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Midven
Venture capital · Manchester, United Kingdom · Europe
Midven is a regional venture capital firm that manages funds investing in early-stage businesses and SMEs across the West Midlands. It provides equity of up to £2m through funds such as the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund, alongside hands-on support to portfolio companies.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssmeearly-stagetechnologysaasregionalco-investment
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Or find every investor that fitsMidven lists 70 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (22%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Education (14%). 93% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Future Planet Capital, Mercia Ventures and Angel CoFund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Midven, 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 Midven's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 70. 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 | 40% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 20% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 90th | 69 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 66th | 40% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 66th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 22% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Future Planet Capital | 48 |
| Mercia Ventures | 4 |
| Angel CoFund | 2 |
| Haatch | 2 |
| UKI2S | 2 |
| Arali Ventures | 1 |
| BGF | 1 |
| Borski Fund | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6593%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company57%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Future Planet Capital
Compare Midven 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 Midven| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Series C+ Led |
Round details for Midven
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Midven's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
70 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company is involved in fluid sensing. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Aeristech develops and manufactures high speed motors and drives, compressors, and air bearings. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Assemble You provides learning solutions in formats such as podcasts, video shorts, and AI-assisted content libraries for L&D teams and partners. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Automotive Brands supplies professional automotive products to trade customers across the UK. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bendi builds better working supply chains through clearer data, processes and decision-making | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Big Button Media produces video content for businesses | Media & EntertainmentFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Breaking Free Online provides a recovery program for alcohol and drugs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Capri Healthcare Ltd provides AI-powered healthcare solutions, including triage and referral management, virtual pre-op consenting, and online consultations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CFP Composites produces fireproof composite materials, including laminates, mats, and molded parts. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells laparoscopic surgical instruments, including a lens cleaning device called OpClear | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Connexica unifies data into one trusted view to help teams make faster and better-informed decisions | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Covatic provides audience targeting solutions for digital advertising | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
Media & EntertainmentHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| CyberQ provides cyber security services, including assessment, protection, and response, to organizations worldwide. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company organizes school trips abroad and in the UK | EducationLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| D-RisQ provides verification of critical embedded software | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company specializes in electrospinning for medical devices, from feasibility to full-scale manufacturing. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- midven.co.uk
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 70
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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