Maven and Foresight Back Management Buy-In of FIS Chemicals

IFS Maven Equity Finance Leads £2.2M Investment in Scotmas Group

January 15, 2025

Environmental Services

Scotmas Group, a B-Corp accredited chlorine dioxide water treatment specialist based in Kelso, has secured £2.2 million in growth capital led by IFS Maven Equity Finance with support from Scottish Enterprise and the British Business Bank. The funding will be used to accelerate international expansion (Middle East and South America), increase manufacturing capacity at the Kelso plant, and support product development and UK commercial/service team growth.

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance (Maven) and Management Back Traverse Associates with £650k Follow-on Investment

July 4, 2024

Software

Cheshire-based intelligent automation specialist Traverse Associates secured an additional £650,000 as part of a larger funding round led by NPIF - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners), with participation from company management and travel executive Mal Barritt. The growth capital will accelerate development and commercial rollout of Traverse's proprietary Cognitive Flow intelligent automation technology across SME and enterprise travel customers.

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.

IFS Maven Equity Finance Invests £750k in Corporate Modelling Services (CMS)

October 7, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance has invested £750,000 into Glasgow-based workforce optimisation software provider Corporate Modelling Services (CMS) to accelerate development of its OPX platform, expand AI capability, and support international sales growth. The funding is managed by Maven and delivered via the British Business Bank to help CMS scale into new markets including the US.

Maven Leads £17m Management Buyout of Envitia Group

December 14, 2020

Data & Analytics

Maven, via its Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund, has led a £17 million management buyout of Envitia Group, a Horsham‑based data and geospatial technology and services provider. The fund committed £15.25 million to support the management team, led by CEO Nabil Lodey, to accelerate product development (AI/ML), expand services and grow into new sectors.

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.