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IQ’s initial investments range from £0.5m to £5m in disruptive deep tech companies capable of dominating their global markets. We invest at Seed and Series A across all sector verticals, including generative AI, advanced engineering and novel materials, space-tech, quantum hardware and algorithms, cyber and data security and synthetic biology. We are also able to support founders with our extensive global connections.

When the government announced the SEIS initiative in 2012, Jenson Funding Partners LLP (JFP), was founded by the team behind Jenson Solutions Limited, Paul Jenkinson and Sarah Barber. As an appointed representative of Foresight Group, JFP launched the Jenson Seed EIS Fund to provide start-ups with the level of financial and operational support normally only available to much larger businesses.

Raising £5.5 million in the first fund iteration, JFP has closed 4 funds and now manages more than £14 million, which has been invested in just under 100 companies.

In 2015 JFP, recognising that the SEIS investee company portfolio was maturing, started raising funds under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to provide follow on funding to its more successful companies. To date the EIS, combined with the syndicated investors, has invested over £5 million, and raised over £5 million of debt facilities.

We now have a combined evergreen SEIS and EIS Fund open for investment. The Fund aims to target exciting new innovative and disruptive technologies to be nurtured alongside existing investment opportunities that require follow on investment to fully exploit commercialisation of a proven business model.

Love Ventures was founded in 2020 by two brothers, Marcus and Adrian Love. Following their respective careers in growth investing and property scale ups, Marcus and Adrian began their investing journey together as angels in 2015, backing the likes of Chip, Crowdcube and Revolut in their early days. Now operating under the Love Ventures brand, with an ambitious and experienced team around them, they are determined to keep the angel ethos running through how we operate today: fast-moving, high conviction, deeply collaborative.

Love Ventures have successfully raised three EIS funds to date, having fully deployed for two of these already. The offering is now an Evergreen offering which seeks to close twice a year and aims to deploy capital within a 12-month period.

The Love Ventures investment team comprises founders Marcus Love and Adrian Love as well as Bill Corfield and Alice Knibbs. The Love Ventures team are further supported by two highly experienced senior advisers; Andrew Hynard and Carolyn Maddox. In addition, there is a stringent investment committee which includes; Jules Pancholi, Rob Hamilton, John Lunn and Kelly Ducourty. The Love Ventures Distribution team is made up of Distribution Director Faye Williams and Head of Investors Kit Blakiston Houston.

Mercia is a specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. We provide capital across four asset classes of balance sheet, venture, private equity and debt capital; the Group’s ‘Complete Capital Solution’.

Our EIS Funds, which are managed under Mercia Fund Management Limited, have an investment-led venture capital strategy, investing nationally with a focus on the underserved regions; specialising in the identification, creation, funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential, creating a strong investment proposition.

The Investment Team of industry specialists with venture capital expertise, works extensively with portfolio companies to scale each business with the aim of ultimately delivering shareholder returns.

Our vision is to be the first choice for investors, investees and employees and, by aspiring to be the first choice, we believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders and fund investors alike.

Fund investors and intermediaries benefit from a diversified portfolio offering the tax advantages of EIS, detailed reporting with a strong focus on transparency to investors and their advisors, externally audited funds, and an experienced investment panel.

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Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit) invests in Europe’s tech leaders at Series A and beyond. Our companies use technology to create better ways of doing things. We focus on four sectors; Consumer technology, Digital Health & Wellness, Ai, Deeptech & Hardware, Cloud, Enterprise & Saas.

We look for high-growth companies with strong IP, powerful technology, and outstanding management teams. They operate in new markets, with serious potential for global expansion. We also look for strong margins to ensure sustainable growth, particularly for companies on a journey to profitability.

We offer investors access to private companies, in the high growth phase. Entrepreneurs come to us once they’ve initially proven their idea, and are ready to grow. We’re providing a rare opportunity to invest in companies that aspire to be attractive candidates for acquisition or IPO, with valuations from $50m to $1bn+.