BGF Invests in hedgehog lab as Maven Exits

NPIF Maven Equity Finance Invests in Margin Guardian

November 30, 2021

Data & Analytics

NPIF Maven Equity Finance has made a six-figure growth investment in Liverpool-based Margin Guardian to support platform commercialisation, develop an Android version of its Squished app, and fund marketing. Margin Guardian provides fashion retailers with purchase-intent data and retail analytics to help optimise pricing, markdowns and margins.

Inveniam Capital Partners Acquires Hedgehog Invest Limited

April 14, 2025

Financial Services

Inveniam Capital Partners has acquired Hedgehog Invest Limited to integrate Hedgehog’s tokenization and real-world asset infrastructure into Inveniam’s data operating system for private markets. The deal expands Inveniam’s AI‑ready data capabilities to support tokenized securities, funds, derivatives and secondary trading across real estate, private credit, private equity and infrastructure.

BGF Invests in Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists

March 1, 2020

Healthcare Services

BGF has made a growth capital investment in Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists to support the group’s organic expansion, roll‑out of audiology services and an acquisition strategy to double sites over the next four years. The deal completed in March and BGF will act as a long‑term investment partner to founder Royston Bayfield and the existing management team.

NPIF II (Maven) and Finance Durham Fund Back Magnitude Biosciences

May 27, 2025

Biotechnology

Magnitude Biosciences, a County Durham–based contract research organisation, secured over £700,000 in growth funding led by NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance alongside the Finance Durham Fund with continued support from Northstar Ventures. The funding, matched by an Innovate UK grant, will scale the company's WormGazer high-throughput in vivo screening platform, expand robotics, machine‑learning and biological capabilities, and create skilled jobs at NETPark in Sedgefield.

Maven (SWIF) and British Business Bank Invest £1.5M in Blueskytec

August 11, 2025

Cybersecurity

Maven (via SWIF Maven Equity Finance) has invested £1.5 million in Bath-based cybersecurity hardware specialist Blueskytec through the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund. The growth capital will support full-scale deployment with industrial partners, recruitment, and expansion of manufacturing capacity and business development as Blueskytec targets defence, civil nuclear and energy infrastructure markets.

Maven Invests £2.25M in Kube Networks

March 24, 2025

IT Services

Maven (through its Maven Investor Partners co-investment network) has completed a £2.25 million growth investment in Glasgow-based Kube Networks (KubeNet) to support the company’s buy-and-build strategy and accelerate organic growth. The funding will expand KubeNet’s service capabilities across managed IT, cloud, connectivity and cybersecurity, and a first bolt-on acquisition is expected to complete in the coming weeks.