MXC Capital
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
MXC Capital is a specialist investment and advisory group that brings together proven expertise in providing funding, corporate finance advice, strategic consultancy services and structured finance solutions to companies in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector.The company was founded in 2009 by its managing partners, IanSmith and Tony Weaver who, together, have a combined experience of 50 years in this sector.With their first-hand knowledge of managing, transacting and fund-raising for plcs, the partners have developed a smart, effective way to align risk and reward between the public company, the institutional investor and the corporate advisor.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
Last updated:
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Industries MXC Capital invests in
Stages MXC Capital invests in
Countries MXC Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$11M
- Post-IPO Equity
- $1.3M–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (33%)
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- Finance 2 (17%)
- Consulting 2 (17%)
- Financial Services 2 (17%)
Stage
- Post-IPO Equity 5 (42%)
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (8%)
- Private Equity 1 (8%)
Country
- United Kingdom 7 (58%)
- Ireland 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Ross
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gavin Lyons
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ian Smith
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jill Collighan
Finance Director
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Finance Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marc Young
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tialis is an IT services firm that specializes in IT management, lifecycle, and professional services for businesses. | $5.6M / Post-IPO Debt / Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Pact is a fintech platform that offers deep liquidity and low transaction fees. With accessible smart contract functionality, transactions on Pact are available to users of all levels of wealth and experience. It provides integration of financial assets on a non-custodial, decentralized platform intended to be the home of liquidity on Algorand.Pact was launched in 2021. | $2.1M / Seed / Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| Apricot Finance is a DeFi service provider that helps the user to maximize yield and minimize risk. It is a collateralized lending protocol that seeks to maximize users’ borrowing power while minimizing liquidation penalties and uncertainties. | $4M / Seed / Aug 25, 2021 | ||
| Flare Networks is a new blockchain network based on the Flare Consensus Protocol – the first Turing Complete Federated Byzantine Agreement protocol. | $11.3M / Seed / Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| CloudCoCo helps businesses of all sizes and industries succeed by providing enterprise-grade technology at small-business prices. Their services include cloud and data center, Microsoft, hardware and software, professional services and IT consulting, managed IT services, and cost analysis. CloudCoCo covers it all for an all-inclusive, flat monthlyfee, from increasing client productivity and monitoring their network 24/7. | Post-IPO Equity / Nov 19, 2018 | ||
| Tialis is an IT services firm that specializes in IT management, lifecycle, and professional services for businesses. | Post-IPO Equity / Apr 11, 2018 | ||
| Castleton Technology plc provides software support and consultancy services. The company was formerly known as Redstone plc and changed its name to Castleton Technology plc in November 2013. It engaged in providing software and managed services to the public and not-for-profit sectors, mainly the social housing sector. Its segments include ManagedServices. | Post-IPO Equity / Feb 03, 2016 | ||
| We currently work with over 42% of the FTSE 100 and 80% of the top advisory firms in the UK and Ireland; over 1,300 customers trust our software to get their tax calculations right. There are 30,000 tax professionals trained to use our solutions, filing over 200,000 submissions every year. Our specialism is in software to make tax compliance simpleand straight forward; we have the unique capabilities to translate complex, ever changing, tax legislation into easy-to-use solutions. We invest heavily in research and development to bring new advanced technology into the tax compliance arena to increase the efficiency and maintain the accuracy of the process for our clients. We create smarter tax compliance software that empowers our customers to achieve their strategic goals – by mitigating risk, creating opportunities and generating insights. We’re helping our customers meet the challenges that future of tax brings by digitalising their tax processes and revolutionising their compliance operations. | $2M / Post-IPO Equity / Dec 01, 2015 | ||
| Founded in 2005, Sagacity is a dynamic technology company dedicated to helping organisations solve complex business challenges. We specialise in data solutions using our QTOX Intelligent Data software. Delivery focused, we believe in tailoring our approach, methodologies and teams working collaboratively to achieve a common goal. | $5M / Private Equity / Sep 08, 2015 | ||
| Pinnacle Telecom Group plc (formerly “Glen Group plc”) is a value added, solutions based provider of telecommunications services including IP solutions. It focuses on the SME market where it provides a wide range of customer solutions including telecommunications calls, access and consultancy, IT support, mobile solutions both voice and data andhosted broadband voice services.###Pinnacle Technology To Change Name After Acquisition Of adept4### | $1.3M / Post-IPO Equity / Apr 28, 2015 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does MXC Capital invest in?
MXC Capital invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 MXC Capital invest in?
MXC Capital typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$11M at Seed and $1.3M–$2M at Post-IPO Equity. These are whole funding-round sizes, not MXC Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds MXC Capital took part in.
How do I contact MXC Capital?
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Who are the partners at MXC Capital?
The team at MXC Capital includes Andy Ross (Partner), Gavin Lyons (Partner) and Ian Smith (Founder and Chief Executive Officer), among 8 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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