%)
- Bulgaria 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Round
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Dave Furlong
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Gavin Bell
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
James Darlington
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Jock Gardiner
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 26 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nami Surgical provides robotic surgery technology solutions to enhance patient care while giving surgeons intuitive, high-performance moveable instruments. | $4.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Founded by researchers from the University of Cambridge & UCL, Alchera Technologies has a strong and rich pedigree of world-leading machine learning and computer vision sensing technologies.At Alchera, they exist to help their clients build responsive, human-scale intelligence into their cities, transport systems and public and privatespaces.They believe very strongly in the benefits of delivering state of the art data platforms that give you information in real-time and at the highest possible levels of accuracy, without violating the safety and privacy of the people these systems are designed to serve.They never collect personal information and their system is built for privacy-by-design. | $2.6M / Seed / Oct 13, 2026 | ||
| Applied AGI creates sovereign AI and machine learning technologies that replicate neuroscientific mechanisms to improve recognition accuracy and robustness in complex environments. The company builds dual-use tech suites for both military and civilian operations, offering capabilities like automated data labeling, synthetic data generation, and multi-sensor situational awareness platforms. | $4M / Private Equity / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Xentra is a company that provides a full range of digital security solutions . | $3.6M / Seed / Jul 20, 2026 | ||
| B2B Entertainment Technology | $3.5M / Seed / May 11, 2026 | ||
| Luna Pet Healthcare is a UK-based veterinary company specializing in affordable dental care exclusively for dogs and cats. It operates dental-only clinics in Bristol and Reading, focusing on preventative and restorative treatments to address common pet dental issues. | $951.6K / Seed / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Highway Data Systems specializes in software, hardware, plant monitoring, and testing services. | $1.7M / Seed / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| NunaBio operates as a privately-owned specialist DNA development company. NunaBio engaged in CRO (Contract Research Organizations) and CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) activities. | $8.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| TSL has built an online learning platform that recruits and trains a global community of online teachers from across emerging markets to make online one-to-one learning accessible to children around the world. Central to TSL's model is the creation of intelligent tutor training programmes to manage performance at scale. In parallel, the TSLplatform hosts learning programmes that integrate the best of digital resources and assessment with one-to-one tuition, designed to target specific student markets by subject, age or curricula. Tuition is a $200bn global industry that tends to serve the wealthy minority. TSL's goal is to serve the under-served majority, aligning a social mission with the greatest market opportunity. | $5.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Kani Reporting and Reconciliation is a set of tools to help you report and reconcile transactions and movement of funds. By integrating directly with your processor Kani quickly and accurately provides the clarity you need; whether it’s a QMR, QOC, Settlement Report, or even a Custom Reconciliation, Kani contextualises and gives you full controlover your data. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| See all 231 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Maven Capital Partners invest in?
Maven Capital Partners invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 231 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Maven Capital Partners invest in?
Maven Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $783k–$5M at Seed, $981k–$6.4M at Private Equity and $648k–$8.3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Maven Capital Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Maven Capital Partners took part in.
How do I contact Maven Capital Partners?
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Who are the partners at Maven Capital Partners?
The team at Maven Capital Partners includes Andy Round (Investment Director), Dave Furlong (Investment Director) and Gavin Bell (Investment Manager), among 26 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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