Foresight-led £400k Growth Investment into TextureJet

Foresight Group (MEIF) Leads Growth Investment in BlueSkeye AI

October 31, 2022

AI & Machine Learning

Foresight Group, via The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), invested £600,000 into BlueSkeye AI as part of a £3.4 million funding round joined by XTX Ventures, Praetura Ventures, the University of Nottingham and a consortium of high-net-worth individuals. The growth capital will accelerate BlueSkeye's expansion and product development for its proprietary face- and voice-analysis AI across digital health & wellbeing and automotive safety markets.

Foresight Group and MEIF Invest in The Modular Analytics Company (TMAC)

November 11, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Foresight Group has made a c.£749,000 growth capital investment into The Modular Analytics Company Limited (TMAC), using equity finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) as part of a c.£1.5 million funding round. TMAC, a Manchester-based AI and machine learning contact-centre software provider (Fonetik, Playbook and Coach), will use the funding to develop its SaaS platform, make senior hires and consolidate its East Midlands base.

Foresight Group (with Midlands Engine Investment Fund) Invests £600,000 in Lillicoco

June 30, 2022

E-Commerce

Foresight Group, using equity from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, has made a £600,000 growth capital investment into Lillicoco Limited, a Bristol-based online retailer of affordable luxury antique and vintage women's jewellery. The funding will support senior hires, the opening of a Birmingham workshop near the Jewellery Quarter and broader inventory and market expansion.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund II (via Maven) Provides Six-Figure Funding to Vision Zero Connect

September 17, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Vision Zero Connect, a Nottingham-based SaaS provider of ESG reporting and building energy performance platforms, secured a six-figure funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II (MEIF II) delivered through Maven. The funding, backed by the British Business Bank, will support working capital during platform rollout, accelerate product enhancements (including AI integration), and enable strategic growth and hiring.

Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering invest £1.05m in AudioScenic

November 5, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Foresight Group (via its Foresight Williams Technology EIS and VCT share class) together with Williams Advanced Engineering have invested £1.05m into AudioScenic, a University of Southampton spin-out developing immersive 3D audio technology. The funding is part of a £1.58m round (including existing investor IP Group) to help AudioScenic commercialise its products and expand its team.

Foresight Group Invests £4 Million in Firefish Software

April 19, 2023

Software

Foresight Group (via Foresight VCT, Foresight Enterprise VCT and the Foresight Scottish Growth Fund) has made a £4.0 million equity investment into Firefish Software Limited, a recruitment-focused CRM and marketing software provider. The growth capital will support product development, commercial expansion and job creation as Firefish scales its SaaS platform for recruitment agencies.