Nova Growth Capital
VC Fund
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nova Growth Capital is an award-winning fund that invests in disruptive SEIS & EIS companies. Allowing investors to take advantage of a growth-focused and diversified investment portfolio. Its deal flow comes exclusively from its Cofoundery Nova, a venture builder that has seen 36.5% growth in its portfolio year on year for 12 years.Novaemploys 100+ startup experts to actively source and grow their portfolio of tech enabled, disruptive SEIS & EIS companies.The fund is an opportunity to invest alongside Nova Cofoundery Limited ("Nova") in their portfolio of early-stage companies. The Fund, therefore, seeks to benefit from co-investing with experienced partners.Investment Strategy:The Nova Growth Capital fund invests in ideas stage and early stage startups, without any capital investment from the founder. Nova's programme will take the founder from an initial idea to discovering its market and building the product. Nova mentors, explores, validates & scales founders and their ideas.The Fund seeks to offer investors a diversified exposure of a minimum of ten investee companies each of which is engaged in solving industry problems with the use of a digital solution. It is envisaged that each subscription will be deployed across each investee company on a diversified basis, at the discretion of Nova Growth Capital Limited and Sapphire Capital Partners.Nova seeks to leverage appropriate technology to source and mentor potential founders. This gives Nova the capability to perform real “in-person” due diligence on their entrepreneurs before it co-invests, it allows Nova to understand and model the performance funnel and gives Nova control of deal flow. Nova typically sees over 25 opportunities per investment that are made.SEIS & EIS tax incentive:The companies the fund invest in are expected to be SEIS-EIS-qualifying, which makes Nova Cofoundery SEIS & EIS Fund SEIS-EIS suitable for qualifying clients who would potentially benefit from the following tax reliefs:- Up to 30% income tax relief (50% for SEIS)- Tax-free investment growth- Capital gains deferral (or 50% capital gains tax exemption for SEIS)- Inheritance tax relief- Loss reliefWe are proud that in the 12 years we have been building ventures through the Nova Cofoundery, we have invested in everything we have co-founded. Now private investors are able to invest alongside the Nova Group through our SEIS and EIS fund.
- Total investments:
- 57
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 98%
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Industries Nova Growth Capital invests in
Stages Nova Growth Capital invests in
Countries Nova Growth Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $15k–$196k
- Pre-Seed
- $30k–$207k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 14 (25%)
- Health Care 7 (12%)
- Apps 4 (7%)
- EdTech 4 (7%)
- Hardware 4 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (19%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alistair Marsden
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jessica Baker
Head of Investor Relations
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Head of Investor Relations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andy Davidson
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jason Rogers
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Olivia Greenberg
Chief Growth Officer
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Chief Growth Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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YouConvey
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YouConvey is a first of its kind collaborative conveyancing service, set to revolutionise the home moving process by allowing customers to complete admin tasks often assigned to busy conveyancers, with the potential for home movers to reduce the time for their particular transaction considerably by up to 8 weeks. Home Movers can feel isolated,stressed, and out of control when buying and selling homes. Their emotions during the process can go from euphoric when receiving an offer or agreeing a deal on the perfect home, to angry and frustrated during the legal element of the process. They often feel out of the loop and not communicated with by their chosen Conveyancer.The Conveyancer can feel stressed and frustrated by the lack of progress by other key stakeholders in the transaction. When Home Movers chase their Conveyancer for news or updates (even when there aren’t any) the Conveyancer ends up feeling frustrated and hassled.If we had a system where the Home Mover could be in control of the administrative element of their Home Move, and the Conveyancer only had to focus on the legal aspect of the transaction, then both key players in the process would benefit and the overall transaction could be more engaging, less stressful and could be completed in a shorter timeframe.Welcome to YouConvey - the future of collaborative conveyancing. Our purpose is to give control of the home moving process to the Home Mover, whilst supporting them with experienced and available conveyancing experts.Our software allows the Home Mover to initiate the process and manage the cadence of the entire transaction from Sale Agreed to completion. | $376.2K / Seed / Jun 08, 2022 | |
Hy-genie
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Hy-genie is an active monitoring system that tracks and records the usage of sanitation stations across hospitals. The system is helping healthcare organisations to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and improve patient safety through better hand hygiene.The system consists of 3 distinct hardware components: a beacon incorporatedinto the NHS staff ID badge, a sensor adjacent to wall-mounted hand gel or soap dispensers, and a centrally located base station.When a healthcare worker uses a Hy-genie station, the system communicates this information back to a dashboard where the user can then compare their hand hygiene compliance against their own performance targets. Working closely with Alder Hey Hospital, Hy-genie has rapidly developed a “lite” system to help healthcare institutions’ fight against COVID-19. Estimates show that if successfully installed into all UK hospitals and used effectively, the Hy-genie system could prevent up to 300,000 deaths per year. | $44.4K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Swished
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GenZ is a generation that has never known a world without social media and influencer culture. A key part of what they share online is the outfits they wear, so consistently seeking new clothes to keep their content on-trend and interesting for their followers is a priority. However ‘fast fashion’ culture results in lots of these clothes inlandfill. This market understands their negative contribution to the environment, but are conflicted between keeping on trend for content and buying fast fashion for affordability.Swished are building a peer-to-peer fashion rental and resale platform, with the look and feel of a social media app. The application will allow users to upload images of themselves in an outfit and tag which items are for rent or sale - creating shoppable content. Users can access a wide range of affordable clothes to rent or buy, extending the life cycle of clothes and reducing the need to buy ‘new’. | $67.4K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Bolda
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Bolda aims to help retailers save time by collecting the data they need and enables them to make more informed decisions quickly. The aim is to help maximise sales, margins and help retailers take advantage of market opportunities as they appear.Retailers have to react to the markets in real-time, as there is more information available forconsumers meaning they can make decisions about what to buy instantly. The amount of data available has increased online exponentially, which is new to the trade. Capturing this and analysing it is something they grapple with daily. Retailers carry out competitor and market analysis to: learn what is going on in the industry, monitor their closest competitors, gather inspiration, and understand trends to aid them with their offer.They currently do this manually and do not have an effective tool to help them do this. Bolda is a tool that aids retailers to make the right decisions, whether reacting to pricing and promotions, analysing styles and finishes or spotting emerging retailers in the market.Other retail industries currently use technologies like these and Bolda aims to bring this to the furniture and homeware industry, using our unique insight into retailers and brands. By working with them we want to create a tool unique for them that will save them time and provide insights they have never had access to before. Sector | $14.7K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
BOXD App
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BOXD is a mobile application that enables the self-employed (specifically, tradesmen) to manage their financial administration day to day, easily on the go. More specifically, the app focuses on invoicing, recording payments and allowing users to check into their job via GPS. All of this information is displayed on their today page dashboard,providing all the insights they need to effectively manage their business. The app can be linked up to an accountant, providing them with the latest accounts in real-time. | $28.1K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Clik
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Audiological evaluation of young children is difficult and is prone to failure and retesting. This is due to the simple fact that children between the age of 3-5 find it difficult to perform the hearing test with existing techniques: A 3-year-old doesn't have the cognitive ability to take direction and sit still for 5-10 minutes.We havedeveloped a new approach, taking advantage of the rise in tablet-based audiometers; combining gamification and evidence-based research into cognitive function. These new technologies are demonstrating significant improvements in the diagnoses and screening of hearing impairment in young children. Our use of this technology improves the hearing test experience for both the patient and the Audiologist. | $21K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
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Ascensio Sports
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Ascensio is gamified technology that measures the key psychological traits that correlate with success at football Academies and beyond. Whilst empowering 9-23-year-olds with the insight and tools needed to unlock their potential, in or out of football. Ascensio’s intent fits closely with not only the Premier League's Elite Player PerformancePlan and the FA's vision of producing 'more and better homegrown players, but also wider societal mental health programmes that are in place. There are more than 1.5 million youngsters playing youth football in England at any one time. The sobering reality is that only 180 will make it as a Premier League professional, which is a 0.012% success rate. | $63.6K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Simply People
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The occupational health industry is one that's been slow to embrace technology. Having spent 15 years working in various occupational health roles, Simply People founder Danny Clarke's frustrations with the industry's outdated practices peaked and he decided something needed to change.The solution he's built is Simply People.An online community platform that enables occupational health practitioners to showcase their skills, experience and qualifications. Network, learn and engage in professional development, as well as prospect and secure new business; all in one place. | $17.4K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Thrift
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Our mission is to improve economic opportunity for the masses, whilst encouraging sustainability and driving the circular economy. We do this by removing barriers to reselling through simple to use solutions. Ever had something gathering dust in the house, or seen a sale item in a store and wondered – is that worth selling online to make somemoney? Thrift it! | $19.2K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
Bookado
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Bookado is a platform for individual and business activities and experiences. It is Bookado's goal to create a platform where you can do everything, any time, anywhere with fun, exciting, and affordable activities. Bookado's platform increases activity provider exposure & bookings while providing its members with the most usefulprice. | $32.1K / Seed / Mar 31, 2022 | |
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FAQ
What does Nova Growth Capital invest in?
Nova Growth Capital invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 57 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 Nova Growth Capital's check size?
Nova Growth Capital typically joins rounds of $15k–$196k at Seed and $30k–$207k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nova Growth Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Nova Growth Capital?
The team at Nova Growth Capital includes Alistair Marsden (Director), Jessica Baker (Head of Investor Relations) and Andy Davidson (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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