# Mercia Asset Management

> Mercia Asset Management is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 79 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Henley In Arden, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 79
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 61%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.mercia.co.uk/

Mercia Asset Management is a VC fund in Henley In Arden focused on Software and Health Care. Mercia Asset Management invest across four distinct asset classes of venture, private equity and debt, referred to as our ‘Complete Capital Solution.Mercia Asset Management ision is to be the first choice for investors, investees and employees and, by aspiring to be the first choice, we believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for businessowners, shareholders and fund investors alike.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $967k–$3.1M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 20% |
| Health Care | 9 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 9% |
| SaaS | 6 | 8% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 19% |
| Seed | 10 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 10 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 43 | 54% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Lawson-Clark | Investment Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-lawson-clark-d240 |
| Ashwin Kumaraswamy | Investment Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-kumaraswamy |
| Brijesh Roy | Investment Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brijesh-roy |
| Clive Downward | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clive-downward |
| Graham Davies | Investment Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graham-davies-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StratoBayes | StratoBayes is a Durham University spin-out developing AI-powered subsurface decision intelligence. Its proprietary Bayesian AI helps geoscientists make faster and better-informed decisions by combining geological evidence with probabilistic reasoning and quantifying the uncertainty in every result. The technology has applications across energy,carbon capture and storage, geothermal, hydrogen storage, mining, critical minerals and infrastructure. The company's vision is to embed probabilistic reasoning into every subsurface workflow, building toward a foundation model of the subsurface, so that better decisions can be made wherever understanding the Earth's subsurface is critical. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Warwick Acoustics Ltd | Warwick Acoustics is a UK-based technology company specialising in the development of HighRes Audio solutions for the automotive and headphone markets based on its patented High Precision Electrostatic Laminate technology (HPELs). Their ultra thin, lightweight HPELs deliver audiophile performance across a bandwidth several octaves greater thantraditional moving coil speakers in a form factor that is less than one quarter the weight, and one tenth of the thickness. In addition, HPELs offer designers unparalleled flexibility to shaped and form a speaker to individual design requirements. | $8.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Netacea | Netacea offers a comprehensive bot management solution that safeguards enterprises from automated threats such as account takeover, credential stuffing, and web scraping. By utilizing behavior-based detection and machine learning, the platform operates seamlessly across websites, mobile apps, and APIs, enhancing operational efficiency and customerexperience. | $5.1M | Series A | Dec 06, 2024 |  |
| Semble | Semble is a healthcare technology company that develops practice management and electronic health record software for private healthcare providers. The company offers an integrated platform that combines patient records, appointment scheduling, telehealth, billing, payments, clinical documentation, prescribing, and care coordination tools within asingle system. Its software is designed to support the delivery and administration of healthcare services across clinics, medical practices, and multi-site healthcare organizations. The platform enables healthcare professionals to manage patient journeys from initial booking through consultation, treatment, follow-up care, and payment processing. It includes electronic health record functionality, clinical note management, patient communication tools, online booking capabilities, and workflow automation features that help streamline administrative and clinical processes.In addition to clinical and administrative functions, the company offers analytics, reporting, patient engagement, and automation tools that help healthcare organizations manage operations and monitor performance. Its solutions are used by a range of healthcare providers, including physicians, specialists, mental health professionals, physiotherapists, pharmacies, and occupational health organizations. | $15M | Series B | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Locate Bio | Locate Bio is a regenerative medicine development company focused on orthobiologics. Locate Bio exists to help surgeons improve the lives of people with debilitating spinal conditions. We are curious about what is possible, but ground all our work in robust scientific evidence. We relentlessly pursue high-value opportunities with clear unmetclinical needs. | $11.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Locate Bio | Locate Bio is a regenerative medicine development company focused on orthobiologics. Locate Bio exists to help surgeons improve the lives of people with debilitating spinal conditions. We are curious about what is possible, but ground all our work in robust scientific evidence. We relentlessly pursue high-value opportunities with clear unmetclinical needs. | $11.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Locate Bio | Locate Bio is a regenerative medicine development company focused on orthobiologics. Locate Bio exists to help surgeons improve the lives of people with debilitating spinal conditions. We are curious about what is possible, but ground all our work in robust scientific evidence. We relentlessly pursue high-value opportunities with clear unmetclinical needs. | $11.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Thalia Design Automation | Thalia Design Automation Ltd. operates as a semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) company that provides software solutions to assist in the design of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. | $2.7M |  | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| The One Point | The One Point specializes in business mobiles, VoIP, broadband, IT support, printing, CRM, e-commerce and mobile app development services. | $1.8M | Debt Financing | Jul 11, 2023 |  |
| The One Point | The One Point specializes in business mobiles, VoIP, broadband, IT support, printing, CRM, e-commerce and mobile app development services. | $1.8M | Debt Financing | Jul 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 79 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mercia Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-technologies) — VC Fund, 69 deals together
- [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northern-powerhouse-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Par Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/par-equity) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mercia Asset Management invest in?

Mercia Asset Management invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 79 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 Mercia Asset Management's check size?

Mercia Asset Management typically joins rounds of $967k–$3.1M at Seed and $3.4M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mercia Asset Management participates in.

### How do I contact Mercia Asset Management?

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### Who are the partners at Mercia Asset Management?

The team at Mercia Asset Management includes Aaron Lawson-Clark (Investment Director), Ashwin Kumaraswamy (Investment Director) and Brijesh Roy (Investment Manager), among 20 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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