The North West Fund
VC Fund
Warrington, United Kingdom
The North West Fund is a £155m evergreen investment fund established to provide debt and equity funding to small and medium sized enterprises in the North West of England. The Fund will address an identified gap in the lending, venture capital and private equity markets. The Fund is managed by North West Business Finance Limited, an independent private sector company.
- Total investments:
- 33
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
Last updated:
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Industries The North West Fund invests in
Stages The North West Fund invests in
Countries The North West Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $166k–$594k
- Series A
- $786k–$5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $334k–$6.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 6 (18%)
- Biotechnology 6 (18%)
- Medical Device 6 (18%)
- Medical 3 (9%)
- Information Technology 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (36%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (27%)
- Series A 3 (9%)
- Series B 3 (9%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
Country
- United Kingdom 24 (73%)
- United States 2 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cliff Maylor
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
|
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Malcolm Edge
Chairman
|
Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Prince
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulemco specializes in the development of hydrogen technologies that allows commercial vehicles to run off hydrogen. | $6.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 15, 2024 | ||
| Innovative software development company and Microsoft Partner. Specialising in SharePoint & Dynamics CRM in Education, Social Housing and Commercial sectors. | $334.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 21, 2017 | ||
| EnXray's vision is to enable 'Distributed Sterilization' within the medical device industry that would allow manufacturers to sterilize their products on site and on demand to the international regulatory standards - streamlining products, improving quality & efficiency and reducing costs. | $1M / Series B / Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| UK cyber security start up spun out of Queens University Belfast. SpriteGuard has been built to protect users of public open access Wi-Fi hotspots and the whole of the Wi-Fi infrastructure both internally and externally. It is completely independent of existing access points and totally agnostic to devices. With cyber security and Wi-Fi soprevalent in the news today from data loss to prisoners stealing access to neighbouring Wi-Fi access points and children being exposed to inappropriate content whilst at school, after three years of development SpriteGuard brings a unique and disruptive solution to the space. Development of the product is now just about complete with launch date q4 2017 and as a start up we are, no hiding this, trying to make as much noise as possible. We have global interest in deploying the product and are keen to make sure both the UK and other government policy is seen to reflect the ever growing threat posed by Wi-Fi hacking to both the public and business. We would like to be an ally of government policy, given the past three years of our development cycle, to help aid Governments in meeting both their policy and social obligations if possible, lofty ambitions but well placed nevertheless. We are seeking a follow on round having been seed funded by Mercia to the value of £350K. Our market research and contacts within the cyber security space lead us to believe that this unique offering dedicated to protecting the built environment both inside and out has global reach and enormous ability to scale. If you would like to meet and discuss, be given a face to face demonstration of the power of SpriteGuard then please email your thoughts to julian.watts@spriteguard.com. For more information please www.spriteguard.com | $499.3K / Seed / Apr 04, 2016 | ||
| UK Crowdfunding platform dedicated to Property investment. Property Moose makes building your own property portfolio easy with the power of crowdfunding. Self select your investments & invest from £10. Receive monthly rental returns & share in any profit. All properties featured on Property Moose are hand picked by our investmentteam due to their potential as a market leading investment. Initially, these properties will be UK residential expanding to offer commercial and international property. Find out more about Property Moose by visiting the site, www.propertymoose.co.uk, or by watching this short video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvePhNLweg | $641.9K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 03, 2016 | ||
| Innovative software development company and Microsoft Partner. Specialising in SharePoint & Dynamics CRM in Education, Social Housing and Commercial sectors. | $649.6K / Seed / Jan 12, 2016 | ||
| Gelmetix develops multiple grades of polymer gel to provide affordable non-invasive alternatives to surgery for conditions like Chronic Lower Back pain and Osteoarthritis. Their lead product is a hydrogel for nucleus pulposus augmentation to relieve pain in patients suffering from Chronic Low Back Pain. Gelmetix is a diversified therapeuticbiomaterials company incorporated in the UK. It has offices in London, Paris, and Manchester. | $4.6M / Series A / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| Document Direct is a UK-based digital dictation, typing, transcription and document production company. We help over 350 clients make great cost-savings as well as improve their efficiency and case turnaround time. Confidentiality and security are paramount, with us supporting many top 200 UK law firm clients. And, thanks to our 24/7service, you will never find yourself without typing support. Benefits: - Immediate cost savings of up to 50% compared to your current cost base. - Quicker return of your typing to enable you to more promptly respond to clients. - Freeing up of resources to be better deployed in other areas of your business. We are confident you will love our service, so we offer a 30-minute free trial for you to use and see for yourself. | $447.2K / Seed / Dec 17, 2015 | ||
| Successful music licensing is about finding relevant tracks, responding rapidly and building long term relationships. Beatroot is a music intelligence platform for your catalogue, beautifully designed to make this stuff easy. | $382.7K / Seed / Sep 02, 2015 | ||
| CynapseDx develops analytical technologies for the detection of aggregated protein biomarkers in the blood of people suffering from a neurodegenerative disease, such as alzheimer or parkinson disease. They engage in oligomeric and aggregated forms of protein biomarkers and have demonstrated that our assays can measure these forms of biomarkerproteins, when testing real patient blood samples. | $358.8K / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 05, 2015 | ||
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FAQ
What does The North West Fund invest in?
The North West Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 33 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 The North West Fund invest in?
The North West Fund typically joins rounds of $166k–$594k at Seed, $786k–$5M at Series A and $334k–$6.3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not The North West Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds The North West Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at The North West Fund?
The team at The North West Fund includes Cliff Maylor (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer), Malcolm Edge (Chairman) and Michael Prince (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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