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Mercia Ventures
Venture capital · Henley-in-Arden, United Kingdom · Europe
Mercia Ventures is a UK venture capital firm that invests in ambitious UK businesses and works alongside leadership teams as they scale. It provides capital, practical support and access to a wider network through its Platform offering.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
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Or find every investor that fitsMercia Ventures lists 195 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 35 funding rounds, 16 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (21%), AI & Machine Learning (12%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (9%). 85% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Angel CoFund, Future Planet Capital and BGF.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Mercia Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Mercia Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 35 companies; its own site lists 195. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 10% |
| Growth | 7% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 8 | 4 |
| '26 | 27 | 12 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 195 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 29 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 19th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Angel CoFund | 6 |
| Future Planet Capital | 6 |
| BGF | 5 |
| British Business Bank | 5 |
| Nottingham Technology Ventures | 5 |
| Eos | 4 |
| IQ Capital | 4 |
| Midven | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers18494%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company116%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Mercia Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Mercia Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Mercia Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Mercia Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
195 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4D Medicine develops bioabsorbable medical devices and biomaterials | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Education | Portfolio page | |||
| Abingdon Health develops, validates and manufactures rapid lateral flow and immunoassay tests, and provides accredited laboratory testing, stability studies and method validation | Healthcare & BiotechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides data-driven insights to connect communities with active environments and growth opportunities | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Adapt Formwork supplies formwork systems for construction, including climbing, wall, and horizontal formwork | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Adventoris is an innovative software company specialising in SaaS-based B2B e-commerce developments | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Aelius Biotech provides services for modelling digestion and absorption | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Airship connects guest data, marketing, and revenue performance in one place to help drive more visits, increase spend, and prove what's working. | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Alesi Surgical develops and sells systems that eliminate surgical smoke during surgery | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Applied Monitoring develops non-invasive, continuous lactate monitoring technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arnlea provides Ex/ATEX inspection software for hazardous area digital solutions | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AssetCool is building robotic systems that are transforming how the world upgrades its power lines, adding megawatts of capacity to a circuit in weeks, not years. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas Cloud provides managed IT and cyber security services to professional services firms. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides supply chain transparency software to help businesses manage risk and increase visibility | Space & DefenseFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Axis Spine Technologies develops and manufactures spinal implants for optimal alignment | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides biotechnology products and services for various sectors, including cleaning, hygiene, and environmental management. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops impactful automation solutions for customers across industries and use cases to help them grow. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Broker Insights provides data-driven decision-making tools for brokers and insurers in the commercial insurance market | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Buoyant provides self-hosted AI inference and Linkerd service mesh solutions for enterprises | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Camena Bioscience develops and provides DNA synthesis technology for various applications, including drug discovery and gene therapies. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- merciaventures.co.uk
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 195
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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