# Synova

> Synova is a VC fund in London backing Financial Services and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 54%
- Fund size: $1.1B
- Last fund: Aug 2022
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1257543/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/WeAreSynova
- Website: http://www.synova.pe
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SynovaCapital/

Synova is an award-winning investor into fast growing businesses across the UK and Ireland. Their single focus is on partnering with talented managers in businesses valued between £10m and £100m in order to help them achieve their full potential.They are supportive investment partners who work closely with people at the heart of a business. Theydon’t just provide funding, they share their vision, expertise and network in order to provide support at every level.Synova backs growing companies by injecting capital, advice and enthusiasm to guide them through a sustained period of rapid growth. They pride ourselves on being team players.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $33M–$36M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |
| iOS | 1 | 8% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 8 | 62% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 62% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Menton | Managing Partner & Co-founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-menton |
| Adam Page | Tech & Software Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-page-f34e |
| Alex Bowden | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bowden |
| Daniel Parker | CFO & Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-parker-7c57 |
| Philip Shapiro | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-shapiro-f600 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bishop Fleming | Bishop Fleming is an accounting firm providing businesses and private clients with wealth management, corporate finance, personal tax. |  | Private Equity | Jun 18, 2025 | https://www.bishopfleming.co.uk/ |
| Mecsia | Mecsia is transforming the technical services market by providing dynamic and flexible building inspection and maintenance services. |  | Private Equity | Mar 12, 2024 | https://www.mecsia.com |
| Learnlight | Learnlight was founded in 2007 with a dream to bridge the gap between the disparate worlds of education and technology. Their vision was to create an ‘EdTech’ company that harnessed cutting-edge technology to optimize instructor-led training (ILT) rather than replace it, as so many traditional eLearning providers have tried and failed to do.Their obsession was, and continues to be, empowering talented trainers to create transformative learning experiences, because, at the end of the day, they think people are the real ‘killer app’. |  | Private Equity | Mar 22, 2023 | https://www.learnlight.com/en/ |
| Fairstone | Fairstone is a national financial advisory and wealth management group.We combine market knowledge, specialist expertise and the very latest technology to produce the highest quality outcomes for our clients in a cost-effective manner.Fairstone incorporates the UK's largest Chartered Financial Planning firm and has a number of dedicatedbusiness channels that include financial advisory, Discretionary Fund Management, wealth management, property finance and estate planning.Launched in 2008 Fairstone is very much a ‘new model’ financial services business operating across both retail and corporate sectors. Our head office is based in Newcastle, and with 36 regional locations and management hubs in both London and Bristol, we have a truly national presence.Fairstone's rate of growth is consistently beyond 20% for each financial year and our annualized revenues exceed £40 million. Across the UK we now have over 300 financial advisers servicing 41,000 clients who collectively hold £7 billion in investment and pension assets.Our ultimate objectives across the group are to deliver annual revenues in excess of £100 million, EBITDA margin of above 10% and to oversee client funds of £15 billion. |  | Private Equity | Feb 25, 2021 | http://www.fairstone.co.uk/ |
| Preventx | Preventx develops integrated testing services to make sexual health screening easier, more accessible and cost effective. Preventx’s self-sampling kits are developed and assembled in Sheffield, and laboratory testing carried out on returned kits is complete at Preventx’s Sheffield based laboratory.Preventx partners with clinical services andprovides screening services to over 90% of the country via contracts with Local Authorities and the NHS.Services include freetest.me (www.freetest.me), the new pan-London SHL (www.shl.uk) service and test.hiv (www.test.hiv) which was awarded PHE's National Self-Sampling contract.Preventx also offers discreet private postal laboratory sexual health tests via test.me (www.test.me). |  | Private Equity | Oct 02, 2019 | https://www.preventx.com/ |
| Mediatonic Games | Mediatonic develops and publishes games for digital platforms such as Smartphones, PC, Switch, Playstation and XBOX.The company has 4 game studios in the UK and another in Spain. The group is headquartered in Central London. The company also has a publishing office in Tokyo.The company operates a technology platform known as 'GameFuel' which allows it to serve and manage content to millions of players across multiple gaming platforms. | $33M | Private Equity | Mar 24, 2019 | http://www.mediatonicgames.com |
| Fairstone | Fairstone is a national financial advisory and wealth management group.We combine market knowledge, specialist expertise and the very latest technology to produce the highest quality outcomes for our clients in a cost-effective manner.Fairstone incorporates the UK's largest Chartered Financial Planning firm and has a number of dedicatedbusiness channels that include financial advisory, Discretionary Fund Management, wealth management, property finance and estate planning.Launched in 2008 Fairstone is very much a ‘new model’ financial services business operating across both retail and corporate sectors. Our head office is based in Newcastle, and with 36 regional locations and management hubs in both London and Bristol, we have a truly national presence.Fairstone's rate of growth is consistently beyond 20% for each financial year and our annualized revenues exceed £40 million. Across the UK we now have over 300 financial advisers servicing 41,000 clients who collectively hold £7 billion in investment and pension assets.Our ultimate objectives across the group are to deliver annual revenues in excess of £100 million, EBITDA margin of above 10% and to oversee client funds of £15 billion. | $36.2M | Private Equity | Apr 25, 2016 | http://www.fairstone.co.uk/ |
| Vistair | This is another plance where we can let you know of all the great things that we are doing and hear what you think. We'll also try and share any images or photos of what we are making or doing. | $13.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 14, 2015 | http://web.vistair.com/ |
| Merit Software Ltd | Merit Software Ltd is a specialist provider of case management solutions.Operational teams working in capital markets houses today face tough challenges.Meritsoft Founding Partners Kerril and Paul Burke decided to take action.Prior to founding Meritsoft, Kerril had over 20 years’ experience in investment banking and fund management acrossAudit, Controls, Finance and Operations groups. As a qualified Chartered Accountant/ CPA working through an Operations lense, Kerril could see the many benefits of automation.Kerril knows that payables and receivables is real money. It sits on every bank’s balance sheet. It is money owed to the bank. Furthermore the longer debt is aged, the more difficult it is to collect, the more exposure and capital charges that will apply and the more likely it is to be written off and lost.Kerril also knows that with the right procedures/software in place to manage payables and receivables, capital markets houses can. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 11, 2015 | http://www.merit-soft.com/ |
| JMG Group | JMG Group is an independent group with a divers mix of businesses focuses on specialist and niche insurance sectors. |  | Private Equity |  | https://jmg-group.co.uk/ |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Synova invest in?

Synova invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 13 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 Synova's check size?

Synova typically joins rounds of $33M–$36M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Synova participates in.

### How do I contact Synova?

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### Who are the partners at Synova?

The team at Synova includes David Menton (Managing Partner & Co-founder), Adam Page (Tech & Software Investor) and Alex Bowden (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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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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