Working with entrepreneurs every step of the way, empowering, building, and growing their companies.

About us

Investment experience combined with operational expertise.

Seeking Investment

A range of funds currently managed by Midven in excess of £110 million.

Greater Birmingham EIS Fund

A new £5m EIS Fund open to investors

Recent Investments

Unique IQ
Unique IQ provides complete workforce management solutions to the cleaning and care sectors.
Carbon Fibre Preforms
CFP Composites a manufacturer of revolutionary ultra-lightweight and cost-efficient heat-resistant materials
Assembled Electronic Solutions
AES uses innovation, design & technology to bring new products to market. AES works within a variety of sectors including aerospace, automotive, medical, security & original equipment manufacturing.
EtravelSafety
Personalised travel risk assessments software and eLearning to travel anywhere safely.
Cytoseek Ltd
CytoSeek's uses cell membrane augmentation technology to unlock the potential of next generation of advanced therapies.
Geospatial Insight
Geospatial Insight Limited provides expert analysis of imaging data acquired from satellites or aerial imagery to give companies an “information edge” over their competitors.
Tropic Biosciences
Tropic Biosciences is planning to use the revolutionary CRIPSR genome editing technology in developing new commercial varieties of tropical crops (initially coffee and banana).
Oxford Flow
Oxford Flow designs and manufactures innovative pressure control equipment using technology developed at Oxford University.
Glialign
Glialign are currently optimising a method for producing a living nerve growth guide designated “EngNT”, which is intended as an ‘off-the-shelf’ nerve replacement primarily for peripheral nerve repair

Featured Exits

quethera
£85m potential earn out from Astellas > 11x cash multiple Gene therapy
cobalt
£40m sale to Agilent > 9x cash multiple, > 3-year investment Raman spectroscopy
allinea
£18m sale to ARM > 22x cash multiple
High Performance Computing (HPC)
your vets
£12m sale to CVS Group x > 4x cash multiple, 4-year investment Veterinary care
ardentia
Sale to IMS Health > 7x cash multiple
Business intelligence solutions
mig
7x cash multiple
Specialist glass processors
scriptswitch
Sale to United Health > 36x cash multiple
Patient safety software
dynamic
£9m sale to Allocate Software > 8x cash multiple
Web-based performance management software
mvi
3x cash multiple > 1-year investment manufacturing software
minivator
7x cash multiple > 3-year investment
Stair lifts manufacturer

Based in the heart of Birmingham, Midven are a venture capital firm with over 20 years’ experience helping entrepreneurs to build strong and successful companies.
We offer more than money; our approach is hands-on, and we spend time and effort to give entrepreneurs the support and expertise they need every step of the way.
Entrepreneurs benefit from our mentoring, resources, and connections, which help them to overcome the challenges they face when scaling up their business.

 

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