# Merseyside Special Investment Fund

> Merseyside Special Investment Fund is a VC fund backing Software. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last fund: Nov 2010
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/msif/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MSIFunding
- Website: http://msif.co.uk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MSIFunding/?rf=1680696342185889

Merseyside Special Investment Fund is a VC fund in Liverpool focused on Software and Information Technology. MSIF provides funding to support all sorts of businesses across a range of sectors and for a variety of needs. We invest in small to medium sized businesses (less than 250 employees) but this includes the very small end, the much larger end and everything in between. MSIF can provide funding to sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $691k–$691k |
| Series A | $655k–$7.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 43% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 21% |
| EdTech | 2 | 7% |
| Hardware | 2 | 7% |
| Education | 2 | 7% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 11 | 39% |
| Seed | 6 | 21% |
| Series A | 5 | 18% |
| Debt Financing | 4 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 25 | 89% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Janet Butler | Portfolio Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janet-butler |
| Malcolm Jones | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malcolm-jones-2 |
| Marion Savill | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marion-savill |
| Paula Stock | Post Investment Support Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paula-stock |
| Paul Humphray | Investment Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-humphray |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SupplyWell | SupplyWell is an digital education platform that connects schools directly with amazing teachers, teaching assistants and cover supervisors. | $691.3K | Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| SupplyWell | SupplyWell is an digital education platform that connects schools directly with amazing teachers, teaching assistants and cover supervisors. | $691.3K | Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| Springpod | Springpod is a specialist careers platform enabling young people to experience the world of work and university in order to make informed decisions about their futures. Created to democratise access to opportunity for young people, their mission is to transform young people's futures by providing life-changing career experiences andopportunities, by creating a world where every young person has access to life-changing career experiences and opportunities.It was founded in 2016 and has offices in London and Liverpool, England. | $3.4M | Series A | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Picnic Chester | Picnic Chester is a café and wine bar. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 28, 2019 |  |
| NutreeLife | They are a family run, British company based in Preston, Lancashire and pride ourselves in being an innovative vegan health nutrition brand created through years of experience, passion and dedication in the Food, Nutrition & Beverage industry. | $327K | Debt Financing | Jul 31, 2019 |  |
| CiiVSOFT | CiiVSOFT is a developer of recruitment automation technology and tools. Save time, money and improve recruitment process efficiency with automated assistance.CiiVSOFT solutions are delivered as synchronised integrations with existing applicant tracking systems and human resource CRM systems to ensure existing end-user workflow remains optimisedwhilst improving user experience and productivity. All CiiVSOFT solutions are hosted and delivered securely in the cloud. CiiVSOFT supports multi-lingual processing in 100+ languages and all solutions are GDPR compliant.For more details please call or visit the website. |  |  | Oct 17, 2018 |  |
| Melo World | Melo World specializes in creating and developing Visual Management. | $131K | Debt Financing | Oct 12, 2018 |  |
| vTime Limited | vTime is a virtual reality software company that develops apps and cloud-based solutions that redefine virtual engagement and communication. Through its consumer social VR app, vTime (available for free since December 2015), vTime Limited has already connected hundreds of thousands of people around the world through the medium of VR, and is one ofthe leading technology companies in Europe in one of the hottest sectors today. | $7.6M | Series A | Apr 11, 2018 |  |
| DriverNet | DriverNet was founded in 2016 by Ant Chisnall after a fifteen year career working in logistics for small fleet operators and large multinational hauliers.DriverNet bridges the gap in connections and information between drivers, driver management and customers to improve all round performance, driver and customer experiences and reduce emissions.They're building new services and a smart community and infrastructure that works for everybody in logistics, regardless of who they work for, or where they operate or what they earn. | $65K | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2017 |  |
| Sovex | Sovex company designs, manufactures and installs vehicle loading and parcel handling systems to clients such as DHL, DPD, Hermes, UK Mail and Yodel has undergone phenomenal growth in recent the last two years. |  | Seed | Jul 04, 2013 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Merseyside Special Investment Fund invest in?

Merseyside Special Investment Fund invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and EdTech startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 28 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 Merseyside Special Investment Fund's check size?

Merseyside Special Investment Fund typically joins rounds of $691k–$691k at Seed and $655k–$7.6M 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 Merseyside Special Investment Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Merseyside Special Investment Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Merseyside Special Investment Fund?

The team at Merseyside Special Investment Fund includes Janet Butler (Portfolio Manager), Malcolm Jones (Investment Director) and Marion Savill (Investment Director), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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