Mike Hayes
Investment Director @ Mercia Fund Managers
Henley In Arden, United Kingdom
Mike Hayes is a seed investor at Mercia Fund Managers in Henley In Arden focused on Soccer and eSports. As head of Mercia Fund Management’s (MFM) Digital and E-commerce Division, Mike’s main focus is to build a portfolio of digital media, gaming and e-commerce EIS and Seed EIS investments.Mike brings over 23 years’ experience in interactive businesses and at multinational games company SEGA, he was CEO for Europe and America presiding over aturnover in excess of £400 million. He was responsible for the re-birth of SEGA as a multi-platform software company and managed the acquisition of several development studios including Sports Interactive, (maker of the Football Manager series) and Creative Assembly, (maker of the Total War series). Mike led the team that transferred Sonic successfully onto digital platforms and launched one of the first ever games for the iPhone – Super Monkey Ball.MFM has a solid track record in supporting businesses in a number of technology sectors, and Mike will channel this expertise and his experience into building a strong digital division to support and mentor innovative young businesses. Mike’s expertise ensures that MFM can offer enviable support to ambitious and dynamic start-ups that require expansion and development capital of £100k to £500k or up to £2 – 5 million as part of an investment syndicate.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Mike Hayes invests in
Stages Mike Hayes invests in
Countries Mike Hayes invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Soccer 1 (11%)
- eSports 1 (11%)
- Internet 1 (11%)
- Publishing 1 (11%)
- Casual Games 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (11%)
- Funding Round 1 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (11%)
Investments
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UFL
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UFL is a social mobile game to play while watching live football. It builds real-time games around live sport, powered by advanced live player data. For the next generation fan, following sport will become an interactive experience led by personalized stats. Sohail Godall started the company in London, England in 2013. | $803.1K / Seed / Dec 08, 2017 | |
nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 13, 2017 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 13, 2017 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $2.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 16, 2016 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $2.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 16, 2016 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $2.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 19, 2015 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | $2.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 19, 2015 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | Mar 01, 2014 | |
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nDreams
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nDreams is a videogame developer/publisher based in Farnborough, UK. They specialise in creating amazing Virtual Reality games, worlds and experiences. | Mar 01, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Mercia Fund Managers
Mercia Fund Managers is a venture capital fund manager with two funds totalling £12.8 million under management. Mercia Fund Managers focuses its efforts on the West Midlands region and benefits from a mixture of public- and private-sector fund investors.Mercia Fund Managers provides venture capital for early-stage technology start-ups that arelocated in the West Midlands. Potential investees must demonstrate their potential for rapid growth and will possess a strong proprietary position with respect to their technology, intellectual property, and products.Mercia Fund Managers is based in central Birmingham and is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The company is also a member of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.Mercia Fund Managers will typically make an initial investment offer of between £50,000 and £250,000 of venture capital, but has the capacity to follow its money at subsequent investment rounds, up to an overall limit of £1 million of venture capital per company. Later rounds of financing will usually involve syndication with other venture capital investors, often from outside of the West Midlands.
Mercia Fund Managers Contacts
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Mike Hayes
Investment Director
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Rob Johnson
Investment Director
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Sandy Reid
Investment Director
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Chris Pestell
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David Wright
Investment Manager
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What does Mike Hayes invest in?
Mike Hayes invests primarily in Soccer, eSports and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Mike Hayes closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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